Lok Sabha Question No. 309 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Operation Digital Board
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Tejpratap Singh,Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 309

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05-02-2018

## Operation Digital Board

## 309. SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV :

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that several important decisions including Operation Digital Board have been taken at 65 th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  a  large  population  is  still  outside  higher  education  as country's Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) is lagging far behind China; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  &  (b)  :    The  65 th meeting  of  Central  Advisory  Board  of  Education (CABE),  the  highest  advisory  body  in  the  field  of  education  in  the country,  was  held  under  the  chairmanship  of  Union  Human  Resource Development  Minister,  during  15 th &  16 th January,  2018  in  New  Delhi. The following resolutions were adopted during the meeting :

- i. to launch 'Operation Digital Board' in all schools in five years.  This will  be  undertaken  jointly  by  Centre,  State,  CSR,  and  community.

This  will  improve  the  quality  of education.    Students  will  be empowered  with  360  degree  information  with  interesting  learning experience and teacher accountability will also increase

- ii. to ensure Quality, Equity, Accessibility, Accountability and Affordability in education by pro-active action and plan
- iii. to  promote  Swacch  Bharat,  Ek  Bharat  Shrestha  Bharat,  Padhe Bharat, Sugamya Bharat and physical education
- iv. to promote human value education, life skill education, experiential learning  to  bring  out  good  human  beings  out  of  the  education system
- v. to make all out efforts to increase Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) by opening new universities, colleges, using infrastructure more productively and using Open & Distance Learning (ODL) and online education
- vi. to take positive action to plug regional disparities and will prepare perspective plan
- vii. to take necessary steps to ensure that no deserving student should be denied opportunity to have higher education for lack of means
- viii. to strive more for bringing accountability of all stakeholders
- ix. to participate wholeheartedly in innovative programmes like Unnat Bharat,  Swacch  Bharat,  Ek  Bharat  Shrestha  Bharat,  Smart  and Green Campus.

(c)&(d)  As per UNESCO global report produced by the UNESCO Institute for  Statistics  (UIS),  the  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  of  India  is  gradually increasing.  The data extracted from UIS for India and China for the years 2011 to 2015 is as follows :

| Country   | 2011   | 2012   | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   |
|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| India     | 22.9%  | 24.4%  | 23.9%  | 25.5%  | 26.9%  |
| China     | 24.9%  | 27.2%  | 30.2%  | 39.4%  | 43.4%  |

(source : UIS.SAT)

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