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| Type | Rates Master Circular |
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| Topic | ticket-checking |
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Provision of schools in Railway Colonies for the children of schools run by them, the Railway Schools in these areas should also provide free
| MC: No.1872001 | M.C. No.18/ 2001 | GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD) No. E(W)2000/SC2/Master Circular/18 New Delhi, dated Bf 5.2001 To, The General Managers, All Indian Railways & Production Units and Others as per the mailing list. Subject:- Provision of schools in Railway Colonies for the children of Railway employees . ae मध्य मे oe aK के के के ait oe Reference Board’s letter No. E(W)90/SC-2/Master Circular dated 21.12.90 vide which Master Circular No.18 on provision, of schools was issued which contained salient features and instructions issued by Board in the matter from time to time. Since then, a number of instructions on this subject have been issued in the form of Supplementary Circulars to the Master Circular. It has now been decided by the Ministry of Railways to consolidate these instructions and issue a revised and updated version of the Master Circular as under, for information and guidance of all concerned. 2. Railway Schools: 2.1 Educational facilities provided on the Railways owe their origin to the necessity for fulfilling the educational needs of the children of European and Anglo-Indian employees who, in the last century, formed a considerable proportion of the Railway employees posted at places where no European Schools were available. With this end in view, Railway. schools were established at large Railway establishments. Certain Railways established boarding schools at hill stations for imparting education under European conditions. Other Railways assisted their employees by undertaking to pay a portion of the tuition fees. The educational facilities thus provided for Europeans were later extended to Anglo-Indians and when the number of educated Indians began to increase in Railway Services, the . Railways began to provide such facilities for the children of Indian employees at places where adequate arrangements did not exist. ff 22 Under article 346(3) - item 25 of list 3 Concurrent List (Seventh Schedule), provision of educational facilities is primarily the responsibility of State Govt./Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Education). However, Railways have provided educational facilities to the limited extent within the constraint of available resources purely as a measure of staff welfare to 2.3 2.4 f meet the needs of wards/children of Railway employees only at such places | there is a concentration of Railway employees and the educational facilities provided thereat by other agencies-both Government (State/Central) and private — are found inadequate or are totally absent resulting in hardship or inconvenience to them. g Educational facilities provided by the Railways are generally confined to primary/Middle and High/Higher Secondary Standards. The Railways do not normally enter into the field of college and Technical education owing to their extant policy keeping in view the far reaching administrative and financial implications.4 Schools functioning in Railway colonies: (a) (b) ०) 569 Railway Educational Institutions comprising of 1 Degree College, 11 Inter Colleges, 39 Higher Secondary, 46 High, 28 Middle, 125 Primary (fulfledged) and 319 ATP Schools are functioning on our system. As a policy, Railway Ministry have been coordinating with the Department of Education and had been successful in getting 68 Kendriya Vidyalayas 6_in_Project Sect Railway colonies/areas. 382 privately managed schools and number of State run schools are also functioning in various Railway colonies to cater to the needs of children of Railway employees. 3.1. It may be reiterated that provision of educational facilities is primarily the responsibility of the State Govt./Ministry of Human Resource Development. . Railway employees should, therefore, avail of the existing educational facilities provided by the State Govt. etc. to the general public, While in the past, it could be admitted that difficulties in this respect were being experienced by Railwa
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