Lok Sabha Question No. 254 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Rashtriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RITI PATHAK

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  254 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2017

## Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

## †*254. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

- (a)  whether  the  education  up  to  higher  secondary  school  was  mentioned  in  the  framework plan of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the reasons for delay in inclusion of the higher secondary education in the said Abhiyan and the time by which the said proposal is likely to be included in the Abhiyan;
- (c) whether provision exists for setting up of hostels in educationally backward blocks under girls,  hostel  scheme  and  if  so,  the  manner  in  which  the  educationally  backward  block  is identified;
- (d) whether the targets under the scheme have been achieved in the educationally backward blocks and if so, the details thereof ; and
- (e) if not, the time by which arrangement for extension of hostels is likely to be made?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  254  REGARDING  RASHTRIYA MADHYAMIK SHIKSHA ABHIYAN FOR ANSWER ON 20.03.2017  ASKED BY SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK

(a) & (b) The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)  launched  in  2009    envisages  universalizing  access  to  secondary  schools  by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance (5 kilometer) of every habitation and by providing a higher secondary schools within a reasonable distance (7-10 kilometer). The  RMSA  framework  envisaged  to  cover  both  secondary  and  higher  secondary  schools. However, when the Scheme was launched in 2009-10, it was decided to implement it in a phased  manner,  the  first  phase  was  designed  to  make  good  quality  secondary  education available to young persons in the age group of 14-15 years. In view of the fact that higher secondary education provides an essential bridge between secondary and higher education, extension of the scope of the existing RMSA scheme to higher secondary schools is under consideration. However, higher secondary schools are already being covered under the other schemes of integrated RMSA, i.e. Information Communication Technology in Schools, Girls Hostels, Vocational Education and Inclusive Education of the Disabled at Secondary Stage.

(c) The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has provision for  setting up of Girls  Hostels,  under  Girls  Hostel  component  of  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RMSA) for classes IX to XII and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV)  under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for classes VI to VIII in the Education Backward Blocks (EBBs). The  EBBs  have  been  identified  on  the  basis  of  composite  criteria  of  blocks  with  a  rural Female  Literacy  Rate  (FLR)  below  the  national  average  of  46.13%  and  Gender  Gap  in Literacy Higher than the national average of 21.59%, as per census 2001.

(d) & (e) The Girls Hostels for secondary and higher secondary stage under RMSA have a capacity  of  100  and  KGBVs  for  elementary  stage  have  a  capacity  of  50,  100  and  150 depending upon the model. As on date, 2483 Girls hostels under RMSA have been approved and  out  of  which  1149  girls  hostels  are  functional  with  a  total  enrolment  of  104277  girls students.  Under  SSA,  3600  KGBVs  are  functional  with  an  enrolment  of  3.66  lakh  girls students.