IMPHAL, Mar 6 NNN: All Manipur School Management and Development Committee said it has identified the Manipur Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) department, the Manipur state Authority and the School Management and the Development Committee (SMDC) as predominantly responsible in deciding the future fate of SSA in Manipur.
According to SMDC president Horngam Keishing and its geneneral secretary M Worthington, recently the committee had met the Union Minister (MHRD) and the key officials of Elementary Education and literacy department under the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) who assured the SMDC convincingly that SSA Central guidelines shall be upheld at any cost and even emphasized on community participation, decentralization and enforcing of SSA funds as a separate entity aloof from the state fund.
“Thus our prime efforts prioritizing on safeguarding the future fate of SSA in Manipur has been achieved,” Horngam and Worthington stated.
It is noteworthy to mention that SSA contributes a substantial portion in developing the Education system all over India and Manipur state is no exception.
“We should make maximum use of SSA opportunity instead of indulging in activities that may place SSA at risk and put a permanent stop to the smooth fund flow of SSA from centre,” the SMDC leaders asserted.
Thus the State Mission Authority Manipur, the Manipur State Authority and the SMDC community hold equal and joint responsibility of deciding the fate of SSA in Manipur.
Horngam Keishing and M Worthington then warned each SMDC to properly monitor and implement its responsibilities henceforth.
“We have learnt of haphazard formation of SMDCs widely prevalent incongruous to the guidelines and many formation of SMDC are found to be engaged in fraudulent management and implement of SSA funds and schemes manipulating community mandate. This office shall not tolerate and Condon such activities in the future as failure on the part of the aforementioned three entities can jeopardize the fate of our children in Manipur and take a heavy toll on our children’s Right to Education (RTE) out of in competencies.
“While rigid on our stance on safeguarding the SSA regular norms and guidelines, we welcome suggestive inputs from any section including the influential section for working out modalities and mechanisms that encourage inclusive co-ordination in the interest of further enhancing the efficiency and productivity of SSA implementation overall,” the SMDC leaders added.
But erratic officials and fraudulent individuals shall be booked and punished under the law and SMDC intent to bear all odds to effectively check on the discrepancies and anomalies area of SSA functioning in Manipur state, Horngam Keishing and M Worthington stated.
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