Lok Sabha Question No. 5714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Education Budget
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5714 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND APRIL, 2018

## Education Budget

## 5714.   SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  budgetary  outlay  in  the  country  towards  elementary  and  secondary  school education in the last three years, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of the Teacher-Student ratio in the Government and Government sponsored Schools across the country, State/UT-wise;

(c)  whether  the  alleged  poor  performance  of  the  students  from  Tamil  Nadu  at  the  National Entrance  Eligibility  Test  (NEET)  examinations  held  last  year  is  attributable  to  the  decline  in Government Schools and Government-sponsored Schools in the State and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Ministry has any proposal to introduce NEET like common entrance examination for other professional courses like engineering, law etc. and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a):      The Government of India is currently implementing the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) for the universalization of elementary education and the Rashtriya Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)  programme  for  the universalization of secondary education. The state-wise details on central share released under the Schemes during the last three years are attached at Annexure-I .

(b):       The state-wise details of Teacher-Student ratio in the Government and Government-aided Schools across the country are at Annexure-II .

(c):      No, Madam.  As per UDISE, 2015-16, the number of Government and Government aided schools in Tamil Nadu has increased to 46,611 in 2015-16 from 46,310 in 2014-15.

(d):       No,  Madam. There is no such proposal at present for engineering courses. National Law Universities  have  already  entered  and  signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  thereby institutionalizing a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for conducting entrance examinations.

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5714 FOR ANSWER ON 02.04.2018 ASKED BY SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN REGARDING EDUCATION BUDGET

## Central share released and Expenditure under SSA and RMSA

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | SSA       | SSA             | SSA      | RMSA    | RMSA                 | RMSA      |
|-----------|---------------------|-----------|-----------------|----------|---------|----------------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 Central | 2016-17  | 2014-15 | 2015-16 Central Fund | 2016-17   |
| 1         | Andhra Pr.          | 1545.67   | 668.11          | 633.02   | 74.97   | 271.83               | 71.09     |
| 2         | Arunachal Pr.       | 336.08    | 181.79          | 199.57   | 1.38    | 36.26                | 12.07     |
| 3         | Assam               | 977.82    | 1004.65         | 876.52   | 159.81  | 162.62               | 257.76    |
| 4         | Bihar               | 2163.36   | 2515.57         | 2706.88  | 144.85  | 36.01                | 200.65    |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh        | 927.05    | 622.20          | 592.63   | 190.19  | 229.18               | 246.64    |
| 6         | Goa                 | 13.10     | 8.14            | 8.69     | 3.23    | 2.29                 | 3.35      |
| 7         | Gujarat             | 784.76    | 615.64          | 777.41   | 96.01   | 122.38               | 165.05    |
| 8         | Haryana             | 421.11    | 345.01          | 320.01   | 150.19  | 77.27                | 147.24    |
| 9         | Himachal Pr.        | 125.47    | 121.39          | 128.25   | 36.09   | 125.52               | 232.79    |
| 10        | J&K                 | 512.77    | 1299.81         | 1072.50  | 115.44  | 96.14                | 149.48    |
| 11        | Jharkhand           | 757.75    | 558.63          | 509.46   | 111.20  | 77.53                | 132.96    |
| 12        | Karnataka           | 662.14    | 417.59          | 544.96   | 303.51  | 209.69               | 81.04     |
| 13        | Kerala              | 218.44    | 128.59          | 113.17   | 39.91   | 102.47               | 49.69     |
| 14        | Madhya Pr.          | 1490.95   | 1601.98         | 1544.55  | 210.11  | 283.41               | 348.35    |
| 15        | Maharashtra         | 582.89    | 412.25          | 603.70   | 234.52  | 201.80               | 123.06    |
| 16        | Manipur             | 214.66    | 183.55          | 44.05    | 62.42   | 50.93                | 43.21     |
| 17        | Meghalaya           | 204.05    | 166.27          | 200.67   | 0.59    | 0.40                 | 18.98     |
| 18        | Mizoram             | 147.40    | 94.38           | 109.34   | 28.03   | 20.80                | 32.24     |
| 19        | Nagaland            | 205.69    | 87.40           | 107.25   | 3.64    | 53.26                | 25.10     |
| 20        | Odisha              | 666.95    | 820.82          | 704.23   | 201.00  | 198.71               | 100.59    |
| 21        | Punjab              | 362.16    | 300.04          | 300.03   | 99.39   | 44.83                | 88.52     |
| 22        | Rajasthan           | 2480.42   | 1934.62         | 1825.78  | 344.21  | 371.30               | 359.68    |
| 23        | Sikkim              | 45.26     | 40.54           | 34.79    | 11.19   | 16.61                | 14.80     |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu          | 1358.20   | 821.12          | 821.11   | 333.65  | 314.72               | 293.25    |
| 25        | Telangana           | 814.07    | 217.76          | 417.76   | 94.63   | 200.08               | 90.10     |
| 26        | Tripura             | 198.00    | 169.57          | 191.91   | 5.99    | 9.10                 | 13.84     |
| 27        | Uttar Pradesh       | 4498.68   | 5054.34         | 5054.34  | 142.28  | 131.50               | 189.14    |
| 28        | Uttarakhand         | 228.81    | 225.88          | 252.69   | 58.26   | 43.31                | 124.64    |
| 29        | West Bengal         | 972.40    | 846.79          | 821.85   | 107.44  | 29.09                | 42.00     |
| 30        | A &NIslands         | 1.47      | 3.59            | 4.79     | 0.86    | 0.98                 | 3.55      |
| 31        | Chandigarh          | 38.94     | 35.22           | 33.34    | 1.81    | 1.18                 | 3.35      |
| 32        | D &NHaveli          | 9.12      | 5.95            | 10.68    | 0.51    | 1.78                 | 2.20      |
| 33        | Daman &Diu          | 0.73      | 0.78            | 3.00     | 0.51    | 0.78                 | 1.23      |
| 34        | Delhi               | 62.24     | 72.94           | 83.06    | 21.14   | 19.53 0.10           | 18.29     |
| 35        | Puducherry          |           | 5.83            | 3.05     | 0.75    | 1.53                 | 0.18 2.18 |
| 36        | Lakshadweep         | 0.59 1.00 | 1.40            | 2.40     | 0.02    |                      |           |
|           | Total               | 24030.16  | 21590.14        | 21657.45 | 3389.73 | 3544.93              | 3688.27   |

