Imphal, July 20 NNN: Association of School Management and Development Committee (SMDC), Chandel district Under SSA has strongly come out against the state government’s plan to offer works to private contractors for construction of 46 Sarva Sikhsa Abhiyan ( SSA) school buildings in the district.
Saying that 46 SSA school buildings will be constructed in respect of Chandel district and for this purpose the concerned village heads have donated lands, said Trimson Saku, chairman, SMDC, adding that the village authorities will not give the lands if the government engages private contractors for the construction of school buildings.
The list of contractors released by the state Education Minister should be cancelled immediately, he demanded.
According to Right to Education, 2009, the SSA framework implementation says clearly and unequivocally that planning and implementation by the community through school management committee in all school infrastructure development will be mandatory in order to ensure sense of ownership and departure from contractor driven approaches.
It also says engagement of contractors in building constructions will not be allowed under SSA.
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