Escort Allowance 2024-25 to AP Schools CWSN Students

Escort Allowance 2024-25 to AP Schools CWSN Students Release Orders Guidelines AP CWSN Escort Allowance 2024-25 Escort allowance to AP School Students 2024 APSS- Inclusive Education - Release of Escort allowance to the Children with Special Needs in Elementary and Secondary to Senior Secondary Level through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for the academic year 2024-25 - Certain Instructions issued

 

APSS- Inclusive Education - Release of Escort allowance to the Children with Special Needs in Elementary and Secondary to Senior Secondary Level through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode for the academic year 2024-25 - Certain Instructions issued- reg Rc.No. SS-23021/66/2024-IED KGBV-SSA, Dt.19/09/2024

 

Read: PAB Minutes of Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) 2024-24 of Samagra Shiksha, dt.15^th April, 2024.

 

 

Attention of all the District Educational Officers and Additional Project Coordinators of Samagra Shiksha in the State is invited to the reference cited and are informed that the permission was accorded to sanction and release an amount of Rs. 2,65,71,000/- (Rupees Two Crores Sixty Five Lakhs and Seventy one thousand only ) for Elementary Level and an amount of Rs. 1,25,34,000/- ( Rupees One crore Twenty Five lakhs and Thirty Four thousand only) for Secondary to Senior secondary level i.e. totally Rs. 3,91,05,000/- (Rupees Three crores Ninety one lakhs and Five thousand only) for providing Escort Allowance to CwSN in Elementary and Secondary to Senior secondary level under the component of Escort Allowance (Sub component at 4.1.4) in elementary and 6.1.3 (1) in Secondary to senor secondary level for the academic year 2024-25 is as follows:-

 

At Elementary Level (Class 1 to class 8th):

 

District Name	No. of Loco Motor Children approved	Cerebral Palsy	Blind	Multiple Disability	Muscular Dystrophy	Total	Unit cost per Child@300 per month (Amount in Rs)	Total Budget (Amount in Rs)
Anakapalli	85	73	15	45	12	230	3000	690000
Ananthapuram	189	112	44	196	12	553	3000	1659000
Annamayya	83	95	23	93	12	306	3000	918000
ASR	11	11	11	12	5	50	3000	150000
Bapatla	78	61	16	82	12	249	3000	747000
Chittoor	121	121	23	103	12	380	3000	1140000
East Godavari	123	71	12	132	12	350	3000	1050000

Eluru	158	123	25	210	12	528	3000	1584000
Guntur	88	55	28	117	12	300	3000	900000
Kakinada	207	163	45	173	12	600	3000	1800000
Konaseema	99	51	25	99	12	286	3000	858000
Krishna	78	73	18	109	12	290	3000	870000
Kurnool	187	139	37	250	41	654	3000	1962000
Manyam	63	32	9	35	12	151	3000	453000
Nandyal	125	87	23	178	12	425	3000	1275000
NTR	72	23	15	79	12	201	3000	603000
Palnadu	137	132	23	222	12	526	3000	1578000
Prakasam	74	78	23	99	12	286	3000	858000
SPS Nellore	68	67	28	95	12	270	3000	810000
Sri Satyasai	67	67	38	111	12	295	3000	885000
Srikakulam	143	109	19	170	12	453	3000	1359000
Tirupati	60	60	13	141	12	286	3000	858000
Visakhapatnam	47	29	19	56	12	163	3000	489000
Vizianagaram	128	88	33	133	12	394	3000	1182000
West Godavari	96	98	22	123	12	351	3000	1053000
YSR Kadapa	44	44	36	144	12	280	3000	840000
Total	2631	2062	623	3207	334	885 7	3000	2657100 0

 

Secondary to Senior Secondary Level (Class 9 ^thto Class 12 th)

 

