New Delhi: The Union government is set to release almost ₹7,750 crore to states for the immediate education expenses during the pandemic, the Union education ministry said following a meeting with the state education secretaries on Monday.
Out of the total amount, ₹5,228 crore have been released as “ad hoc grants” under the flagship school education programme called ‘Samagra Shikha Abhiyan’. Another ₹2,500 crore will be released soon to carry on with various initiatives including online education, the Union ministry said.
The ministry further explained that the school education department has started holding virtual meetings of the project approval boards (PABs) to approve annual work plan, and budgets of the states under SSA, “so that the states and union territories can get timely (financial) approvals for implementation of the above interventions”.
The ministry and the state education secretaries, however, are yet to take a call on holding or cancelling Class XII exams.
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