Preparation of Annual Work Plan & Budget AWP & B 2025-26, Annual AWP & B for the year 2025-26 of AP Samagra Shiksha and PMSHRI -District level (AWP&B) 2025-26 activities- Instructions-Issued
APSS- Planning Planning PAB 2025-26 Preparation of Annual AWP & B for the year 2025-26 of Samagra Shiksha and PMSHRI -District level (AWP&B) 2025-26 activities- Instructions-Issued- Regarding Rc. No. SS-19021/1/2025-PLNG-SSA Dt:24-01-2025.
Read:-
1. D.O No.2-3/2024-IS.2 Dt 14.01.2025 of the Additional Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi
2. Oral Instruction of the State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha, in the review meeting held on 21.01.2025.
Attention of all the RJDSES, District Educational Officers&Additional Project Coordinators of Samagra Shiksha in the state is invited to the reference 1st read above, where in the Additional Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India has informed that the meetings of the Project Approval Board for Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) for the centrally Sponsored Schemes of Samagra Shiksha and PM SHRI for the year 2025-26 will commence on 7th February 2025 and requested the State to submit the AWP&B proposals for 2025-26 online on the PRABANDH before 31st January 2025 for appraisal and approval of the PAB.
Therefore, All Regional Joint Directors of School Education (RJDSES), District Educational Officers (DEOs), and Additional Project Coordinators (APCs) are hereby instructed to ensure effective planning, preparation, and timely submission of the Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) 2025-26 proposals under Samagra Shiksha and PMSHRI in alignment with the following guidelines:
Conduct orientation trainings and convergence meetings with line departments at various levels as per the schedule for the preparation of Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B) 2025-26.
Issue necessary instructions to Mandal Educational Officers (MEOS), Headmasters (HMs), Cluster HMs, and Cluster Resource Persons (CRPs) for the preparation of mandal, cluster, school, and habitation plans, ensuring the completion of the Neighbourhood Format(144-column format) for access components such as:
- Opening of new schools/upgradation of schools
- Transport and escort allowances.
Maintain planning activity evidence, including:
- Photos of the activities
- School Management Committee (SMC) resolutions
- Records of Grama Sabha meetings
- Plans at school, habitation, cluster, mandal, and district levels (both hard and soft copies).
Compile a list of Grama Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) proposals already submitted, specifically related to schools.
Identify and list the number of schools that have prepared Disaster Risk Management Plans, along with their soft copies, and submit them to the state office during the district plan appraisal.
Collect and document:
- Best practices
- Success stories
- Testimonials from schools, ensuring they are properly drafted and supported with relevant images.
Prepare comprehensive District Plans for the AWP&B 2025-26 under Samagra Shiksha and submit:
- All plans along with relevant data
- 5% sample plans from habitation, school, cluster, and mandal levels (soft copies) to the state office during the district plan appraisal.
Adhere strictly to the financial norms, programmatic norms of Samagra Shiksha, and PAB Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Education, Gol while preparing the AWP&B 2025-26. Regularly update the status with the state office and follow instructions as issued.
Coordinate with the concerned state sectorial officers as required until the final submission of the AWP&B 2025-26.
Ensure that all components specified under PM SHR1 Schools scheme for the designated PM SHRI Schools, shall be funded only through the PM SHRI Scheme. Any duplication with Samagra Shiksha may please be avoided.
Districts may try to focus more on equipping Secondary schools with class 9th and above with internet access, ICT rooms, Integrated lab or separate Science labs as required, ATL etc. The training and capacity building of teachers, as outlined in the NEP, needs special emphasis.
The Thrust of the Appraisal Exercise will be on Implementing the Interventions of Samagra Shiksha and recommendations of NEP 2020 in letter and spirit.
The proposals for each component/intervention must be developed in the following structure (not more than 1000 words each) to properly appraise and monitor:
- Name of the Proposal/ Project
- Modalities of implementation and Justification
- Expected Outcomes
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Monitoring of the KPIs/Project
As always, the plan write-up should focus on description of need assessment and interventions proposed, to explain and elaborate on the information about the impact of the intervention. This helps in effectively implementing the Scheme and achieve the objective of universal quality education to our children.
All the above activities must be completed as per the timelines specified (Schedule is enclosed) to ensure timely submission of the AWP&B 2025- 26 proposals to PAB.
For further clarification or support, please contact the concerned sectoral officers at the state level.
Encl: As above.
