Lok Sabha Question No. 5614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-02
Subject: Counselling Facility for Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5614 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2018

## Counselling Facility for Students

## †5614. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

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

- (a)    whether there is any action plan for providing special counselling to students to guide them about their aptitude after 8th and 10th Class on lines of other countries; and
- (b)    if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The Framework for Implementation of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) recognizes  the  role  of  guidance  and  counselling  services  in  promoting  student  retention  and  better scholastic performance in curricular areas, facilitating adjustment and career development of students, developing right attitude towards studies, self, work and others at the secondary level.The Framework provides that every school should have at least one teacher and preferably two teachers (one male and one female) trained in guidance and counselling. In view of this, the in-service teacher training under RMSA has incorporated a module on counselling also. The State/UT wise details of outlay approved for guidance and counselling under RMSA is annexed.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5614 for answer  on  02.04.2018  regarding  'Counselling  Facility  for  Students'  asked  by  Shri  Rakesh Singh.

## The State/ UT wise outlay approved for Guidance & counselling activities under RMSA

| States/UTs                  |   Financial (in lakh) |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands |                 12.25 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                  0.5  |
| Assam                       |                  3.74 |
| Chandigarh                  |                  7    |
| Chhattisgarh                |                 17.91 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli         |                  7.22 |
| Goa                         |                 55.91 |
| Gujarat                     |                180.34 |
| Haryana                     |                 84.4  |
| Jammu &Kashmir              |                411.15 |
| Karnataka                   |                117.74 |
| Kerala                      |                 52.7  |
| Lakshadweep                 |                 19    |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                100.52 |
| Maharashtra                 |                300    |
| Manipur                     |                 17.57 |
| Meghalaya                   |                 10.15 |
| Mizoram                     |                 35.1  |
| Nagaland                    |                 56.22 |
| Odisha                      |                  5.66 |
| Puducherry                  |                  2.9  |
| Punjab                      |                 61.78 |
| Rajasthan                   |                  4.24 |
| Sikkim                      |                 28.3  |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                 44.5  |
| Tripura                     |                  8.84 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                 40.22 |
| Uttrakhand                  |                 94.57 |
| Total                       |               1780.43 |