Lok Sabha Question No. 3240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-15
Subject: Playgrounds in Schools
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3240

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2018

Playgrounds in Schools

†3240.

SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will  the  Minister  of  YOUTH  AFFAIRS  AND  SPORTS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that 31 per cent of the secondary schools in the country do not have playgrounds;
- (b) if so, the total number of such schools in the country, State/UT-wise including Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to provide basic facilities of sports  in  all  schools  along  with  making  sports  an  integral  part  of education system in the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS {COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)}

(a) & (b) As per the Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education (U-DISE) 2015-16, only 21.99%  of secondary schools do not have playground facility. The State-wise details of the total number of schools not having playground is given at Annexure - I.

(c) Sports is a State Subject and promotion and development of sports in  the  country,  including  development  of  basic  infrastructure  for  games and sports in schools is primarily the responsibility of the State Government.  The  Central  Government  complements/supplements  the efforts of the State Governments.

However,  this  Ministry  is  implementing  a  Scheme  called  'Khelo India  -  National  Programme  for  Development  of  Sports'  which  has verticals  that  provide  for  promotion  of  sports  in  schools  and  colleges, including  development  of  sports  infrastructure,  in  the  country  covering the  States  of  Chhattisgarh  and  Rajasthanalso.  Brief  objectives  of  these verticals are given in Annexure - II.

Further, the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) framework  recognizes  the  importance  of  sports  in  providing quality secondary education in the country to ensure holistic development of the students. The scheme encourages the States/UTs to focus  on  sports,  culture  activities,  activity  based  learning,  exposure  to life skills with respect to health, nutrition etc. Under RMSA, Rs. 50,000/per  school  (School  Annual  Grant)  is  given  as  part  of  recurring  grant  for miscellaneous activities including purchase of sport equipment and other sports  related  activities.  Also,  there  is  a  provision  for  approving  an amount of Rs. 20,000/- per school (maximum of 100 schools per year per State/UT)  for  purchase  of  sport  equipment  for  Government  Secondary Schools. Further, the proposals for organizing school sports tournament (@ 50,000 per district) are approved based on receipt of viable proposals from the States.

This Ministry also has taken up the issue of integration of sports and physical education in the school curriculum framework actively with the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  †3240  FOR  15.03.2018  ASKED  BY SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU AND SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL, MPS, REGARDING PLAYGROUNDS IN SCHOOLS

Annexure - I Percentage and Number of Secondary Schools not having Playground

| S.NO.   | States/UTs        |   Schools |
|---------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1       | A&N Islands       |        34 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |      2261 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |        99 |
| 4       | Assam             |      2888 |
| 5       | Bihar             |      1961 |
| 6       | Chandigarh        |         5 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh      |      1944 |
| 8       | D&N Haveli        |         8 |
| 9       | Daman &Diu        |        11 |
| 10      | Delhi             |       167 |
| 11      | Goa               |       132 |
| 12      | Gujarat           |      1212 |
| 13      | Haryana           |       669 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh  |       191 |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir    |       967 |
| 16      | Jharkhand         |      1568 |
| 17      | Karnataka         |      1822 |
| 18      | Kerala            |       497 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep       |         4 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh    |      2986 |
| 21      | Maharashtra       |       800 |
| 22      | Manipur           |       255 |
| 23      | Meghalaya         |       615 |
| 24      | Mizoram           |       427 |
| 25      | Nagaland          |       259 |
| 26      | Odisha            |      3172 |
| 27      | Puducherry        |        49 |
| 28      | Punjab            |       231 |
| 29      | Rajasthan         |      8185 |
| 30      | Sikkim            |        36 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu        |      1964 |
| 32      | Telangana         |      2585 |
| 33      | Tripura           |       179 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh     |      9375 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand       |      1422 |
| 36      | West Bengal       |      3601 |
| Total   | Total             |     52580 |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART  (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  †3240  FOR  15.03.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI CHANDU  LAL  SAHU  AND  SHRI  DEVJI  M.  PATEL,  MPS,  REGARDING PLAYGROUNDS IN SCHOOLS

## Annexure - II

## Brief features of verticals of the Khelo India Scheme relating to promotion of Sports in Schools and Universities/Colleges.

- (i) ' Play  Field  Development' :-  This  vertical  aims  to  put  in  place  a  strong  institutionalized mechanism  for  preserving,protecting,  developing  and  promoting  playfields,  by  providing financial  assistance  to    States/UTs  to  set  up  District  and  State  level  Playing  Fields Associations, creating a National inventory of playfields and sports infrastructure. Development of playgrounds in all gram panchayats can be taken up in convergence with the scheme of MahatmaGandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and any other scheme(s) of the StateGovernment/Central Government.
- (ii) 'Utilization and Creation of Sports Infrastructure' :- This vertical provides for grant of financial  assistance  for  filling  the  critical  gaps  in  sports  infrastructure  of  the  country    to various  entities  including  schools,  colleges  and  Universities  under  the  Central  and  State Governments and setting up of University Centres of Excellence in Sports.
- (iii) 'Annual  Sports  competition' :  -  This  vertical  provides  for  conduct  of  annual  sports competitions at school and university levels for providing platform for school and college students to showcase sporting skills and serve as avenue for talent spotting.
- (iv) 'Talent  Search  and  Development' :  -  Under  this  vertical  annual  financial  assistance  of Rs.5.00 lakh is to be provided to about 1000 talented athletes identified  in priority sports disciplines through various avenues, including school and university level competitions.
- (v) 'Physical  Fitness  of  School  going  Children' :-  This  vertical  provides  for  measuring  the physical fitness of school going children and implementing a component of enhancing their physical fitness.

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