District Name	Loco Motor proposed	CP	Blind	M~D	Muscular Dystrophy	Total CwSN	Unit cost per Child@300 per month (Amount in Rs)	Total Budget (Amount in Rs)
Anakapalli	33	47	70	45	13	208	3000	624000
Ananthapuram	13	25	19	44	5	106	3000	318000
Annamayya	17	21	26	29	9	102	3000	306000
ASR	4	5	7	9	7	32	3000	96000
Bapatla	15	28	58	39	9	149	3000	447000
Chittoor	15	30	28	33	13	119	3000	357000
East Godavari	7	30	46	30	12	125	3000	375000
Eluru	24	33	168	43	2	270	3000	810000
Guntur	6	15	25	34	4	84	3000	252000
Kakinada	21	40	73	48	10	192	3000	576000
Konaseema	10	40	32	26	11	119	3000	357000
Krishna	7	32	62	56	5	162	3000	486000
Kurnool	32	32	75	45	15	199	3000	597000
Manyam	22	20	33	23	6	104	3000	312000
Nandyal	11	31	163	46	8	259	3000	777000
NTR	8	24	45	18	4	99	3000	297000
Palnadu	14	16	41	38	6	115	3000	345000
Prakasam	13	49	28	50	9	149	3000	447000
SPS Nellore	20	36	42	35	16	149	3000	447000
Sri Satyasai	13	56	51	48	11	179	3000	537000
Srikakulam	34	63	131	78	13	319	3000	957000
Tirupati	32	36	73	32	10	183	3000	549000
Visakhapatnam	9	21	35	19	15	99	3000	297000
Vizianagaram	27	38	128	49	18	260	3000	780000
West Godavari	4	39	104	40	7	194	3000	582000
YSR Kadapa	19	34	105	34	10	202	3000	606000
Total	430	841	1668	991	248	4178	3000	12534000

 

Further it is informed that the Roles and Responsibilities of District Educational Officers and Additional Project Coordinators of Samagra Shiksha in the State are fixed as follows:

 

Roles and Responsibilities of District Educational Officers:

• Conduct review with district IE Coordinators and MEOs distribution of Escort allowance through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Mode. Monitoring strictly for obtaining information regarding mandal wise progress

Roles and Responsibilities of Additional Project Coordinators:

• Instructing District IE and Assistant IE coordinators for providing escort allowance to eligible CwSN as per guidelines.
• Collecting School wise and Bhavitha Center wise Children with Special Needs information from District IE Coordinators and release the allowance amount directly to the Child account/parent of the child account through Direct Benefit Transfer mode only and furnishing beneficiaries' information to SPO in every month duly signed by the APC, Samagra Shiksha.
• Rectifying the gaps in the field level

Roles and Responsibilities of District IE Coordinators:

• Prepare an Action Plan regarding Escort Allowance with the help of Inclusive Education Resource persons (IERPs)
• Verification of CwSN information that includes name, class, gender, school, Child ID/Pen number, UDISE Code, bank details, Aadhaar, Type of disability and their Software for Assessment of Disabled for Access, Rehabilitation and Empowerment (SADAREM) Certificates
• Process files through District IE Coordinators
• Prepare district wise beneficiaries report

Roles and Responsibilities of Head Masters:

• Head master should monitor CwSN attendance
• Head Master has to maintain attendance register and taking signature of escorts in every month
• Suggest female escorts for assisting the female children.
• The escort should not be given to a Drunkard/Smoker/unhealthy/ Handicapped

Roles and responsibilities of IERPs:

• IERP should collect CwSN information in their mandals and submit the information to District IE Coordinator duly signed by the MEO & IERP

Guidelines for providing Escort Allowance to CwSN:

• Escort Allowance will be provided to Students with Special Needs that are suffering with Loco Motor, Cerebral Palsy, Blind, Multiple Disability (severe/profound) and Muscular Dystrophy as well as the CwSN must be studying in Government and Government aided schools for the academic year 2024-25.
• The Escort Allowance will be provided to Children with Special Needs (Loco Motor, Cerebral Palsy, Blind, Multiple Disability and Muscular Dystrophy categories only) that are studying in Elementary level (Class -1 to Class-8) as well as Secondary to Senior Secondary Level CwSN (Class -9th to 12th Class).
• 300 per month and Rs.3000 for 10 months will be provided per CwSN at elementary level and secondary level for the academic year 2024-25.
• The Escort allowance will be provided to CwSN from June, 2024 to March, 2025) for the period of 10 months only.

Therefore, All the District Educational Officers and Additional Project Coordinators of Samagra Shiksha in the State are instructed to release escort allowance of an amount of Rs. 3000/- per CwSN for the period of 10 (Rs.300 per CwSN per month) in Elementary and Secondary to Senior secondary level (class 9th to class 12th ) directly to the student's / parent’s bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) System only in every month as per guidelines issued by this office and upload the expenditure details in Prabhandh Portal by 5th of every month regularly for the academic year 2024-25, and submit compliance to the State Project office, Samagra Shiksha, Vijayawada without fail.

 

All the District Educational Officers for take necessary action.

All the Additional Project Coordinators of Samagra Shiksha in the State for take necessary action in this matter.

Copy to all the Regional Joint Directors of School Education in the State for information and follow up action.

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