Reimbursement of School Stationary Kits

What is the Reimbursement of School Stationary Kits scheme?

Reimbursement of School Stationary Kits is a service of the Directorate of Education, Andaman and Nicobar Administration that repays the cost of a school stationery kit to a student. It sits inside the Administration's wider policy of removing the cost of schooling from island families altogether.

According to the Nicobar district education page of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration, the Directorate of Education supplies free textbooks, notebooks, stationery, uniforms and school bags to students, serves cooked mid-day meals to classes I to VIII, gives snacks to pre-primary children, pays a hostel stipend of Rs 300 per month to hostellers, and provides free travel concession to students whose school is more than 4 km from home. Reimbursement of School Stationary Kits is the cash arm of the stationery part of that package: where the kit is bought by the family rather than issued in kind, the amount is claimed back.

The Andaman and Nicobar eServices portal lists the service under the Directorate of Education (State) as service ID 1751, delivered through the ServicePlus platform of the National Informatics Centre. The portal records it as a Government-to-Citizen service, and records the deliverable as an output certificate or report along with a monetary benefit paid in cash.

What makes this service unusual

• No registration is required on the eServices portal to avail it. The service description says so explicitly, which is rare among A&N eServices.
• No enclosures are demanded. The description states that the applicant does not have to provide any documents, annexures or enclosures.
• The receiving officer is the school Principal, not a directorate desk. The portal names the destination as "Principal of the School, Pin 744100".
• Both modes are open, the application may be submitted by hand or online.

Who is eligible for the stationery kit reimbursement?

You can claim if:

• The student is enrolled in a school under the Directorate of Education, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, and their enrolment can be verified by the Principal.
• The student belongs to a class or category entitled to the free stationery kit for the current academic year, as notified by the Directorate.
• The stationery kit has actually been purchased for that academic year and the family is claiming the cost back.

You are not eligible if:

• The student has already received the stationery kit in kind from the school. The reimbursement route and the free-supply route are alternatives, not additions, and a claim for a kit already issued will not be admitted.
• The student is not on the rolls of the school for the year claimed, or has left mid-year and is claiming for a period after leaving.
• The claim is a repeat for the same academic year for the same student.
• The claim is for uniform or footwear rather than stationery, that belongs to the separate Reimbursement of Cash in Lieu of School Uniform service (service ID 1679).

The Directorate of Education has not published an income ceiling, caste condition or class-wise entitlement table for this service on the public service page. Ask the school Principal what has been notified for your child's class this year instead of assuming a criterion.

What documents are required?

Keep the bill even though the portal does not list it. A reimbursement claim without any evidence of the amount spent is the claim most likely to be sent back for clarification.

How to apply for the school stationary kit reimbursement

1. Ask the school Principal whether your child's class is covered by the stationery kit reimbursement for the current academic year, and collect the application form.
2. Fill the form with the student's name, class, section, admission number, the school's name and the amount claimed, and attach the purchase bill if you have one.
3. Submit it by hand to the Principal of the school, which the eServices description names as the receiving point for this service, and ask for an acknowledgement.
4. Or apply online at eservices.andamannicobar.gov.in — open the Directorate of Education list, select Reimbursement of School Stationary Kits (service ID 1751), fill the same details on screen and submit. No portal registration is needed for this service.
5. Note the acknowledgement or application reference number shown on submission, and keep it for every follow-up.

How do you check the status of the claim?

1. For an online application, sign in or use the guest track option at eservices.andamannicobar.gov.in and open View Status of Application → Track Application Status.
2. Enter the application reference number, or search by the date on which you applied.
3. For a by-hand application, ask the school office directly, the Principal holds the file and knows whether it has been forwarded to the Directorate.

The ServicePlus description marks the delivery timeline as NA, so there is no published number of days to hold the office to. Reimbursements of this kind are usually settled within the academic year in which they are claimed.

Why claims get delayed or rejected

• The kit was already issued in kind, so there is nothing to reimburse.
• Class or category not covered by the year's notified entitlement.
• No bill and no record of purchase, leaving the amount unverifiable.
• Student's enrolment details do not match school records, a misspelt name or wrong admission number is enough to hold a file.
• Duplicate claim for the same student and the same academic year.

Each of these is fixed at the school itself. Correct the detail with the office and resubmit the same claim rather than filing a fresh application online in parallel.

Where do you go for help?

• The Principal of your school is the first and main point of contact for this service; the portal names the Principal as the receiving officer.
• Directorate of Education, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram), for questions the school cannot settle.
• A&N eServices portal, eservices.andamannicobar.gov.in, for the online form and application tracking.
• ServicePlus technical support for portal faults: serviceplus-od[at]nic[dot]in, National Informatics Centre, GPOA Complex, Dairy Farm, Port Blair 744102.

No fee is charged for making this claim, and no agent is needed. The application goes to your own child's school.