Panel to ensure smooth implementation of free education among poor children

The school education department constitutes a state-level committee to determine the “per-child” expenditure that the government should pay by the government under the provisions of the Children’s Free and Mandatory Education Act of 2009. Image source: Venkatachalapathy_c

The school education department constitutes a state-level committee to determine the government should be subject to the “per-child” expenditures that the government should meet in private schools under the provisions of the Children’s Free and Mandatory Education Act of 2009.

The committee is represented by government officials, members of private and helpless school administrators, and non-governmental organizations working in the education sector.

A GO (No. 103) released to this effect on Tuesday said that Principal Secretary/Special Chief Secretary, School Education, would be the Chairman of the committee, while the Special Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Commissioner/Director of School Education, representatives of private school managements such as Tulasi Vishnu Prasad K. from Andhra Pradesh Private, Unaided Schools Management Association (APPUSMA), V. Subrahmanya Raju from AP Private Schools Association (APPSA), K. Srikanth of the Independent School Management Association (ISMA) and President of the United Private Education Institutions Federation (UPEIF), Director of the Indus Action Soumya Suresh South Zone as a member/convener.

Members will meet within three months and thereafter each December to assess each child’s expenditure for the next academic conference. For the 2025-26 school year, members should take immediate steps to assess each child’s spending.

This reimbursement will be conducted directly by the government through real-time total settlement (RTGS)/National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) and in a separate bank account maintained by the school during the two periods during the school year.

The first 50% of the batch will be reimbursed in September and the rest will be reimbursed in January.