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SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, SALEM.

ADDRESSES OF EDUCATIONAL OFFICES

ADDRESS	PHONE NO.	CELL & FAX NO.
Chief Educational Officer, Collectorate Campus, Salem – 636 001. slm_ceosalem@sancharnet.in	0427-2450254	98424-41625 fax:0427-2450352
District Project Coordinator, Education For All Movement, O/o. the C.E.O., Salem – 636 001.	0427-2450252	-
District Educational Officer, District Library Campus, Salem – 636 007.	0427-2411610	98427-41161
District Educational Officer, Sankari – 637 301.	04283-240710	-
District Elementary Educational Officer, District Library Campus, Salem – 636 007.	0427-2416745	-
Inspector of Matriculation Schools, Municipal Hr. Sec. School Campus, Fort, Salem – 636 001.	0427-2450254	98427-56454
District Institute of Education & Training, Uthamachozhapuram, Salem – 636 010.	0427-2273751

Salem Revenue District has 2 Educational Districts.

1) Salem Educational District.

2) Sankari Educational District.

There are 22 Asst. Educational Offices in Salem District. 39 Asst. Educational Officers are appointed in 20 Panchayat union; One Asst. Educational Officer is incharge of the Salem Corporation area and another one is for Urdu Schools. Two Asst. Educational Officer is incharge of Nursery Schools and two Asst. Educational Officer is incharge mobile science van.

In addition to this 21 Block supervisors are appointed for the "Education for All Movement" Scheme.

No. of Schools in Salem Revenue District.

Category	Panchayat Union	Municipal	Government	Govt. Tribal residential Schools	Aided	Self financed	Matric. Schools	Total Schools
NURSERY & PRIMARY	1122	67	2	39	76	Nursery Schools=87	-	1393
MIDDLE	112	14	1	12	17	-	-	156
High School	0	2	81	2	13	7	110	215
Hr. Sec. Schools	0	7	80	1	22	3	42	155
Total	1234	90	164	54	128	97	152	1919

DISTRICT LEVEL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS STRENGTH:

Category	No. of students	No of teachers
Primary	264491	5747
Middle	24216	1537
High Schools	50588	1020
Matric. Schools	30882	1892
Hr. Sec. School	165901	3503
Matric. Hr. Sec. schools	36281	1575
Total	572359	15274

Government welfare schemes in the school education department:

