Lok Sabha Question No. 4050 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Admission to Students of the EWS
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, PREM DAS RAI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4050 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2017

## Admission to Students of the EWS

4050.  SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA: SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

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

- (a) whether anyone has been benefited by the section 12(1)(c) of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2010 and if so, the statistics of the students benefited, number of schools implemented the said Act and the expenditure incurred thereon during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the number of admissions under the said Act is less than the mandatory level prescribed thereunder and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve enrolment of students  from  Economically  Weaker  Section  (EWS)  and  disadvantaged  groups  of the society; and
- (d)  whether the Government has also instructed the States to maintain registry on the  number  of  seats  provided  under  the  said  Act  to  the  children  belonging  to  the EWS category and if so, the details and the compliance thereof, State/UT-wise?

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

- (a)  and  (b):  Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  provides  for  admission  of  children  belonging  to  weaker sections and disadvantaged groups in the neighbourhood private unaided schools in Class I or below to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class.

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a flagship programme  of the Central Government through which State Governments and Union Territories are financially assisted for universalization of elementary education. The SSA Framework has been amended  with effect from 1 st April, 2014 to assist the States/UTs towards reimbursement of costs incurred with respect to admissions under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act. The reimbursement is based on per child cost norms notified by the State/UT

concerned  for  classes  I  to  VIII.  The  reimbursement  has  started  from  2015-16 onwards. State-wise data regarding number of seats kept reserved for admission of economically weaker sections under RTE Act is not maintained Centrally. State-wise details  of  amount  approved  by  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development under  SSA  for  reimbursement  under  Section  12(1)(c)  as  per  its  norms  during 2015-16 & 2016-17 is at Annexure.

(c) & (d): Education is in the Concurrent List and majority of the schools are under the purview  of  State  governments  and  it  is  primarily  for  the  States  to  take  appropriate action  for  implementation  of  RTE  Act.  However,  all  issues  pertaining  to  effective implementation  of  the  RTE  Act,  2009  are  discussed  during  review  meetings, workshops and Project Approval Boards of SSA. Additionally, Joint Review Missions regularly visit States to monitor the work being done under SSA including the issue of admission of children from economically weaker sections.

Further,  the  RTE  Act,  2009  also  mandates  under  Section  8  that  the  appropriate government shall provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child and will ensure availability of a neighbourhood school. As the appropriate government is duty bound under RTE Act to accommodate all children in its school, there is no fixed number of seats in government schools.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4050, ASKED BY SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO,  SHRI  DUSHYANT  CHAUTALA  AND  SHRI  PREM  DAS  RAI  TO  BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017 REGARDING 'ADMISSION TO STUDENTS OF THE EWS'

Funds approved to States for reimbursement under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State          | Amount approved for reimbursement under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act   | Amount approved for reimbursement under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act   |
|-----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                | 2015-16                                                                   | 2016-17                                                                   |
| 1         | Chhattisgarh   | 3064.690                                                                  | 3133.28                                                                   |
| 2         | Delhi          | -                                                                         | 3481.95                                                                   |
| 3         | Gujarat        | 1303.300                                                                  | 5406.18                                                                   |
| 4         | Karnataka      | 12355.156                                                                 | 16549.75                                                                  |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh | -                                                                         | 9707.77                                                                   |
| 6         | Maharashtra    | -                                                                         | 2469.99                                                                   |
| 7         | Odisha         | 15.115                                                                    | 88.34                                                                     |
| 8         | Rajasthan      | 4171.210                                                                  | 8292.50                                                                   |
| 9         | Tamil Nadu     | -                                                                         | 18.62                                                                     |
| 10        | Uttar Pradesh  | 5.262                                                                     | 121.50                                                                    |
| 11        | Uttarakhand    | 4150.838                                                                  | -                                                                         |
| Total     | Total          | 25065.571                                                                 | 49269.88                                                                  |

Source: AWP&B Minutes, SSA