pune municipal school students will have to wait longer for uniforms shoes raincoats and sweaters among other things because the decision to directly transfer money to their bank accounts to enable them to purchase the material is now on hold the proposal to transfer the money was tabled before the standing committee but it did not take a call on it the committee members wanted more details about the initiative the decision will be taken in the coming days said yogesh mulik the chairman of the standing committeetimesviewalmost every year uniforms shoes raincoats and sweaters do not reach the students of municipal schools on time getting raincoats halfway through the monsoon or sweaters after the winter are hardly of any help the same applies to uniforms the corporation should take a decision on the transfer of money to the students accounts quickly and ensure pupils get the accessories on timethe civic body had introduced the direct benefit transfer dbt scheme to provide the material on time a number of shopkeepers were empanelled and the students had to go to the designated shops to purchase the material till the last year according to the pmcs latest decision there will be no designated vendors this yearpmc education officer shivaji daundkar said students can get the material from any vendor now it will be easier for them the funds will be given to the students directlyaccording to pmc officials rs16 crore will be spent on the material this fiscal according to the pmcs data it runs 310 marathi english urdu and kannada schools over a lakh of students study in them the majority of these students come from poor familiesin 2017 elected members of different parties had protested against the low quality educational material provided to pmc school students