Lok Sabha Question No. 5784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Benefits for Minorities under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5784 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  APRIL, 2017

## Benefits for Minorities under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

†5784. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  operated  by  the  Government  in  the country, State/UT-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government has any data about the manner and the extent to which Minority Communities of the country are getting benefitted from the said scheme;
- (c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  infrastructure  available  in  Madarsas  and  Maktabas can be used on larger scale for the said scheme; and
- (d) if so, the steps taken/being taken in this regard?

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

(a):  The  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  provides assistance to State Governments and UTs to ensure free and compulsory elementary education for all children. SSA is the primary vehicle for meeting the objectives of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which provides that  every  child  in  the  age  group  of  6  to  14  years  shall  have  a  right  to  free  and compulsory  education  in  a  neighbourhood  school  till  completion  of  elementary education.

Universal enrolment is the first goal of SSA, and hence all efforts are being made to bring all children in schools for ensuring universal provisioning of schooling facilities. Preference  for  opening  of  school  is  given  to  tribal  areas,  and  areas  with  high concentration of SC, ST and minority population. In addition, Kasturba Gandhi Balika

Vidyalayas, which are residential schools for girls at upper primary level, have also been sanctioned to the States for improving access to marginalised girls particularly out of school, either drop out or never enrolled. Details of funds released State/UTwise including Uttar Pradesh in 2016-17 under SSA are at Annexure.

(b): Major goals of SSA are universal enrolment, bridging gender and social category gaps,  quality  education  and  universal  retention.  This  programme  has  an  inclusive approach for all children in the age group of 6-14 years and does not discriminate on the basis of caste, gender, religion, regions or language. Therefore, all the activities of the programme are available equally to all children of the country. During  the  year  2016-17,  an  amount  of  Rs.1432804.91  lakh,  which  is  19%  of  the total outlay approved under SSA, has been sanctioned under SSA for 121 Minority Concentrated  Districts  (MCDs)  identified  by  the  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  under Prime  Minister's  New  15  Point  Programme.  The  term  minority  applies  to  such districts/sub-district  units  where  at  least  25%  of  the  total  population  of  that  unit belongs  to  minority  communities.  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for Education  data, the  percentage  of  enrolment  share  of  children  from  Muslim community at the elementary level has increased from 9.95% in 2007-08 to 13.80% in 2015-16. Madarsas  and  Makatabs  who  are  affiliated  to  the  State  Boards  of  Secondary Education/State Madarsa  Boards and are desirous of introducing the State curriculum,  are  eligible  for  grant  for  textbooks,  in-service  teacher  training,  school grant and teacher grant under SSA. SSA support is  also  provided  for  provisioning  of  special  training  designed  for  age appropriate enrolment in regular schools. Under the SSA, 103.07 lakh children have benefitted from the special training from 2011-12 to 2015-16. For the year 2016-17, an amount of Rs. 64204.69 lakh has been approved for special training of 11,29,881 children,  out  of  which  Rs.  7051.35  lakh  has  been  approved  for  special  training  of

1,38,941 children studying in Madarsas.

(c) & (d): Information regarding infrastructure available in Madarsas and Maktabas is not maintained Centrally.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5784 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017 ASKED BY DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ REGARDING 'BENEFITS FOR MINORITIES UNDER SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN'

State-wise funds released under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) during 2016-17

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl. No. | Name of the State         |   2016-17 Central Share Release |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh            |                        63302.2  |
|         2 | Arunachal Pradesh         |                        19956.6  |
|         3 | Assam                     |                        87652.3  |
|         4 | Bihar                     |                       270688    |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh              |                        59262.8  |
|         6 | Goa                       |                          869.11 |
|         7 | Gujarat                   |                        77740.5  |
|         8 | Haryana                   |                        32000.9  |
|         9 | Himachal Pradesh          |                        12825.5  |
|        10 | Jammu & Kashmir           |                       107250    |
|        11 | Jharkhand                 |                        50945.7  |
|        12 | Karnataka                 |                        54495.5  |
|        13 | Kerala                    |                        11316.7  |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh            |                       154455    |
|        15 | Maharashtra               |                        60369.7  |
|        16 | Manipur                   |                         4405.31 |
|        17 | Meghalaya                 |                        20067    |
|        18 | Mizoram                   |                        10934.3  |
|        19 | Nagaland                  |                        10725.3  |
|        20 | Odisha                    |                        70423    |
|        21 | Punjab                    |                        30002.7  |
|        22 | Rajasthan                 |                       182578    |
|        23 | Sikkim                    |                         3479.24 |
|        24 | Tamil Nadu                |                        82111.3  |
|        25 | Telangana                 |                        41776.1  |
|        26 | Tripura                   |                        19191    |
|        27 | Uttar Pradesh             |                       505434    |
|        28 | Uttarakhand               |                        25269    |
|        29 | West Bengal               |                        82185.3  |
|        30 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                          479.14 |
|        31 | Chandigarh                |                         3333.55 |
|        32 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                         1068.38 |
|        33 | Daman & Diu               |                          300    |
|        34 | Delhi                     |                         8306.19 |
|        35 | Lakshadweep               |                          239.87 |

| 36   | Pondicherry   |      304.68 |
|------|---------------|-------------|
|      | Total         | 2.16574e+06 |

Note: Expenditure  shown  above  is  against  receipts  from  Central  release,  State  share  release,  Finance Commission Award and Miscellaneous incomes, if any.