SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES

Scheme Name		:	SCHEME OF SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES FOR ADULT EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
	Ministry / Department/Organisation	:	Department of School Education and Literacy
	Goverment	:	Central
Sponsored By
	Sponsored By	:	Central Goverment
	Funding Pattren	:	Pattern of Financial Assistance The State Resource Centers will be provided an annual recurring grant for Programme, Emoluments and Office Expenses, in the ratio of 45:45:10 as follows: BUDGET HEAD CATEGORY ‘A’ Rs. Lakhs CATEGORY ‘ B’ (Rs. Lakhs) Programmes 45 31.5 Emoluments 45 31.5 Office Expenses 10 07.0 TOTAL 100 70 The SRCs will have the flexibility in the number of staff appointed subject to the condition that they will be eligible for enhanced financial support only on adoption of the ratio of 70:30 in the appointment of academic and support staff. Depending on the need and availability of funds, one time infrastructure grant of Rs 50 Lakhs may also be provided only to the new State Resource Centers. Though during the FY 2008-09, the SRCs will continue to receive reimbursement of expenditure incurred on Population Development Education activities, from 2009-10 erstwhile PDE activities and staff of a State Resource Center will be subsumed in its general activities and staffing and no separate funds will be provided for this activity/staff. Pattern of Financial Assistance (JSS) For the Financial Year 2008-09, assistance will be provided at the pre-revised scales. With effect from 1-04-09, till the validity of this scheme, all the JSSs will be provided enhanced* assistance, at the revised rates, as follows: BUDGET HEAD CATEGORY ‘A’ Rs. Lakhs CATEGORY ‘ B’ (Rs. Lakhs) CATEGORY ‘ c’ (Rs. Lakhs) Recurring (Total) 40 35 30 Emoluments 16 15 13 Programme 19 15 13 Office Expenses 5 5 4 Non- Recurring (for infrastructure and equipments) One time grant of Rs. 15 Lakhs only to the NEW JSSs . *This increase of Rs. 5 Lakhs will be exclusively for the programmes. Pattern of Financial Assistance (VOLUNTARY AGENCIES) The financial assistance shall be provided to VAs on project to project basis. The projects and budget submitted by the VAs will be examined and considered by the Grant-in-Aid Committee(GIAC) and financial assistance provided to the VAs as approved by the GIAC
	Description	:	INTRODUCTION The Programme of Action (POA) to operationalise National Policy on Education, 1986, inter-alia, envisaged development of a genuine partnership between the Government and non- Government Organizations (NGOs) and stipulated that government would take positive steps to promote their wider involvement in eradication of illiteracy by providing due support to them. To promote Adult Education, particularly in 15-35 age group, through voluntary sector, the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, has been providing support to Voluntary Agencies (VA) through two separate schemes, namely (i) Assistance to Voluntary Agencies in the field of Adult Education and (ii) Jan Shikshan Sansthans. The former is conceptualised as an overarching programme to encourage innovation and creativity in literacy and continuing education. It includes establishment of State Resource Centers for technical and academic support to adult education. Jan Shikshan Sansthans, on the other hand, provide vocational education skill development training to those having no or rudimentary level of education. The Government have now decided to merge both the schemes and rename the modified scheme as “Scheme of Support to Voluntary Agencies for Adult Education and Skill Development” and continue to support the Voluntary Agencies on project to project basis. Thus the new scheme subsumes the erstwhile NGO based schemes of the National Literacy Mission. Besides revised parameters, enhanced financial assistance has been provided under some of the components of the revised scheme. The scheme will be administered through a new set of guidelines and terms & conditions, as specified by the Government from time to time.
Beneficiaries
	Beneficiaries	:	Community,
	Benefits	:	Training,
How to avail
	Eligibility Criteria	:	ELIGIBILITY All the three programme of the Scheme are open to only such Public charitableTrusts, not –for- profit companies registered undersection 25 c of Companies Act and registered Societies as would meet the eligibility criteria fixed by the Government of India.
