Thursday, 1 January 2009

Children Education Assistance & Tuition Fee Reimbursement: Sixth Pay Commission Recommendations

The latest news on the Sixth Pay Commission is related to the Special pay & Allowance for Group A Services. Below, we presnt the text as it appears on the Office Memorandum Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training. Though utmost care has been taken to replicate the text as it is, but E&OE. Wikipedia on Sixth Pay Commission Ministry Site Wikipedia on Sixth Pay Commission News. Sixth Pay Commission Children Education Assistance Tuition Fee Reimbursement

Subject:- Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission implementation of decisions relating to the grant of Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee.

1. Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations made by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and in supersession of all earlier orders on the subject of Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee, the President is pleased to issue the following instructions: -

(a) Children Education Allowance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee which were hitherto payable separately will be merged and will henceforth be known as 'Children Education Allowance Scheme'.

(b) Under the Scheme of Children Education Allowance reimbursement can be availed by Government Servants upto to a maximum of 2 children.

(c) Reimbursement as indicated above will be applicable for expenditure on the education of school going children only i.e., for children from classes nursery to twelfth, including classes eleventh and twelfth held by junior colleges or schools affiliated to Universities or Boards of Education.

(d) Henceforth, the reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall have no nexus with the performance of the child in his class. In other words, even if a child fails in a particular class, the reimbursement of Children Education Allowance shall not be stopped.

(e) Reimbursement for the following items can be claimed under this Scheme: Tuition Fee, admission fee, laboratory fee, special fee charged for agriculture, electronics, music or any other subject, Fee charged for practical work under the programme of work experience, fee paid for the use of any aid or appliance by the child, library fee, games/sports fee and fee for extra-curricular activities. This also includes reimbursement for purchase of one set of text books and notebooks, two sets of uniforms and one set of school shoes which can be claimed for a child, in a year.

(f) The annual ceiling fixed for reimbursement of Children Education allowance is Rs.12000.

(g) Under this scheme, reimbursement can be claimed once every quarter. The amount that can be claimed in a quarter could be more than Rs.3000, and in another quarter less than Rs.3000, subject to the annual ceiling of Rs .12000 per child being maintained.

(h) In case both the spouses are Government servants, only one of them can avail reimbursement under Children Education Allowance.

(i) Hostel subsidy will be reimbursed upto the maximum limit of Rs.3000 per month per child subject to a maximum of 2 children. However, both hostel subsidy and Children Education Allowance cannot be availed concurrently.

(j) The above limits would be automatically raised by 25% every time the Dearness Allowance on the revised pay structure goes up by 50%.

2. In order to ensure that Government servants have no difficulty in claiming reimbursement, the procedure under this Scheme is being kept simple. Reimbursement should henceforth be made on the submission of original receipts on the basis of self-certification by the Government servant.

3. These orders shall be effective from 1st September, 2008.

4. Insofar as persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller and auditor General of India.

Hindi Version to follow.

-Memorandum text ends

We had intitally provided many details about the Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave: Sixth Pay Commission and about the Child Care Leave: Sixth Pay Commission Pay Hike. Yesterday, there were some other news which was not liked by many.

Here are the other related links on the Sixth pay Commission Recommendations and the government orders on the same.
New Pay Band of Defence Force Officers: Sixth Pay Commission

Sixth Pay Commission: Armed Forces Pay panel Grieviences

Link: Revised Pay Scale IAS (Administrative) IFS (Foreign) Officers: Sixth Pay Commission

Link: New Revised Pay Scale Indian Police Services IPS : Sixth Pay Commission

Link To: Maternity Leave, Child Care Leave: Sixth Pay Commission

Link To:LTC Leave Travel Concession Recommendations: Sixth Pay Commission

Link To:Special Allowance for child care for women with Disabilities

Link: Sixth Pay Commission: Income Tax on Pay Arrears

State Wise Salary Hike details are covered in the links of the article: State Wise Salary Hike Details of Sixth Pay Commission. Please refer to the article and click on your respective state wise link for news and other information.

Link To: Dearness Allowance: Sixth Central Pay Commission Recommendation

Link To: Revised Pay Scales, New Pay Bands Finalized by the Government

Link To: Sixth Pay Commission: Perks, Arrears, Increments & Key Points

7 comments:

Unknown said...

post your comment on reimbursement of children education allowances for pre nursery class

Anonymous said...

post your comment on reimbursement of children education allowances for pre nursery class

Unknown said...

"Children Education Allowance Scheme" - Classes from Nursery to Twelfth, here Nursery class means what, Is it one year earlier to class 1, two years earlier to class 2 or three years earlier to class 1.

Because some school pattern are like Nursery (3+ yrs), KG1(4+ yrs), KG2 (5+ yrs) and class 1 (6+ yrs), like wise Nursery, LKG, UKG, Class 1. These cases reimbursement is allowable as per rule for Nursery Class.

Whereas Delhi Public School pattern is Play Group or Pre-Nursery (3+ yrs), Nursery (4+ yrs), Preparatory (5+ yrs) and Class 1 (6+ yrs). If one student studying in DPS Pre-Nursery class, whether the reimbursement is allowable or not. Please clarify this.

Surendra Kumar Gond said...

Sir/Madam,
I have three daughters. One is 14 years old and two are 11 years old. My wife have twins in her second delivery. As per the Govt order and fifth Central Pay Commission's recommendations I can avail the benefit of two child if twins born in the second/ subsequent delivery (ies).
Please clarify that can I claim "children Education Allowance" for my three daughters.

Unknown said...

I have 3 children age 23,21,7 years. 7 year old son is studing in 2nd class . Other 2 are not studying. Can I avail children education allowance for the third child only?

uday said...

REIMBURSEMENT OF TUITION FEES OF CHILD STUDIED IN FIFTH STD WHERE SCHOOL BUS TRASNPORT FACILITY FESS PAID TO THE SCHOOL IS ALLOWING TO REIMBURSED OR NOT

munir said...

In shanti Juniors my son is admiited in Play Group patterns (3+ yrs), Nursery (4+ yrs), Preparatory (5+ yrs) and Class 1 (6+ yrs). If one student studying in DPS Pre-Nursery class, whether the reimbursement is allowable or not. Please clarify this.


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