Expenditure under Capex, CSS below desired level in education department – Greater Kashmir

He has however stressed for judiciously utilizing the funds in a time bound manner to improve the expenditure and shall be undertaken to eliminate idle or wasteful expenditure. In the meeting, the project director Samagra Shiksha gave a detailed powerpoint presentation indicating progress of sche…….

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He has however stressed for judiciously utilizing the funds in a time bound manner to improve the expenditure and shall be undertaken to eliminate idle or wasteful expenditure. In the meeting, the project director Samagra Shiksha gave a detailed powerpoint presentation indicating progress of schemes implemented by the SED and outcome of the initiatives undertaken by the department.

The Chief Secretary (CS) has further observed that 80 percent schools in J&K are run by the UT government with an enrolment of 53 percent students. “At higher secondary level over 75 percent of students study in UT government schools. Accordingly, a major drive for improving enrolment at elementary level by way of starting kindergartens and preventing dropout of children in the middle classes is needed,” he observed.

Source: https://www.greaterkashmir.com/op-ed-2/expenditure-under-capex-css-below-desired-level-in-education-department