GO MS 89 Conversion of Social Welfare Hostels in to Residential Schools in AP

SOCIAL WELFARE (EDN.1) DEPARTMENT

G.O.Ms.No.89                                                               Dated:18 .07.2016

Read the following:

1. G.O.Ms.No. 45, S.W. (Edn.1) Dept ., dt . 10.07.2015

2. G.O.Rt .No. 2980, G.A. (SC.A) Dept ., dt . 01.10.2015.

3. Minutes of meeting of Committee of the Secretaries of Welfare Departments,  held on 24-11-2015.

4. Lr.No.C1/4622/205 dated 5-2-2016 of the DSW., A.P. addressed to all the District  Collectors.

5. D.O.Lr.No. 7689/Edn.1/2015, S.W. (Edn.1) Dept., dt. 03.03.2016

6. G.O.Ms.No 22, S.W.(RS.2) Department , dated 20-2-2016

7. G.O.Ms.No 48, S.W.(RS.2) Department , dated 16-4-2016

8. From the DSW., AP., Hyd. Lr.No.Rc.No.C1/4622/2016, dt . 13-5-2016

9. From the DSW., AP., Hyd. Lr.No.Rc.No.C1/4622/2016, dt . 25-6-2016 & 12-07-2016

10. Meeting of the Committee of Secretaries of Welfare Departments, held on 13-07-2016.

ORDER:

The Government of Andhra Pradesh endeavours to provide quality education to the children of the Scheduled Caste community in order to achieve sustained inclusive growth. As part of this endeavour and in order to leverage the acknowledged superior ecosystem of the Residential School system viz. a congenial integrated study & stay environment leading to the all round development of the students, better standards of educational attainment, good infrastructure, etc . the Government have decided to convert all the Social Welfare Hostels in the State into Residential Schools in a phased manner. To facilitate the transition, the Government has taken steps vide the reference 6th & 7th cited for the sanctioning of new Residential Schools and ramping up of the infrastructure in the existing Residential Schools of the Social Welfare Department.

2.      The Government have issued orders, in the reference 1st read above, for the conversion of (199) Hostels into Residential Schools in 2015-16 (1st Phase) and the orders have been implemented.

3.       Further, in the reference 2nd read above, the Government have constituted a Committee of Secretaries of Welfare Departments to examine and suggest the comprehensive proposal & action plan on the conversion of Hostels into Residential Schools in a phased manner in the State. The Committee of Welfare  Secretaries has met on 24.11.2015 to discuss about the strategy / action plan to be adopted for conversion and constituted an Inter Departmental Committee at the  State Level with all the HODs of the Welfare Department as members for the finalization of the guidelines for the conversion of SC/ST/BC/MW Hostels into Residential Schools.

4.      The Inter Departmental Committee has met on 10.12.2015 and discussed & finalized the action plan, strategy for implementation, criteria & guidelines to be adopted & it was decided that the proposals for conversion of the Hostels into Residential Schools will be prepared & supervised by the District Level committees headed by the concerned  Joint Collector-II/P.O.ITDAs.  The strategy and guidelines for conversion of Welfare Hostels into Residential Schools were communicated to all the District Collectors by the Director of Social Welfare in the reference 4th cited & vide the reference 5th cited all the District Collectors were in the State were instructed to finalize the proposals for the year 2016-17 in terms of guidelines mentioned, in the reference 4th read above.

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