Name of the scheme	Benefits	Prerequisites to receive the benefits	Documents to be submitted	Officers to be contacted	When to contact
1. Free Bus Pass	From the residence to the school free bus pass limited to 30 klm	All the students studying in Government recognized schools	An application and two stamp size photographs	Through Head Master, the Branch Manager of the transport department	Beginning of the academic year
2. Free Noon Meals	to provide free meals	Students from I std to X std – below poverty line	-	Concerned Head Masters	Beginning of the academic year
3. Free Uniform	to provide free uniform	students from I std to VIII std – below poverty line	-	Concerned Head Masters	Every year in May
4. Free Books I to VIII	to provide free text books	students from I std to VIII std – below poverty line	As per School Record	Concerned Head Masters.	Every year in May
5. Free Books IX and X	to provide text books	SC/ST students from IX and X std	As per School Record.	Through concerned Head Masters.	Every year in May
6. Concession in special fees	No special fees for students from VI to X std	All the Sc/ST and converted christians	Community certificate as per the school records	Through concerned Head masters District Adidravidar Welfare Officer, Colletorate Campus, Salem1	Every year in June.
7. Concession in special fees	VI to VII – Rs 14 IX – Rs. 24 X – Rs. 34	All the de-notified tribes from VI to VIII std	Community certificate and parents' income certificate. (Within Rs.50,000)	Through concerned Head Master District Backward Welfare Officer, Salem	Every year in June
8. Concession in special fees	IX and X (BC) Rs. 24 IX (MBC) Rs. 24 X (MBC) Rs. 34	In the final exam 40% in the aggregate In come should sdbe within Rs. 50,000. No ioncome restriction for X std MBC students	Community certificate Income certificate Mark sheet	Through concerned Head Master District Backward Welfare Officer, Salem	Beginning of the academic year
9. Adhoc merit scholarship	Rs. 300	SC/ST students who continue the studies after passing the X std in the first attempt with 300 marks and above.	Prescribed application form Community certificate and SSLC mark sheet	Through concerned Head master District Adidravidar welfare Officer, Salem	Beginning of the academic year
10. Free Bicycle	Rs. 1844	SC/St Girls Hr. Sec. Students except Those who study in the Residential schools Those who stay in the hostel with in the school campus Those who get free bus pass Those who received cycle in the previous year	Community Certificate	Through concerned Head master District Adidravidar welfare Officer, Salem	beginning of the academic year
11. XI & XII students scholarship	BC –Science Group _Rs. 85 Other subjects Rs 65 DNC/MBC – Science Group Rs. 114 Other subjects Rs. 84	Parents' income should be within Rs. 50,000 BC and MBC students should have scored 40% in the final examination	Prescribed application form Xerox copies of Community Certificate Annual Income certificate and Mark Sheet. 90% attendance	Through concerned Head master District Backward welfare Officer, Salem	Every year in June
12. SC/ST and Converted Christian XII std students' post Matric. scholarship	Central Govt. Scholarship for Hostel Students Rs.150/- , Days scholars Rs.90/- State Govt. scholarship for Hostel Student Rs.115/- Days scholars Rs.65/- in addition to this concession in exam fees and special fees.	1) Parents income should not exceed Rs.65,290/- for Central Govt. Scholarship. 2) Parents income should not exceed Rs.50,000/- for State Govt. Scholarship	1) Prescribed application form. 2) Community Certificate. 3) Income certificate	Through concerned Head Master, District Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer, Salem.	Every year in June.
13) Scholarship for Children of Sanitary workers	VI to X = Rs.900 to 1,000/-	i. No income limit. ii. No religious and cost bar. iii. Only two children from one family. iv. Children of the Scavengers from Municipality and Township.	Concern sanitary Inspector's certificate.	Through concerned Head Master, District Adi Dravidar Welfare Officer, Salem.	Beginning of the academic year.
14) Three kinds of certificates.	1) Community certificate. 2) Income certificate. 3) Nativity certificate.	Students who are about to write 10^th or 12^th Std. Govt. Examinations.	Prescribed application form.	Through the Concerned Head Master, concerned Thasildar	Beginning the academic year.
15) Higher Education Expenditure.	Full expenditure of Higher Education.	First three District rankers with Tamil as 1^st language in 10^th and 12^th Std. from Govt., Aided & Mat. Schools.	i. Prescribed application form. ii. Xerox copies of Mark sheets. iii. The certificates for getting one of the first three rank.	Through concerned Head Master/ Principal, Chief Educational Officer, Salem.	Beginning of the academic year.
16) Rural Talent Examination scholarship	50 Boys, 50 Girls from 9^th to 12^th Std. who have scored the highest mark in the Rural Talent Examination in the Revenue District would receive Rs.1,000/- each.	1) Students from village. 2) Parents income should not exceed Rs.12,000/- per annum. 3) Student should have scored minimum of 250 in the 8^th Std. Common Examination and also pass the Rural Talent Examination.	i. Prescribed application form. ii. Income certificate.	Through concerned Head Master, Chief Educational Officer, Salem.	In July.
17) Free Note books.	Free Note Books. 1) Ruled -3 2) Maths-1 3) Science-1. 4) Composi-tion-2	All the Adi Dravidar students from VI Std. to X Std.l	Community certificate as per the school record.	Concerned Head Master.	In May.
18) Scholarship for Physically Handi-capped students.	Provide scholarship to physically handicapped students.	Physically Handicapped Students from 1^st Std. to 12^th Std.	i. Prescribed application form. ii. Certificate for Physically Handi-capped.	District Officer for Physically handicapped.	Beginning of the academic year.
19) Free Text Books for the children of destitute widows	Provide Text Books to the children of destitute widows.	Students from 1^st to 12^th.	i. Prescribed application form. ii. Widow certificate.	Through the concerned Head Master, District Social Welfare Officer.	Beginning of the academic year.
20) Scholarship for the children of Ex-Servicemen	Provide scholarship to the Children of Ex-servicemen	Students from 1^st to 12^th.	1) Prescribed application form. 2) Ex-Serviceman certificate.	Through the concerned Head Master, District Ex-Servicemen Welfare Officer.	Beginning of the academic year.

"SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN". EDUCATION FOR ALL MOVEMENT

To implement the compulsory education policy the Government of India have introduced a new scheme in the name of " SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN" Education For All Movement throughout India from the year 2002.

THE AIMS OF THE SCHEME:

To enroll all the school age children in the schools before 2003.
Ensuring completion of 5^thstandard by the year 2007 and 8^th by the year by all students.
Ensuring zero dropout and zero repetition and cent percent completion rate.
Imparting quality education to all the children irrespective of caste creed, region, etc

The following committees have been formed with the involvement of Local elected representation retired teachers, N.G.O.S., and P.T.A. members for the successful implementation of the scheme.

Village Education Committee
Block Education Committee
District Education Committee

To implement the scheme in an effective manner the following measures have been taken.

100% enrolment of school age children into the Schools.
Dropout rate to be minimized to zero level.
Imparting fair and quality Education.
Ensuring of minimum two teachers in a School.
Starting of education guaranteed School or Alternative Innovative centers in the places where there is non opportunity to start a regular school.
Construction of new school building and repairs to the old buildings through the village committee.
Rs.500/-- Grant to each teacher for preparing Teaching and Learning materials every year.
Rs. 2000/- Grant for taking repairs to building.
Training to all teachers and village committee members.
Construction of block resource centers in every block headquarters for importing training to the teachers.
Promotion of cluster resource centers.
Developing infrastructure facilities in Schools.

The Annual Plan for the year 2002-2003 has already been prepared and substituted to the Govt. Preparation of 'perspective plan' for the entire 10 years of plan period is going on now. the financial sanction for the current year is very much anticipated.

An extensive campaign was conducted to mobilize the enrolment of School age children on 6-6-2002, in Salem District at Village level, Block Level and District level.

The Primary and Middle School Teachers, the local body representatives, the School Parent Teacher Association Presidents Non-Government Organization and other Government Departmental Officials shall Participate in the campaign to make it a grand success.

As proposed, Rallies, Slide Projection in the Cinema theatres, Propaganda at the Village, Markets, Bazaars and Street corners were carried out.

District level Committee has been constituted. Necessary steps are being taken for the formation of Village level and Block level Committees