Lok Sabha Question No. 5056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  MARCH, 2018

## Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat

## 5056. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  status  of  the  'Padhe  Bharat,  Badhe  Bharat'  programme  of  the Government focussing on early reading, writing, comprehension and mathematics;
- (b) the details regarding the response/ cooperation of different States/UTs to expedite the said programme in the country, State/UT- wise;
- (c)  the  details  about  the  funds  allocated/released  and  utilised  by  the  Government for the purpose, State/UTs- wise; and
- (d)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  all-round  development  of  the  children under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan?

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

- (a) to (c):  The 'Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat' (PBBB) is a sub-programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) which is a centrally sponsored scheme implemented to support the States/UTs for universalization of elementary education. It was launched in August, 2014 to ensure quality at the foundational years of schooling. The objectives of the programme are to promote early reading  and  writing  with  comprehension  skills  in  children,  and  also  basic  numeracy  skills. States/ UTs are implementing PBBB in their respective States/UTs using multiple strategies and  approaches.  These  include  adoption  of  NCERT  model  of  early  reading,  provision  of supplementary  reading  material,  development  of  State  specific  models  for  early  Maths  and early reading, collaboration with organisations like UNICEF etc. The details of activities undertaken  by  various  States/  UTs  is  at  Annexure-  I. The  expenditure  for  this programme is inbuilt in the broader components of Textbooks, teacher training, LEP, Teacher Grant etc for Elementary Classes.  The State-wise details of funds allocated/released are at Annexure-II.
- (d):      In order to focus on quality education, the Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act have been amended to include reference on class-wise,

subject-wise Learning Outcomes. The Learning Outcomes for each class in Languages (Hindi, English and Urdu), Mathematics, Environmental Studies, Science and Social Science up to the elementary  stage  have,  accordingly,  been  finalized  and  shared  with  all  States  and  UTs. These serve as a guideline for State and UTs to ensure that all children acquire appropriate learning level. Further, a National Achievement Survey based on learning outcomes has been conducted on 13th November, 2017 with a sample frame upto district level to enable states/UTs to  identify  gaps  in  learning  outcomes  at  district  level  and  design  strategies  to  address  those gaps. District reports are available along with learning gaps for each district. The Central Government has moved an amendment to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 to give States the freedom to review the 'No Detention' Policy. Accordingly, the RTE (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 11th August, 2017 to amend Section 16 of the Act. The said amendment seeks to improve the  learning  levels  of  children  and  leading  to  greater  accountability  and  improvement  in  the quality of education. Further,  Section  23(2)  of  the  RTE  Act  has  been  amended  to  extend  the  period  for training  of  untrained  in-service  elementary  teachers  to  31st  March  2019.  As  per  above amendment, all untrained in-service teachers working in Government, Government aided and Private un-aided schools should acquire minimum qualification as laid down by an academic authority, authorized by the Central Government, by 31st March, 2019. The National Institute of Open  Schooling  (NIOS)  has  been  entrusted  to  conduct  this  training  through  ODL  (Open Distance  Learning)  mode.  The  online   D.El.Ed.  course  has  already  been  started  from  3rd October, 2017. The Central Government has launched Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan (RAA) programme on  09.07.2015,  inter  alia,  as  a  subcomponent  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  and  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), to motivate and engage children of the age group from 6-18  years  in  Science,  Mathematics  and  Technology  through  observation,  experimentation, inference  drawing,  model  building,  etc.  both  through  inside  and  outside  classroom  activities. Further, realizing the need for holistic development of children, Yoga and physical activities are encouraged.  Physical  education  instructors  are  recruited  in  schools  and  Yoga  Olympiad  is conducted at various levels.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018 ASKED BY SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI REGARDING  PADHE BHARAT BADHE BHARAT

