Interviewer instructions
The expenditure details for items 3 to 11 in this block are to be collected only for course 1 i.e. the basic course so identified in item 5 of block 5. For course 2,if any , only the total of expenditures on all such items ( as items 3 to 11 for course 1) for that course will be recorded in item 13. Total expenditure on all other courses, if any, taken together is to be recorded against item 14.
This item will include expenditure in that academic session/year on stationery and other appliances, instruments, tools and equipments etc. exclusively required for pursuing the particular course. This will cover items like notebook, pen, pencil, eraser, geometry box, instruments required for engineering courses or medical courses or vocational courses, etc. For the courses on Information Technology and related courses,possession of personal computer is sometimes basic requirement. In such situation the expenditure incurred on purchasing the personal computer and its accessories will be also included. It should be taken care that the article should be purchased in that academic year and used exclusively for the purpose of the course. If a same stationery is used for more than one course, currently the member is undergoing, then the expenditure on it should be taken only once with highest priority to the basic course and then to the second course. Like books, bulk of these stationary articles is also purchased at the early part of the academic session. However, the requirement of stationeries and their purchases are sometimes sudden in nature. Keeping a note on this fact, probing should be done in such a fashion that along with the expenditure on already purchased articles the intended/expected expenditure on the items, required for the remaining part of the session can be captured.
