Mumbai: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday proposed an education budget of Rs 3370.24 crore for 2022-23, as against last year's Rs 2945.78 crore.
Free Education is being imparted by 6831 teachers to 2,42,899 students of 964 primary schools of 8 mediums viz: Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, English, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada, the BMC said on Thursday.
Under the educational facilities provided by BMC, 1383 teachers have been engaged to impart free education to 48209 students in 243 secondary schools. Our 81 teachers are engaged in the services of our 730 specially abled students in 17 B.M.C. special schools.
B.M.C. runs 2 D.Ed. colleges which have 153 students. There are 394 private schools receiving aid from B.M.C. where 2836 teaching and non-teaching staff is working.98719 students of Std.1st-4th are taking education in these schools.
The education department of BMC has approved to run 900 "balwadis‟, out of these, 815 " balwadis‟ are functional.
Meanwhile, the education department of the civic body has started 10 CBSE board curriculum from Nursery to 6th in academic year 2021-22. At present, 12 school of other boards in that 11 schools of CBSE Board and 1 school of ICSE Board is functional. School website has been launched. As per BMC policy, online admissBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has proposed a budget that estimates the income and expenditure for the financial year 2022-23 to Education committee. An education budget of Rs 3370.24 crore for 2022-23, up from Rs 2945.78 crore last year is proposed.
BMC has launched 40 YouTube channels in 4 languages, for different standards & mediums, under the programme of "Education for All Initiative‟ to provide free and quality education at home for the students. Along with various old schemes continuing this year, BMC has brought new projects and schemes for this year.
New projects and schemes for this financial year:
1) Establishment of one school of each I.G.C.S.E. (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) School, Cambridge and I.B. (International Baccalaureate) School. - Budget Provision: 15 crore
2) Skill Development Laboratory: The main objective of skill-based education is to make the students self-reliant. Skill Development Laboratories will be set up in 7 schools on a zonal basis having one school in each zone as a pilot project. Under this policy minimum of 50% of students will be imparted skill development training by the year 2025. Budget Provision: ` 1.40 crore
3) Sports Complex: Department will finalised a central and prime location in Mumbai region for a Sports Complex, having facilities of sports equipment for indoor and outdoor sports, books related to sports, playgrounds for sports, Information gallery of the International players, seating arrangements for spectator and accommodation for sports players. Budget Provision: 50 lakh.
4) Establishment of Astronomical laboratories in schools: 25 astronomical laboratories will be established as a pilot project. This laboratory will increase the astronomical knowledge of the students of B.M.C. schools and will give rise to curiosity in them. Budget Provision: 75 lakh.
5)Procuring Modern Fire Extinguishers: Fire Extinguishers are provided to all the B.M.C. school buildings. A few B.M.C. schools will be provided with Jet-Cool Gel, fire extinguisher on a pilot basis to be used in classrooms, science laboratories, computer laboratories, offices. Budget Provision: 2.64 crores.
6)The Talking Walls: The inner compound wall of the school building will be painted with the message of moral values, educational & social responsibility for the students. The visibility of speaking compound walls will enhance the comprehension & learning ability of the students. Budget Provision: 50 lakh.
7)Activities for awareness of Wildlife and Biodiversity: A set of books and audio stories containing information in easy words on wildlife will be made available to the students in the School Library. A visit to jungle safari, Nature Park, and sanctuaries will be organised for the students for a practical learning experience of biodiversity and wildlife. Budget Provision: 31 lakh.
8) Publicity of Education Department Activities through VLOGS: VLOGS will be made containing information about school activities and posted on social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. for creating awareness in the society. Budget Provision: 1 crore
9) Preservation of Documents in Digital Formats: Most of the school entries in the B.M.C. schools are in handwritten form and the size of the entry books also varies. it is proposed to preserve the old documents in digital form and bind the original documents, thus permanently preserving the old ones which are in tattered condition. It will help us in retrieving the old documents whenever needed. Budget Provision (Primary) : 30 lakh Budget Provision (Secondary) : 10 lakh
