Lok Sabha Question No. 3820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Government Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION& LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3820 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2018

## Government Schools

3820. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that public schools are seeing a systemic decline in enrolment, resulting in the massive growth of small and tiny government schools as 419,000 (40 percent) of government schools had total enrolment less than 50, and 108,000 schools (10.3% percent) were 'tiny' schools with enrolment of less than 20;
- (b) due to these failures of the public school system, whether the Government plans to overhaul the structure of schooling in country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the annual survey of education report surveys and national achievement surveys by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) have also revealed a nationwide learning crisis and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government plans to universalize secondary education by integrating schools from primary  to  secondary  and  secondary  education  with  vocational  education  to  provide  gainful employment and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  details  of  the  plans  composite  through  vertical  integration  across  levels  and  to  increase school size, ensure better rationalization of teachers?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a)  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (U-DISE)  managed  by  NIEPA, percentage of enrolment in Government Schools during the years 2013-14 to 2015-16 are given in table below:

| School Management/Year   | Year    | Year    | Year    |
|--------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|                          | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
| Government Schools       | 59.1    | 56.8    | 56.2    |

Percentage of small and tiny Government schools out of the total Government Schools during the years 2014-15 & 2015-16 are given in table below:

|                               | Year    | Year    |
|-------------------------------|---------|---------|
| School Type                   | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
| Small Schools (Enrolment <50) | 36%     | 37%     |
| Tiny Schools (Enrolment <20)  | 9%      | 10%     |

State-wise number of Government schools having enrolment less than 50 and Government schools having enrolment less than 20 are given at Annexure.

(b)  to  (e)  Various  steps  are  already  being  taken  under  the  scheme  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (schemes) to overhaul the structure of schooling in country.

In  pursuance  of  the  proposal  of  the  Union  Budget,  2018-19,  to  treat  school  education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12, this Department is working on an Integrated Scheme on School Education by subsuming the three Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  ShikshaAbhiyan  (RMSA)  and  Teacher Education  (TE).  States  have  already  been  advised  to  integrate  the  administrative  structures  at various levels created for SSA and RMSA in the States and UTs to achieve productive synergies, better co-ordination and rationalisation of teachers.

Annual  Survey  of  Education  Report  Surveys  (ASER-  2017)  report  revealed  that,  overall, 86% of the youth in the 14-18 age group are still within the formal education system, either in the school or in the college.

National  Achievement  Survey  (NAS  2017)  was  conducted  throughout  the  Country  by National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  on  13 th November,  2017  for Classes III, V and VIII in Government and Government aided Schools.Students of Classes III and V were assessed on Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and Environmental Studies and Class VIII students  were  assessed  on  Language,  Maths,  Science,  Social  Science.  Average  performance  of Classes III, V and VIII students in the above mentioned subjects can be ascertained with the release of reports at National and State level.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  of  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  3820  for 19.03.2018 by SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY regarding Government Schools.

## Number of Government Schools during 2014-15 and 2015-16

| State/UT Name     | All Schools   | All Schools   | Schools with Enrolment less than 20   | Schools with Enrolment less than 20   | Schools with Enrolment less than 50   | Schools with Enrolment less than 50   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| State/UT Name     | 2014-15       | 2015-16       | 2014-15                               | 2015-16                               | 2014-15                               | 2015-16                               |
| A &NIslands       | 344           | 344           | 82                                    | 91                                    | 164                                   | 167                                   |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 46666         | 44907         | 6498                                  | 7671                                  | 25616                                 | 25265                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3408          | 3492          | 956                                   | 1101                                  | 1986                                  | 2054                                  |
| Assam             | 52927         | 53020         | 3914                                  | 5875                                  | 18993                                 | 22289                                 |
| Bihar             | 74291         | 74689         | 155                                   | 153                                   | 1533                                  | 1385                                  |
| Chandigarh        | 113           | 115           | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     |
| Chhattisgarh      | 50061         | 47181         | 5496                                  | 4833                                  | 21372                                 | 19704                                 |
| D &NHaveli        | 299           | 299           | 13                                    | 15                                    | 102                                   | 98                                    |
| Daman &Diu        | 114           | 119           | 3                                     | 3                                     | 21                                    | 26                                    |
| Delhi             | 2844          | 2828          | 5                                     | 5                                     | 27                                    | 28                                    |
| Goa               | 906           | 894           | 372                                   | 399                                   | 694                                   | 688                                   |
| Gujarat           | 34817         | 34891         | 1392                                  | 1482                                  | 7587                                  | 7901                                  |
| Haryana           | 14630         | 14640         | 391                                   | 720                                   | 2808                                  | 3547                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 15355         | 15386         | 5015                                  | 5450                                  | 11079                                 | 11273                                 |
| Jammu& Kashmir    | 23874         | 23834         | 6891                                  | 6630                                  | 15863                                 | 15756                                 |
| Jharkhand         | 41322         | 41162         | 1450                                  | 1758                                  | 12806                                 | 13350                                 |
| Karnataka         | 50493         | 50424         | 10232                                 | 10663                                 | 22812                                 | 23183                                 |
| Kerala            | 5104          | 4793          | 612                                   | 351                                   | 1696                                  | 1331                                  |
| Lakshadweep       | 45            | 45            | 0                                     | 0                                     | 2                                     | 2                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 121849        | 121976        | 8927                                  | 11665                                 | 48021                                 | 54135                                 |
| Maharashtra       | 67717         | 67629         | 11707                                 | 12850                                 | 35154                                 | 35734                                 |
| Manipur           | 2372          | 3332          | 546                                   | 630                                   | 1491                                  | 2194                                  |
| Meghalaya         | 7763          | 7775          | 1367                                  | 1309                                  | 5333                                  | 5245                                  |
| Mizoram           | 2592          | 2591          | 352                                   | 349                                   | 1576                                  | 1557                                  |
| Nagaland          | 2279          | 2101          | 378                                   | 328                                   | 976                                   | 843                                   |
| Odisha            | 58697         | 58740         | 4199                                  | 4957                                  | 23098                                 | 24380                                 |
| Puducherry        | 436           | 430           | 38                                    | 35                                    | 120                                   | 120                                   |
| Punjab            | 20772         | 20529         | 1270                                  | 1410                                  | 6784                                  | 7117                                  |
| Rajasthan         | 70210         | 70961         | 7835                                  | 7499                                  | 28410                                 | 28797                                 |
| Sikkim            | 868           | 870           | 152                                   | 203                                   | 452                                   | 481                                   |
| Tamil Nadu        | 37911         | 38209         | 3850                                  | 3095                                  | 15240                                 | 14582                                 |
| Telangana         | 29268         | 29127         | 4316                                  | 4658                                  | 13347                                 | 13606                                 |
| Tripura           | 4326          | 4322          | 473                                   | 577                                   | 1773                                  | 1846                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 162228        | 162645        | 5284                                  | 4920                                  | 32803                                 | 34151                                 |
| Uttarakhand       | 17753         | 17752         | 6511                                  | 6969                                  | 12667                                 | 12923                                 |
| West Bengal       | 82454         | 82748         | 3952                                  | 4382                                  | 25445                                 | 27080                                 |
| All India         | 1107108       | 1104800       | 104634                                | 113036                                | 397851                                | 412838                                |