Lok Sabha Question No. 2171 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-01
Subject: Quota for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANTOSH AHLAWAT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2171 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JANUARY, 2018

## Quota for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)

2171. SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any data or asked the States to provide the details of students who got admissions in schools under EWS Quota under the RTE Act, 2009 during the last three years in the private schools in the country and if so, the details thereof State/ UT-wise;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  complaint  with  regard  to  serious irregularities in the implementation of EWS Quota in school admission process and if so, the details thereof ; and
- (d) the action taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard ?

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

- (a)  &  (b):  State-wise  available  details  of  students  for  last  three  years  who  got admissions in schools under Economically Weaker  Section (EWS)  quota  in accordance with Section 12(1)(c) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 are at Annexure. (c) & (d): The RTE Act, 2009 provides monitoring of child's rights to education and
- redressal  of  grievances  by  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  at central level and by State Commission for Protection of Child Rights at State level. The  Ministry  has  issued  guidelines  on  23rd  November,  2010  to  all  States  under Section 35 of the RTE Act, 2009 for implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act. Since, education is in the Concurrent List and majority of the schools are under the purview  of  State  governments,  therefore,  it  is  primarily  for  the  States  to  take appropriate action on the complaints of admissions under quota meant  for economically weaker sections. Whenever any complaints in this regard are received by the Central Government, they are forwarded to the concerned State Governments with a request to enquire and take prompt action on the matter.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2171, ASKED BY SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT, TO BE ANSWERED  ON  01.01.2018  REGARDING  'QUOTA  FOR  ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTION (EWS)'

State-wise details of children studying in private unaided schools under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009 during last three years

| Sl. No.   | State                    | 2014-15                      | 2015-16                      | 2016-17                      |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 394                          | 540                          | 725                          |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 4         | Assam                    | 4653                         | 3242                         | 15062                        |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 61887                        | 97717                        | 139418                       |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 2145                         | 2825                         | 3487                         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 100927                       | 128639                       | 167044                       |
| 8         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli      | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 10        | Delhi                    | 33201                        | 49043                        | 51254                        |
| 11        | Goa                      | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 12        | Gujarat                  | 13033                        | 41586                        | 83734                        |
| 13        | Haryana                  | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           | RTE Act, 2009 Not Applicable | RTE Act, 2009 Not Applicable | RTE Act, 2009 Not Applicable |
| 16        | Jharkhand                | 8237                         | 10489                        | 13244                        |
| 17        | Karnataka                | 217306                       | 316115                       | 414106                       |
| 18        | Kerala                   | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              | No Private Unaided School    | No Private Unaided School    | No Private Unaided School    |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           | 637123                       | 795225                       | 851538                       |
| 21        | Maharashtra              | 65719                        | 104945                       | 142112                       |
| 22        | Manipur                  | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 23        | Meghalaya                | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 24        | Mizoram                  | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 25        | Nagaland                 | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 26        | Odisha                   | 31150                        | 31994                        | 38820                        |
| 27        | Puducherry               | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 28        | Punjab                   | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 29        | Rajasthan                | 436070                       | 555966                       | 600666                       |
| 30        | Sikkim                   | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               | 131566                       | 197369                       | 287068                       |
| 32        | Telangana                | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 33        | Tripura                  | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            | 108                          | 3278                         | 21598                        |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              | 66851                        | 83450                        | 95427                        |
| 36        | West Bengal              | NA                           | NA                           | NA                           |
| Total     | Total                    | 1810370                      | 2422423                      | 2925303                      |