|   Sl. No. | States/ UTs               | Details of activities being conducted byStates/ UTs                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Arunachal Pradesh         | Orchid Series - a supplementary reader containing 30 folktales of 13 major tribes and introduced in the form of reading corners targeting the children of classes I & II on the pattern of Barkha Series for the development of their language skills |
|         2 | Chandigarh                | Adopted the NCERT model of early reading                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         3 | Uttar Pradesh             | Adopted the NCERT model of early reading                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         4 | Himachal Pradesh          | Adopted the NCERT model of early reading                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         5 | Uttarakhand               | Adopted the NCERT model of early reading                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         6 | Punjab                    | Adopted the NCERT model of early reading                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         7 | Haryana                   | Adopted the NCERT model of early reading                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         8 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Provided supplementary readers developed by NCERT                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh            | Provided supplementary readers developed by NCERT                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|        10 | Punjab                    | Introduced programmes for strengthening teaching of maths in classes 1 and 2                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        11 | Delhi                     | Introduced programmes for strengthening teaching of maths in classes 1 and 2                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        12 | Meghalaya                 | Introduced programmes for strengthening teaching of maths in classes 1 and 2                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        13 | Uttarakhand               | Implementing activity based learning methodology                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|        14 | Tamil Nadu                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        15 | Puducherry,               |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        16 | Karnataka                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        17 | Gujarat                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        18 | Nagaland                  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        19 | Andhra Pradesh            | Developed their state specific models for earlyreading and early mathematics                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        20 | Bihar                     | Developed their state specific models for earlyreading and early mathematics                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        21 | Chhattisgarh              | Developed their state specific models for earlyreading and early mathematics                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        22 | Jharkhand                 | Developed their state specific models for earlyreading and early mathematics                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        23 | Maharashtra               | Developed their state specific models for earlyreading and early mathematics                                                                                                                                                                          |
|        24 | Sikkim                    | They have set up reading corners for children in the foundational classes through support from community members                                                                                                                                      |
|        25 | Assam                     | Started a pilot with 200 schools across 2 districtson early reading. In 2015-16 this programme has been expanded to 10 districts                                                                                                                      |
|        26 | West Bengal               | Piloted an early reading programme in 7000schools in 2014-15, this programme has beenexpanded across districts in 2015-16                                                                                                                             |
|        27 | Jammu & Kashmir           | Has initiated a pilot across 3 districts with support from UNICEF.                                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018 ASKED BY SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI REGARDING  PADHE BHARAT BADHE BHARAT

## State-wise Allocation of Funds for Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat under SSA over the years

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No   | State/ UT          |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | A &Nicobar Islands |     11.91 |      4.05 |     12.26 |     31.07 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh     |   1628.98 |    603.04 |   2631.89 |   3000.25 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh  |    150.02 |    199.73 |    518.73 |    538.33 |
| 4        | Assam              |   1741.26 |   2668.31 |   3967.54 |   3824.68 |
| 5        | Bihar              |  10911    |   8825.56 |  10075.6  |  18094.4  |
| 6        | Chandigarh         |     35.92 |     38.49 |     35.55 |     80.43 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh       |   1738.45 |   1275.51 |   1644.3  |   3396.01 |
| 8        | Dadra &N. Haveli   |     10.98 |      4.87 |     19.07 |     65.44 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu         |      9.02 |      6.49 |      9.7  |     16.69 |
| 10       | Delhi              |     55.54 |     50.36 |    133.34 |    286.4  |
| 11       | Goa                |     60.71 |     49.51 |     76.95 |    114.7  |
| 12       | Gujarat            |   2677.5  |   1759.94 |   2644.14 |   3188.05 |
| 13       | Haryana            |    983.7  |    717.88 |    682.39 |   1592.06 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh   |    240.81 |    276.61 |    341.17 |    711.43 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir     |    150.6  |    177.1  |   1024.73 |   1783.51 |
| 16       | Jharkhand          |   2214.39 |   1943.64 |   3034.65 |   4486.46 |
| 17       | Karnataka          |    650.11 |   1198.61 |   4052.34 |   4430.66 |
| 18       | Kerala             |    878.98 |    944.57 |   1261.07 |   1329.59 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep        |      1.71 |      1.06 |      2.07 |     11.68 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh     |   4551.44 |   9478.24 |   5319.18 |   6029.46 |
| 21       | Maharashtra        |   5179.4  |   5102.81 |   9067.31 |   9539.81 |
| 22       | Manipur            |    252.95 |    199.37 |    346.48 |    444.01 |
| 23       | Meghalaya          |    352.95 |    407.73 |    443.55 |    793.86 |
| 24       | Mizoram            |     98.11 |     80.4  |    172.62 |    244.88 |
| 25       | Nagaland           |    163.93 |    140.27 |    191.28 |    538.57 |
| 26       | Odisha             |   1583.27 |   2610.29 |   3950.74 |   4407.36 |
| 27       | Puducherry         |     13.33 |      5.77 |      3.69 |     44.1  |
| 28       | Punjab             |    494.36 |    436.31 |   1127.97 |    822.4  |
| 29       | Rajasthan          |    909.6  |    681.94 |   2598.23 |   5880.92 |
| 30       | Sikkim             |     64.47 |     34.35 |    108.46 |     73.32 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu         |   1779.66 |   1127.98 |   1191.98 |   1955.2  |
| 32       | Telangana          |      0    |    384.4  |   1507.84 |   2970.94 |
| 33       | Tripura            |    282.9  |    277.3  |    464.87 |    534.07 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh      |   5579.39 |   6774.58 |  17429.2  |   9491.06 |
| 35       | Uttrakhand         |    505.19 |    339.37 |    639.75 |    936.18 |
| 36       | West Bengal        |    175.9  |    200.43 |   2039.9  |   1516.82 |
|          | Total              |  46138.5  |  49026.9  |  78770.5  |  93204.8  |

Source (PAB minutes)

Note - This includes Text Book, Training BRC Level, CRC Level, RP Training, LEP and Survey of Learning Outcomes