Lok Sabha Question No. 858 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Children Out of School
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, M. K. RAGHAVAN, HEMAMALINI, G. HARI, DHARAMBIR BHALERAM, C. N. JAYADEVAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 858 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  NOVEMBER, 2016

## Children Out of School

## 858. SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT:

DR. A. SAMPATH:

SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

SHRI G. HARI:

SHRI DHARAMBIR:

SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of children in the country especially Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minority communities are not attending schools and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and the response of the Government thereon;
- (b) whether the Government has reviewed the impact of Right To Education Act, 2009 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the number of out of school children has come down in some States and in some States it has increased and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that the number of street children is increasing across the country and if so, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for educating/upliftment of such children including providing education; and
- (e)  whether  the  NCPCR  has  achieved  100%  success  in  identifying  street  children  and sending/extending school education to them and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per an independent survey commissioned by Ministry of Human  Resource Development (MHRD) in 2014, the number of out of school children (OoSC) in the age group of 6 to 13 years was estimated to be 60.64 lakh. State-wise details of children from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Minority communities among the children who are out of school are at Annexure-I.

Under  SSA,  districts  with  high  concentration  of  population  of  SCs,  STs  and  Muslims  have been identified as Special Focus Districts (SFDs). The criteria for identifying the SFDs in case of SCs and STs is population of 25% and above, while for Muslims, it is 20% and above. SFDs also include 121 districts identified by Ministry of Minority Affairs to monitor implementation of SSA as part of Prime Minister's 15 Point Programme. In 2016-17, the allocation to SFDs under SSA accounts for 48% of the total outlay under SSA.

Since  the  inception  of  SSA  upto  31.03.2016,  95221  primary  schools,  54723  upper  primary schools  and  881856  additional  classrooms  have  been  constructed  in  SFDs.  Besides,  330 KGBVs, which are upper primary residential schools for girls, have been sanctioned in the SC concentrated  SFDs,  out  of  which  329  are  operational.  Similarly,  508  KGBVs  have  been sanctioned in ST concentrated SFDs and 507 are operational. In Muslim concentrated SFDs, 544  KGBVs  have  been  sanctioned  and  all  are  operational.  In  ST  concentrated  SFDs,  106 residential schools and 190 hostels have also been sanctioned.

(b):  The  Central  Government  reviews  and  monitors  implementation/impact  of  the  Right  of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 periodically with the States and Union  Territories  at  different  fora.  An  independent  concurrent  financial  review  is  also undertaken to cover all States within two years. Educational data on outcomes are collected through Unified District Information System of Education (UDISE) every year. The status of these evaluations and monitoring is placed in the public domain on the Ministry's website. The Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  is  the  designated  scheme  to  meet  the  objective  of  RTE  Act, 2009. The combined RTE-SSA programme is reviewed twice every year by a Joint Review Mission comprising independent experts and members of external funding agencies, covering all States by rotation.

(c):  The  estimates  on  OoSC  reported  by  the  three  independent  surveys  commissioned  by MHRD in 2005,  2009  and  2014  indicate  that  there  has  been  a  substantial  reduction  in  the number of OoSC in the country. The number of OoSC in 6-13 age group was 134.56 lakh in 2005  which  reduced  to  81.50  lakh  in  2009.  Further,  the  number  of  out  of  school  children reduced  to  60.64  lakh  in  2014.  The  total  reduction  in  the  number  out  of  school  children  is 73.96 lakh. The reduction is across the States except six States and UTs. These are Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala and Odisha. The increase in the number of out of school children is mainly because of a renewed focus on RTE implementation and identification  of  out  of  school  children.  States  like  Karnataka,  Jharkhand  and  Odisha  have initiated child tracking system and a comprehensive identification process of all out of school children in their states. State wise detail of reduction in the number of out of school children and increase in six states is given at Annexure-II.

(d): The number of street children is not maintained by MHRD. The Right of Children to Free and  Compulsory  Education  Act,  2009,  which  became  operative  with  effect  from  1 st April, 2010,  mandates  that  all  children  in  the  age  group  of  6-14  years  shall  be  in  schools  for completing elementary education. Section 4 of the RTE Act provides for special training for age  appropriate  admission  of  out  of  school  children.  Those  children  who  have  missed  out certain  academic  years  either  for  being  never  enrolled  to  school  or  having  dropped  out  of school, have a right to Special Training in residential and non residential mode, subsequently to  be  mainstreamed in formal schools in age appropriate class. These out of school children include  those  who  are  never  enrolled,  those  who  drop  out,  children  of  migrants,  street  and working children, children without adult protection etc. Strategies such as providing residential schools and hostels, transport and escort facility, seasonal hostels, special training centres at worksite, migration cards, back to school camps etc. are being implemented and have proved to be successful for the care of these children.

(e): No, Madam. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has reported that it does not identify street children for extending school education.

