Pune : With reports of rising health problems among students of civic schools, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s education board on Tuesday announced medical insurance for all the 95,000 students in its schools. However, over 50 per cent of the proposed budget of Rs 180 crore for 2010-11 goes in salaries of the employees due to the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission.
According to budget proposal of the education board, “The medical check-up of students has revealed that they have health problems. Thus, we need to pay special attention to the health of students. A provision of Rs 1 crore to provide medical insurance has been proposed in the budget for 2010-11.”
The scheme will enable the students who fall ill to get financial assistance of at least Rs 20,000 for medical treatment.
The board has also proposed Rs 7 crore for maintenance and repair of the infrastructure of the civic schools. To enable emergency repair work, the schools have been empowered to take up maintenance work up to Rs 1 lakh on their own as against the practice of getting done through the respective ward offices.
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