Lok Sabha Question No. 279 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Computer Literacy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 279 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## Computer Literacy

- †*279. SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has any specific policy to ensure computer literacy among school students in the country, particularly in Maharashtra; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  survey  on  computer  literacy  among  school students; and (d)if so, the details and the outcome  of such studies/surveys, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 279 REGARDING 'COMPUTER LITERACY' FOR ANSWER ON 06.08.2018 ASKED BY SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

(a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Madam.  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  the Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for School Education as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with  effect  from  the  year  2018-19.  This  programme  subsumes  the  three  erstwhile  Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.

Under the Information & Communication Technology (ICT) component of the Scheme, there is a provision to impart computer literacy and computer enabled learning to children, by developing  and  deploying  curriculum  based  interactive  multimedia,  digital  books,  virtual  labs etc.  across  the  country.  It  supports  establishment  of  ICT  based  Science  Labs,  Math  Labs  and Language Labs, including support for hardware, educational software and e-content for teaching. It envisages covering all Government schools with classes VI to XII.

Under the erstwhile scheme of SSA, there was a provision of Innovation Fund for Computer  Aided  Learning  (CAL) to  provide  support  in  upper  primary  schools  for  hardware, software, training, maintenance & resource support. About 92,886 upper primary schools were approved to be covered under this component.

Under the erstwhile scheme of RMSA, support was given for establishing ICT labs in secondary  and  senior  secondary  schools.  About 88,994 secondary  &  senior  secondary  schools were approved under the ICT component of erstwhile RMSA.

An initiative under Operation Digital Board has been taken by Government of India to  provide  interactive  digital  boards  to  nearly  15  lakh  classrooms  across  the  country  for  9 th Standard to post graduate level, where they can receive lectures from best teachers/professors and access quality e-content, in order to enhance overall learning process and experience of the students.

(c)&(d)       No such survey of computer literacy among school students has been conducted.

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