Lok Sabha Question No. 6375 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Broadband Services in Schools
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6375 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH   APRIL, 2017

## BROADBAND SERVICES IN SCHOOLS

†6375. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  start  broadband  services  in  all  Government schools;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  provide  computer  education  in Government schools and link them with broadband internet services with a view to making the digital India programme, a success; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) to (d) Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has approved 89,583 ICT enabled schools (Govt. and Govt. aided) in the country till date since inception of the ICT in Schools scheme under RMSA  (Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan). Under ICT@Schools scheme (Scheme of Information and Communication Technology in Schools ), financial support for 10 Personal Computers (or one Server with 10 Terminals), 1 Projector, 1 Printer,  1  Scanner,  1  Web  Camera,  1  modem, Broadband antenna, Generator/ Solar Package, Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), video camera, Internet / Broadband charges etc. are provided. The scheme has been implemented in 62,820 schools and  in 26,763 ICT schools the scheme is yet to be implemented by the States/UTs (State-wise list attached at Annexure ).  It  may  also  be  mentioned  that  till  2016-17,  88,078  were  approved  and  1,505 (tentative) more schools have approved in 2017-18.

Contd……..2/-

(** Till 2016-17, 88078 were approved. In 2017-18, 1505 (tentative) more schools have been approved)

| S.No.   | States/UTs                | Total No. of Approved schools including 2017-18**   | Implemented   | Percentage Implemented   | Not started   | Schools Completed 5 years of Implementation   | No. of ICT Schools covered with Internet Connections ( as per UDISE 2015-16)   |
|---------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 59                                                  | 28            | 47.46                    | 31            | 0                                             | 19                                                                             |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            | 5470                                                | 3820          | 69.84                    | 1650          | 3820                                          | 1584                                                                           |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 265                                                 | 195           | 73.58                    | 70            | 195                                           | 59                                                                             |
| 4       | Assam                     | 3450                                                | 2850          | 82.61                    | 600           | 641                                           | 445                                                                            |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 1653                                                | 869           | 52.57                    | 784           | 869                                           | 381                                                                            |
| 6       | Chandigarh                | 99                                                  | 95            | 95.96                    | 4             | 72                                            | 95                                                                             |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              | 2199                                                | 953           | 43.34                    | 1246          | 300                                           | 427                                                                            |
| 8       | Dadra& Nagar Haveli       | 16                                                  | 16            | 100.00                   | 0             | 11                                            | 14                                                                             |
| 9       | Daman &Diu                | 23                                                  | 23            | 100.00                   | 0             | 23                                            | 22                                                                             |
| 10      | Delhi                     | 1174                                                | 1106          | 94.21                    | 68            | 0                                             | 1118                                                                           |
| 11      | Goa                       | 488                                                 | 432           | 88.52                    | 56            | 432                                           | 450                                                                            |
| 12      | Gujarat                   | 5298                                                | 5124          | 96.72                    | 174           | 5124                                          | 2964                                                                           |
| 13      | Haryana                   | 3196                                                | 3109          | 97.28                    | 87            | 1500                                          | 1594                                                                           |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh          | 2168                                                | 2137          | 98.57                    | 31            | 623                                           | 1196                                                                           |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir           | 1010                                                | 229           | 22.67                    | 781           | 0                                             | 83                                                                             |
| 16      | Jharkhand                 | 1485                                                | 0             | 0.00                     | 1485          | 0                                             | 38                                                                             |
| 17      | Karnataka                 | 6444                                                | 3048          | 47.30                    | 3396          | 2048                                          | 1174                                                                           |
| 18      | Kerala                    | 2531                                                | 2485          | 98.18                    | 46            | 2427                                          | 2409                                                                           |
| 19      | Lakshadweep               | 10                                                  | 0             | 0.00                     | 10            | 0                                             | 10                                                                             |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh            | 2230                                                | 230           | 10.31                    | 2000          | 230                                           | 1058                                                                           |
| 21      | Maharashtra               | 9144                                                | 7644          | 83.60                    | 1500          | 3000                                          | 5893                                                                           |
| 22      | Manipur                   | 371                                                 | 329           | 88.68                    | 42            | 325                                           | 28                                                                             |
| 23      | Meghalaya                 | 183                                                 | 75            | 40.98                    | 108           | 75                                            | 77                                                                             |
| 24      | Mizoram                   | 350                                                 | 290           | 82.86                    | 60            | 167                                           | 113                                                                            |
|         |                           | 130                                                 |               | 100.00                   |               |                                               |                                                                                |
| 26      | Odisha                    | 6000                                                | 4000          | 66.67                    | 2000          | 0                                             | 1235                                                                           |
| 27      | Puducherry                |                                                     | 130           |                          | 0             | 25                                            | 117                                                                            |
| 28      | Punjab                    | 3897                                                | 3566          | 91.51                    | 331           | 3566                                          | 3573                                                                           |
| 29      | Rajasthan                 | 7428                                                | 7125          | 95.92                    | 303           | 4600                                          | 3750                                                                           |
| 30      | Sikkim                    | 187                                                 | 181           | 96.79                    | 6             | 105                                           | 59                                                                             |
| 33      |                           |                                                     | 400           |                          |               |                                               | 4107                                                                           |
| 32      | Telangana                 | 4855                                                | 2680          | 55.20                    | 2175          | 2680                                          | 937                                                                            |
|         | Tripura                   | 579                                                 |               | 69.08                    | 179           | 400                                           | 14                                                                             |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh             | 5608                                                | 4000          | 71.33                    | 1608          | 4000                                          | 1669                                                                           |
| 35      | Uttarakhand               | 625                                                 | 125           | 20.00                    | 500           | 125                                           | 327                                                                            |
|         | Total                     | 89583                                               | 62820         | 70.12                    | 26763         |                                               | 39635                                                                          |
|         |                           |                                                     |               |                          |               | 40920                                         |                                                                                |

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