Lok Sabha Question No. 590 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Smart Class
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI OM PANDEY, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, (SMT.) RATNA DE(NAG), RAHUL KASWAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 590 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2017

## SMART CLASS

## 590. SHRI HARI OM PANDAY: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: DR. RATNA DE (NAG): SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  government  has  any  Plan  to  install  "Smart  Class  Setup"  among  the  entire Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has implemented any steps to increase computer literacy among school teachers, administrators and students, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of funds spent on the said programme during the last 5 years;
- (d) whether these steps have led to an increased use of computers and ICT in schools across India and details thereof; and
- (e) the number of schools which have benefitted from such steps and details thereof?

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

(a) to (e): The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has already established 7250 e-Classrooms across the Country. Similarly, 514 Navodaya  Vidyalayas (NVS) have Smart Classrooms. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in schools component is implemented under the Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  to  cover Government and Government aided secondary and higher secondary schools in the country.  The scheme endeavours to make all students of these schools computer literate through provision of ICT infrastructure, engagement of an exclusive teacher and capacity enhancement of all teachers for use of ICT.  Besides, an amount of Rs.50 lakhs per District per annum is sanctioned to States / UTs under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for Computer Aided Learning (CAL).  During 2016-17, an amount of Rs.311.95 crores have been allocated for Computer Aided Learning in 8226 government upper primary schools, including Rs.164.93 crores for Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA).

The details of funds spent on various ICT related programmes during the last 5 years are as under:-

(Rs.

## in crores)

| Organisation/ Scheme   | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | YEARS    | No. of beneficiary schools / class-rooms   |
|------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------------------------------------|
| Organisation/ Scheme   | 2011-12  | 2012-13  | 2013-14  | 2014-15  | 2015-16  | No. of beneficiary schools / class-rooms   |
| KVS                    | 13.93    | 17.63    | NIL      | 65.57    | 62.75    | 7,250 class rooms                          |
| NVS                    | 21.44    | 14.60    | 20.89    | 17.86    | 21.91    | 514 schools                                |
| RMSA                   | 492.34   | 428.88   | 471.78   | 518.58   | 434.73   | 58,688 schools                             |
| SSA* #                 | 37834.09 | 44087.14 | 39947.52 | 41909.86 | 44227.18 | 54,16,847 schools                          |

* Intervention-wise release of central share is not made.

# Expenditure shown under SSA is against receipts from Central release, state share release, Finance Commission Award and Miscellaneous incomes, if any.

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