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5714 FOR ANSWER ON 02.04.2018 ASKED BY SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN REGARDING EDUCATION BUDGET

Pupil Teacher Ratio - 2015-16

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|         |                          | Elementary Level       | Elementary Level   | Secondary Level        | Secondary Level   |
|---------|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No. | State/UTs                | All Government Schools | All Aided Schools  | All Government Schools | All Aided Schools |
| 1       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | 9                      | 28                 | 13                     | 26                |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh           | 17                     | 29                 | 18                     | 28                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | 15                     | 24                 | 26                     | 18                |
| 4       | Assam                    | 20                     | 11                 | 16                     | 13                |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 56                     | 65                 | 80                     | 74                |
| 6       | Chandigarh               | 19                     | 17                 | 13                     | 13                |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh             | 22                     | 33                 | 40                     | 46                |
| 8       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 27                     | 30                 | 37                     | 35                |
| 9       | Daman &Diu               | 24                     | 49                 | 14                     | 39                |
| 10      | Delhi                    | 22                     | 43                 | 31                     | 36                |
| 11      | Goa                      | 12                     | 35                 | 9                      | 16                |
| 12      | Gujarat                  | 28                     | 44                 | 39                     | 45                |
| 13      | Haryana                  | 18                     | 33                 | 13                     | 23                |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh         | 9                      | -                  | 22                     | -                 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir           | 10                     | -                  | 15                     | -                 |
| 16      | Jharkhand                | 38                     | 56                 | 93                     | 57                |
| 17      | Karnataka                | 24                     | 54                 | 18                     | 21                |
| 18      | Kerala                   | 14                     | 25                 | 19                     | 18                |
| 19      | Lakshadweep              | 9                      | -                  | 7                      | -                 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh           | 28                     | 28                 | 34                     | 41                |
| 21      | Maharashtra              | 22                     | 41                 | 24                     | 27                |
| 22      | Manipur                  | 9                      | 15                 | 7                      | 9                 |
| 23      | Meghalaya                | 17                     | 21                 | 15                     | 15                |
| 24      | Mizoram                  | 10                     | 12                 | 10                     | 11                |
| 25      | Nagaland                 | 9                      | -                  | 12                     | -                 |
| 26      | Odisha                   | 22                     | 37                 | 24                     | 19                |
| 27      | Puducherry               | 10                     | 27                 | 11                     | 17                |
| 28      | Punjab                   | 16                     | 44                 | 17                     | 35                |
| 29      | Rajasthan                | 19                     | -                  | 21                     | -                 |
| 30      | Sikkim                   | 7                      | 24                 | 19                     | 20                |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu               | 15                     | 36                 | 20                     | 37                |
| 32      | Telangana                | 18                     | 45                 | 20                     | 23                |
| 33      | Tripura                  | 12                     | 31                 | 32                     | 31                |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh            | 31                     | 74                 | 36                     | 48                |
| 35      | Uttarakhand              | 12                     | 37                 | 12                     | 30                |
| 36      | West Bengal              | 25                     | 28                 | 56                     | 26                |
| India   |                          | 25                     | 38                 | 28                     | 30                |

Source: UDISE-2015-16