No.1201l/03/2008-Estt. (Allowance)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
Recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission-implementation of decisions relating to the grant of Children Education Assistance and Reimbursement of Tuition Fee.
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:
1. Tuition Fee
2. Admission fee
3. Laboratory fee
4. Special fee charged for agriculture
5. Electronics, music or any other subject
6. Fee charged for practical work under the programme of work experience
7. Fee paid for the use of any aid or appliance by the child
8. Library fee
9. Games/sports fee and fee for extra-curricular activities .
(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 by50%.
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.
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Bharat says
Sir,
Please clarify me Re Admission is also reimbursable in CEA, if yes please send me a copy.
Thanks
Regards
Bharat Bhushan.
nidhi sharma kalia says
sir,
my son who is 2 years old go to a play school. can i claim CEA for him. his monthly fee is Rs.3500/- which included Rs.1,500/- as tuition fees.
Thank you and regards
Nidhi
R K NAVEEN KUMAR says
what is the ceiling for purchase of one pair shoes in CEA
omshree kumawat says
what is the remidies of loss of original receipts of school fees
p.k. satyarthi says
I want to know that i am a govt. employee and i have three children .My wife is also a teacher. Can i claim for tuition fee for my any two children out of three irrespective of their birth order? Also can i claim deduction u/s 80c for the very same children mentioned above? can i get rs 100 per month per child max. to 1200 under CEA SCHEME? Is it exemptable from income tax?
Pawan Kumar Rastogi says
Respected Sir,
I have honor to request you to provide me information for getting “Reimbursement of Tuition Fee” for my daughter who has just appeared B.tech final year examination in may 2012 and had been submitting fees taken loan from S.B.I. Bank. She has studied from 2008 to 2012 from Inverties institute of engineering and Management Bareilly. Total amount of Bank Loan is about Rs. 3,39,000/-. Please guide me to pay this loan earliest possible.
Thanking you for your kindness and proper guidance.
Yours Faithfully
Pawan kumar Rastogi
Ex-serviceman from Indian Air force
My PPO No. is 08/14/B/10661/1989
Vicky says
Sir, i want to know, if a police head constable is claiming recruitment of his 2 youngest children instead of 2 eldest children from his beginning years of claiming recruitment till 2011 , and now due to amendment he could apply only for his eldest children, but his eldest children already finished their school , so why would he not allowed to get recruitment of his youngest children as he always been asking only for his youngest children tuition fee recruitment instead of eldest children?
ramesh says
can children education allowance be claimed again for a student if he repeats in a particular class. Like my son had to be repeated in class I ax he could not attend school due to health reasons
regards
ramesh
RAJ NARAYAN says
I AM A DEFENCE CIVILIAN WORKING IN MILITARY ENGINEER SERVICES.MY CHILD WAS STUDYING IN UKG IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL BEING RUN IN A CANTT AREA IN A DEFENCE ACCOMODATION AT LUCKNOW. MY CLAIM FOR CEA FOR MY CHILD HAS BEEN REJECTED BY AUDIT SAYING THAT THE SCHOOL IS NOT RECOGNIZED BY EDUCATION AUTHORITY. WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL THAT SINCE THE SCHHOL WAS ONLY UPTO CLASS 3, THERE IS NO NEED OF RECOGNITION FROM ANY EDUCATION AUTHORITY. SHE HAS ALSO CONFIRMED THAT ALL THE DEFENCE PERSONNEL ARE DETTING CEA FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME IN RESOLVING THE ISSUE? THANKYOU
RAJEEV SHARMA says
SIR
PLEASE GUIDE ME IF THE CHILD NURSERY AND K.G. CLASS FROM PLAY SCHOOL CAN I TAKE CEA FROM MY OFFICE IAM CENT. GOVT EMPLOYEE.