Lok Sabha Question No. 320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Model Schools in Odisha
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 320 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## Model Schools in Odisha

320.                        SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:

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

- (a)    the details of targets and achievements in setting up of model school in the educationally backward blocks of the country including in Odisha during the last three years along with the reasons for short fall, State/UT-wise;
- (b)    the financial assistance provided by the Union Government for this purpose during the last two years and the current year to the States, State/UT-wise including Odisha;
- (c)    whether the Government is likely to consider all the model schools both recurring and nonrecurring sanctioned under EBB Scheme for providing financial assistance and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)    whether  Union  Government  is  considering  to  give  priority  for  setting  up  Model  schools from class-I to class X in States/UTs especially in Odisha and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)    whether  adequate  funds  are  available  for  regular  maintenance  and  up-gradation  of  this system in schools already established in the tribal belt of Odisha and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):   The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Model  Schools  envisaged  setting  up  of  one model school per block as a benchmark of excellence at the block level. Under the scheme, there were  no  yearly  targets  for  setting  up  Model  Schools.  However,  State-wise  number   including Odisha  of  Model  Schools  sanctioned  and  made  functional  till  date  and  funds  released  during 2014-15  is  given  at  Annexure.  No  funds  were  released  during  2015-16  and  2016-17  as  the scheme has been delinked from the support of Government of India with effect from 2015-16 and  stands  transferred  to  States/UTs  in  the  light  of  higher  devolution  of  funds  to  States  as recommended by the 14 th Finance Commission.
- (c) :     No, Madam.
- (d) & (e): Does not arise.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  &  (B)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO  320  FOR  18.12.2017  REGARDING  "MODEL  SCHOOLS  IN ODISHA" ASKED BY SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.

State-wise  details  of  Model  Schools  sanctioned,  made  functional  and  funds  released  under  the Model School Scheme

(Rs. In crore)

|       | S.No.State       |   Cumulative No. of Model School approved upto 2014-15 |   Cumulative No. of Model School made functional till October,2017 Amount during |   released 2014-15* |
|-------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh   |                                                    272 |                                                                              160 |              145.26 |
| 2     | Assam            |                                                     67 |                                                                               14 |                1.03 |
| 3     | Bihar            |                                                    368 |                                                                                0 |                0    |
| 4     | Chhattisgarh     |                                                     74 |                                                                               74 |                6.67 |
| 5     | Gujarat          |                                                     84 |                                                                               84 |               13.51 |
| 6     | Haryana          |                                                     36 |                                                                               36 |               16.06 |
| 7     | Himachal Pradesh |                                                      5 |                                                                                0 |                0    |
| 8     | Jammu &Kashmir   |                                                     19 |                                                                                0 |                0    |
| 9     | Jharkhand        |                                                     40 |                                                                               89 |                0    |
| 10    | Karnataka        |                                                     74 |                                                                               74 |               23.32 |
| 11    | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                    201 |                                                                              201 |              107.8  |
| 12    | Maharashtra      |                                                     43 |                                                                                0 |                0.89 |
| 13    | Meghalaya        |                                                      9 |                                                                                0 |                0    |
| 14    | Mizoram          |                                                      1 |                                                                                0 |                0    |
| 15    | Nagaland         |                                                     11 |                                                                                0 |                0    |
| 16    | Odisha           |                                                    162 |                                                                              100 |              149.82 |
| 17    | Punjab           |                                                     21 |                                                                               21 |               10.74 |
| 18    | Rajasthan        |                                                    134 |                                                                              132 |               84.74 |
| 19    | Tamil Nadu       |                                                     44 |                                                                               44 |               29.46 |
| 20    | Tripura          |                                                      6 |                                                                                6 |               10.01 |
| 21    | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                    274 |                                                                               18 |              116.04 |
| 22    | West Bengal      |                                                     67 |                                                                                0 |               96.34 |
| 23    | Telangana        |                                                    317 |                                                                              192 |              166.92 |
| Total | Total            |                                                   2329 |                                                                             1245 |              978.61 |