	How to avail	:	SCHEME OBJECTIVES The main objective of the scheme is to secure extensive, as well as, intensive involvement of voluntary sector in the endeavours of the Government to promote functional literacy, skill development and continuing education, particularly in 15-35 age group, under the over all umbrella of National Literacy Mission (NLM). The Scheme will, thus, strive to achieve, through voluntary effort, the overall objectives of NLM, which include: i. Achieving self-reliance in literacy and numeracy ii. Becoming aware of the causes of their deprivation and moving towards amelioration of their condition through organization and participation in the process of development iii. Acquiring skills to improve the economic status and general well being iv. Imbibing the values of national integration, conservation of the environment women’s equality, observance of small family norms, etc. 3. COMPONENTS The Scheme encompasses of 3 components, namely, State Resource Centers, Jan Shikshan Sansthan and Assistance to Voluntary Agencies. 3.1 State Resource Centers i. Introduction The State Resource Center(s) (SRCs) are mandated to provide academic and technical resource support to adult and continuing education through development and production of material and training modules. In addition SRC would be required to conduct motivational and environmental building, action research and evaluation and monitoring. ii. Scope of Work The Scope of Work of the State Resource Center(s) broadly includes the following: • Preparation of teaching learning and training material for Adult Education programme • Training literacy Functionaries • Action Research • Evaluation and monitoring of literacy projects • Undertaking innovative projects to identify future needs Adult Education programme • Any other function incidental to accomplishment of the overall objectives of the NLM or specifically assigned by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. iii. Categorisation of State Resource Centers The State Resource Centers, based on the workload and size of their programme in the area of their jurisdiction, are categorized into two categories, namely, Category ‘A’ and Category ‘B’. Different quantum of assistance has been provided for each category. iv. Upgradation of State Resource Centers The scheme provides for the up gradation of a SRC from category ‘B’ to category ‘A’ based on their performance against the criteria of (a) years of experience (b) academic performance in the area of material development, training research and evaluation, (c) special achievements (d) assessment of the external evaluation agency. Weightage will be given for the above criteria and based on the scores obtained, a SRC may be upgraded. 7 SRCs will be upgraded during the 11th Five Year Plan period and the process of upgradation will be initiated from the FY 2009-10. During 2009-10 and 2010-11, 2 SRCs in each year will be upgraded. For the following year, 3 SRCs will be upgraded. v. New State Resource Centers Under the programme 14 new State Resource Centers in Category ‘B’ will be set up. While setting up the new State Resource Centers, priority will be given to States that do not have any SRC but where literacy levels, as per 2001 census, is below the national average. States with more than 20 districts would be facilitated to set up one additional State Resource Center, while States with more than 30 districts would be eligible for a total of 3 State resource Centers. In exceptional circumstances proposals from other States may also be considered. The process of establishment of the newly sanctioned State Resource Centers will commence from the financial year 2009-10. 4 new SRCs will be set up during 2009-10 and 5 each during 2010-11 and 2011-12.
Nodal Officer Contact Details
	Name	:	Jagmohan Singh Raju
	Address	:	Ministry of HRD, Department of School Education & Literacy, Room No.111-C Wing, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
	Contact No.	:	011-23383451
	Email	:	dgnlm.edu@nic.in
Validity of the Scheme
	Introduced On	:	01-04-2009
	Valid Upto	:	31-03-2012
Application Invatation Time Frame
	From Date	:	N.A.
	To Date	:	N.A.
Scheme Details
	Reference Url	:	http://education.nic.in
	Keywords	:	Skilled, SRC, JSS, NGO, Volunteer
Attachement Reqired during submission of application for this scheme
	Title of Document 1	:	Scheme of SRC
	File Format 1	:	Guidelines-Src.pdf
	Title of Document 2	:	JSS
	File Format 2 *mandatory	:	JSS Guidelines.pdf
	Title of Document 3	:	NGO
	File Format 3 *mandatory	:	scheme[1].pdf
	Title of Document 4	:	Release 2009-10
	File Format 4	:	release 2009-10.pdf
	Title of Document 5	:	Circular (Clarification)
	File Format 5 *mandatory	:	clarification note.pdf