Out
of the total Budget outlay of Rs.1794892 crores for the year 2014-15, an amount
of Rs.3734.01 crores has been allocated to this Ministry. Thus the allocation
for the Ministry of Minority Affairs works out to be 0.21%, out of the total
Budget outlay for the year 2014-15.
The
Department of School Education & Literacy has been running a scheme, namely,
the Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madarsas (SPQEM) since 2008-09
for the modernization of madarsas. Under the scheme, the Ministry of Human
Resource Development provides financial assistance in the form of teachers’
honorarium to the Madarsas which introduce modern subjects i.e. Science, Mathematics,
Social Studies, Hindi and English in their curriculum so that academic
proficiency in classes I-XII is attainable for children studying in these
institutions. Financial assistance is provided for Science/Maths kits, for
setting up of Book bank and Science/ Computer lab also. However, the scheme is
implemented through the State Governments.
Under
SPQEM, funds allocated and released during the last Five years are:
|
Year
|
Funds allocated (Rs. in lakh)
|
Amount released
(Rs. In lakh)
|
No. of teachers
|
No. of Madarsas
|
|
2009-10
|
5000.00
|
4623.54
|
4962
|
1979
|
|
2010-11
|
10400.00
|
10147.00
|
11382
|
5045
|
|
2011-12
|
15000.00
|
13953.40
|
14412
|
5934
|
|
2012-13
|
19500.00
|
18249.26
|
23146
|
9905
|
|
2013-14
|
20000.00
|
18273.38
|
35157
|
14859
|
An
amount of Rs. 375 crore for SPQEM and for the Scheme for Infrastructure
Development in Minority Institutes (IDMI) has been allocated to the Department
of School Education for the Year 2014-15. However, no funds have yet been
released under the scheme during the current year.
This
was stated by Dr. Najma A. Heptulla, the Minister of Minority Affairs in Rajya
Sabha today.
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