Lok Sabha Question No. 2876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Awareness Relating to Right to Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2876 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2017

## Awareness Relating to Right to Education

## 2876. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

(a)  whether  the  Right  to  Education  (RTE)  cell  of  the  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child Rights  (NCPCR)  and  State  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (SCPCR)  inquire  into complaints relating to violation of child's right to free and compulsory education in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  awareness  about  the  said  RTE  cells among parents and children in the country;

(c)  the  total  number  of  complaints  received  and  resolved  by  the  NCPCR  and  SCPCR  since  the implementation  of  the  Right  to  Education  Act  during  the  last  three  years,  year-wise  and  State/UTwise; and

(d) the sanctioned and actual strength of personnel working in the RTE cells of NCPCR and SCPCR, State/UT-wise in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Sections 31 and 32 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provide for monitoring of the rights of the child by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) and for the redressal of grievances by the local authorities. The Ministry has issued detailed guidelines for the implementation of the provisions of section 31 and 32 of the RTE Act. The State Governments have set up State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) for the purpose of monitoring the rights of the child and have also notified decentralized grievance redressal systems.

The details of complaints relating to violation of child's right to free and compulsory education in  the  country  received  and  resolved  by  NCPCR  are  given  at Annexure.  Complaints  received  and resolved by SCPCRs are not maintained centrally.

(d): Presently  13  persons  are  working  in  the  RTE  Cell  of  the  NCPCR  against  the  sanctioned strength of 24. Staff strength of SCPCRs are not maintained centrally.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  and  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2876  FOR  20th  MARCH,  2017  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN REGARDING AWARENESS RELATING TO RIGHT TO EDUCATION .

| S. No.   | States/UTs                  | 2013-2014           | 2013-2014              | 2014-2015           | 2014-2015              | 2015-2016           | 2015-2016              |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs                  | Complaints received | Complaints disposed of | Complaints received | Complaints disposed of | Complaints received | Complaints disposed of |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 942                 | 89                     | 857                 | 59                     | 800                 | 344                    |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3                   | 1                      | 2                   | 1                      | 1                   | 0                      |
| 4        | Assam                       | 22                  | 0                      | 23                  | 16                     | 8                   | 7                      |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 62                  | 0                      | 67                  | 0                      | 68                  | 8                      |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                | 9                   | 3                      | 6                   | 5                      | 1                   | 0                      |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      |
| 10       | Delhi                       | 766                 | 130                    | 645                 | 545                    | 107                 | 48                     |
| 11       | Goa                         | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 1                      |
| 12       | Gujarat                     | 10                  | 4                      | 8                   | 4                      | 7                   | 4                      |
| 13       | Haryana                     | 150                 | 23                     | 134                 | 117                    | 20                  | 8                      |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            | 6                   | 1                      | 5                   | 4                      | 1                   | 0                      |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 2                   | 1                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 1                      |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   | 48                  | 8                      | 52                  | 18                     | 39                  | 5                      |
| 17       | Karnataka                   | 12                  | 1                      | 12                  | 4                      | 9                   | 4                      |
| 18       | Kerala                      | 6                   | 1                      | 5                   | 0                      | 5                   | 1                      |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                 | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh              | 59                  | 3                      | 58                  | 3                      | 58                  | 0                      |
| 21       | Maharashtra                 | 88                  | 23                     | 69                  | 56                     | 17                  | 11                     |
| 22       | Manipur                     | 19                  | 0                      | 19                  | 6                      | 13                  | 0                      |
| 23       | Meghalaya                   | 0                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      |
| 24       | Mizoram                     | 2                   | 0                      | 2                   | 0                      | 2                   | 0                      |
| 25       | Nagaland                    | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      |
| 26       | Orissa                      | 44                  | 32                     | 16                  | 11                     | 5                   | 1                      |
| 27       | Puducherry                  | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 1                      |
| 28       | Punjab                      | 6                   | 0                      | 10                  | 1                      | 9                   | 6                      |
| 29       | Rajasthan                   | 311                 | 0                      | 314                 | 233                    | 82                  | 0                      |
| 30       | Sikkim                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      | 1                   | 0                      |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                  | 132                 | 1                      | 135                 | 38                     | 103                 | 1                      |
| 32       | Telangana                   | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 4                   | 1                      |
| 33       | Tripura                     | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      | 0                   | 0                      |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh               | 219                 | 133                    | 131                 | 63                     | 88                  | 14                     |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                 | 52                  | 7                      | 51                  | 47                     | 4                   | 1                      |
| 36       | West Bengal                 | 32                  | 4                      | 29                  | 23                     | 6                   | 2                      |
|          | Total                       | 3006                | 465                    | 2656                | 1254                   | 1463                | 469                    |