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## Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 858 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2016 ASKED BY SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT,  DR.  A.  SAMPATH,  SHRIMATI  SANTOSH  AHLAWAT,  SHRI  M.K.  RAGHAVAN, SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI, SHRI G. HARI, SHRI DHARAMBIR AND SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN REGARDING 'CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL'

Details of Out of School Children (OoSC) from SC, ST and Minority Communities

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                             |   Total OoSC |      SC |      ST |   Muslim |   Christian |   Other Minorities |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|--------------|---------|---------|----------|-------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands             |         1015 |     275 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) |       107829 |   27911 |   12721 |     2187 |        2564 |                  0 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                    |         6517 |       0 |    6517 |        0 |        4691 |               1826 |
| 4         | Assam                                |       157813 |    5850 |   10138 |    97206 |        4935 |                641 |
| 5         | Bihar                                |      1169722 |  524150 |   30746 |   246004 |        6950 |                  0 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                           |         1090 |    1090 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                         |       167072 |    2410 |  119426 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 8         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli                  |          745 |     172 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 9         | Daman& Diu                           |          421 |     421 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 10        | Delhi                                |        85084 |   22185 |    5788 |    52138 |           0 |                  0 |
| 11        | Goa                                  |           00 |       0 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 12        | Gujarat                              |       159308 |   69721 |   30155 |    21889 |           0 |                  0 |
| 13        | Haryana                              |        43879 |    4023 |   35997 |    30294 |           0 |                  0 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh                     |         2176 |       0 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir                       |        45468 |   15382 |    7379 |    44177 |           0 |                  0 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                            |       140426 |   24438 |   25644 |    63805 |        4214 |                  0 |
| 17        | Karnataka                            |       122139 |   52769 |   10034 |      560 |       13147 |                  0 |
| 18        | Kerala                               |        33161 |    5016 |    6343 |     9620 |        2701 |                  0 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                          |          267 |       0 |     267 |      267 |           0 |                  0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                       |       450952 |  130562 |  130680 |   117830 |           0 |                  0 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                          |       145326 |   43454 |   28702 |    15928 |           0 |              12574 |
| 22        | Manipur                              |         7037 |       0 |    1751 |     2789 |         563 |                536 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                            |        17237 |     505 |   16109 |        0 |       14194 |               2538 |
| 24        | Mizoram                              |          972 |       0 |     972 |        0 |         583 |                389 |
| 25        | Nagaland                             |         2896 |       0 |    2896 |        0 |        2896 |                  0 |
| 26        | Odisha                               |       401052 |  109987 |  215994 |     7287 |           0 |                  0 |
| 27        | Puducherry                           |          285 |       0 |       0 |        0 |           0 |                  0 |
| 28        | Punjab                               |        91578 |   63489 |       0 |        0 |           0 |              19041 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                            |       601863 |  129861 |  133459 |    83487 |           0 |               3936 |
| 30        | Sikkim                               |          535 |       0 |     535 |        0 |           0 |                535 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                           |        57529 |   41556 |    1189 |     1508 |        3670 |                  0 |
| 32        | Tripura                              |         4518 |     277 |    3037 |        0 |        1590 |                  0 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh                        |      1612285 |  560531 |  108833 |   557870 |           0 |                  0 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                          |        86794 |   36611 |       0 |    43296 |           0 |                  0 |
| 35        | West Bengal                          |       339239 |   93383 |   62251 |   158957 |           0 |                  0 |
| Total     |                                      |      6064230 | 1966029 | 1007563 |  1557099 |       62698 |              42016 |

Source: IMRB Survey, 2014

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 858 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2016 ASKED BY SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, DR. A. SAMPATH, SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SHRI  M.K.  RAGHAVAN,  SHRIMATI  HEMA  MALINI,  SHRI  G.  HARI,  SHRI DHARAMBIR  AND  SHRI  C.N.  JAYADEVAN  REGARDING  'CHILDREN  OUT  OF SCHOOL'

## Reduction in Out of School Children as per IMRB Survey

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 |     2005 |    2009 |    2014 |   Total Reduction |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------|---------|---------|-------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |      165 |       0 |    1015 |              -850 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |   542665 |  172354 |  107829 |            434836 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |    23036 |   20601 |    6517 |             16519 |
| 4         | Assam                    |   536220 |  234983 |  157813 |            378407 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |  3176624 | 1345697 | 1169722 |           2006902 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |     3086 |    1974 |    1090 |              1996 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |   254736 |   85366 |  167072 |             87664 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |     6134 |     444 |     745 |              5390 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |    84424 |      23 |     421 |             84003 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |        0 |  124022 |   85084 |            -85084 |
| 11        | Goa                      |     1155 |       0 |       0 |              1155 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |   380444 |  162355 |  159308 |            221136 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |   174040 |  107205 |   43879 |            130161 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |     4942 |    2451 |    2176 |              2766 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |   620945 |    9691 |   45468 |            575477 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |     4777 |  132195 |  140426 |           -135649 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |   119517 |  108237 |  122139 |             -2622 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |    23242 |   15776 |   33161 |             -9919 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |     1104 |       0 |     267 |               837 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           |  1085096 |  328692 |  450952 |            634144 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              |   529295 |  207345 |  145326 |            383969 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |    67516 |   12222 |    7037 |             60479 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                |    22132 |   12655 |   17237 |              4895 |
| 24        | Mizoram                  |     1558 |    7485 |     972 |               586 |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |    32406 |    8693 |    2896 |             29510 |
| 26        | Odisha                   |   332615 |  435560 |  401052 |            -68437 |
| 27        | Puducherry               |      583 |     993 |     285 |               298 |
| 28        | Punjab                   |   108754 |    1267 |   91578 |             17176 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                |   795089 | 1018326 |  601863 |            193226 |
| 30        | Sikkim                   |     3803 |     647 |     535 |              3268 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               |   193418 |   52876 |   57529 |            135889 |
| 32        | Tripura                  |     5121 |    8434 |    4518 |               603 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh            |  2995208 | 2769111 | 1612285 |           1382923 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand              |   116680 |   56225 |   86794 |             29886 |
| 35        | West Bengal              |  1213205 |  706713 |  339239 |            873966 |
| Total     | Total                    | 13459734 | 8150618 | 6064229 |           7395506 |