Lok Sabha Question No. 411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Monitoring of Private Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 411 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## Monitoring of Private Schools

## †411. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

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

- (a)   the number of Government and private schools in the country including Uttar Pradesh along with the number of students State/UT-wise;
- (b)   whether there is a difference in the education system of Government and private schools and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to check arbitrariness of the private schools and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a):       As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE), 2015-16, State/UTwise number of Government schools, Government aided schools and private unaided schools in the  country,  including  Uttar  Pradesh,  along  with  the  number  of  students  enrolled  therein  is  at Annexure.
- (b):         No,  Madam.  Education  at  elementary  level  in  Government,  Government  aided  and private schools is regulated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act,  2009  and  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE)  Guidelines;  and  secondary education  is  governed  by  the  respective  State  Education  School  Boards  and  Central  Board  of Secondary  Education  (CBSE),  etc.    All  schools  (both  Government  and  Private)  follow  the National Curriculum Framework (NCF)-2005, which has been adopted or adapted by most of the states.
- (c):         As  Education  is  a  subject  in  the  concurrent  list,  a  majority  of  schools  are  under  the jurisdiction of the State Governments. It is for the State Governments to take action as per the existing law in case arbitrariness of the private schools is reported in their respective State.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 411 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  5 TH   FEBRUARY,  2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HARISH  CHANDRA  ALIAS  HARISH  DWIVEDI REGARDING `MONITORING OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS'.

Statement showing State/UT-wise number of Government schools, Government aided schools and private unaided schools in the country including Uttar Pradesh along with the number of students enrolled therein

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | Government   | Government   | Govt. Aided   | Govt. Aided   | Private Unaided   | Private Unaided   |
|-----------|--------------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 | Schools      | Enrolment    | Schools       | Enrolment     | Schools           | Enrolment         |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 344          | 57490        | 2             | 2018          | 68                | 14185             |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh           | 44907        | 4118992      | 2426          | 310932        | 14846             | 3344301           |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 3492         | 309860       | 60            | 18817         | 465               | 80468             |
| 4.        | Assam                    | 53020        | 5089101      | 4945          | 443631        | 4421              | 876179            |
| 5.        | Bihar                    | 74689        | 25526861     | 301           | 151676        | 3944              | 1309186           |
| 6.        | Chandigarh               | 115          | 153056       | 7             | 8227          | 73                | 75801             |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh             | 47181        | 4441300      | 436           | 101398        | 5946              | 1438626           |
| 8.        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 299          | 57831        | 12            | 2295          | 32                | 18195             |
| 9.        | Daman &Diu               | 119          | 19906        | 4             | 5647          | 22                | 10722             |
| 10.       | Delhi                    | 2828         | 2452912      | 258           | 171638        | 2669              | 1590611           |
| 11.       | Goa                      | 894          | 49567        | 510           | 200609        | 150               | 32550             |
| 12.       | Gujarat                  | 34891        | 5982497      | 5783          | 1924919       | 11745             | 3870043           |
| 13.       | Haryana                  | 14640        | 2293584      | 227           | 122672        | 6612              | 2689676           |
| 14.       | Himachal Pradesh         | 15386        | 955370       | 0             | 0             | 2652              | 477856            |
| 15.       | Jammu And Kashmir        | 23834        | 1439450      | 0             | 0             | 5256              | 1002237           |
| 16.       | Jharkhand                | 41162        | 5588043      | 1192          | 387052        | 1700              | 1199682           |
| 17.       | Karnataka                | 50424        | 5235322      | 7360          | 1729456       | 17678             | 3962019           |
| 18.       | Kerala                   | 4793         | 1558370      | 7222          | 2556681       | 3449              | 1565831           |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep              | 45           | 12492        | 0             | 0             | 0                 | 0                 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh           | 121976       | 10296918     | 1042          | 188581        | 26073             | 6044180           |
| 21.       | Maharashtra              | 67629        | 6255747      | 22567         | 11076912      | 16845             | 5055125           |
| 22.       | Manipur                  | 3332         | 224553       | 609           | 39800         | 927               | 370362            |
| 23.       | Meghalaya                | 7775         | 397209       | 4193          | 343539        | 2354              | 184120            |
| 24.       | Mizoram                  | 2591         | 140727       | 229           | 22306         | 1001              | 115707            |
| 25.       | Nagaland                 | 2101         | 196025       | 0             | 0             | 725               | 244088            |
| 26.       | Odisha                   | 58740        | 5890900      | 5480          | 923361        | 4043              | 977166            |
| 27.       | Puducherry               | 430          | 84858        | 33            | 30601         | 268               | 133224            |
| 28.       | Punjab                   | 20529        | 2925331      | 469           | 256574        | 6825              | 2041543           |
| 29.       | Rajasthan                | 70961        | 8104758      | 0             | 0             | 35071             | 8038316           |
| 30.       | Sikkim                   | 870          | 112368       | 3             | 3224          | 406               | 33994             |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu               | 38209        | 6104929      | 8402          | 2951084       | 10796             | 4203674           |
| 32.       | Telangana                | 29127        | 2976704      | 778           | 150052        | 12129             | 3553712           |
| 33.       | Tripura                  | 4322         | 641118       | 48            | 30026         | 287               | 79417             |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh            | 162645       | 17089510     | 8362          | 5466604       | 80748             | 24868514          |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand              | 17752        | 1128193      | 574           | 179126        | 5331              | 1053769           |
| 36.       | West Bengal              | 82748        | 15241013     | 253           | 77171         | 9502              | 1193446           |
| 37.       | All India                | 1104800      | 143152865    | 83787         | 29876629      | 295059            | 81748525          |

Source: U-DISE, 2015-16

Note: In addition to above, there are 10088 Madrasa recognised in 16 States including UP (3752).