Lok Sabha Question No. 3723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: Goals of SSA
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DILIP PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3723 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  MARCH, 2018

## Goals of SSA

3723.  SHRI DILIP PATEL:

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

(a) whether bridging gender and social category gaps in elementary education is one of the goals of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the extent to which this gap has been narrowed so far;

(c)  whether  SSA  has  identified  Special  Focus  Districts  and  if  so,  the  districts identified in the country State/UT-wise including Gujarat; and

(d) the steps taken so far to improve the position of education for girls and children belonging to disadvantaged groups?

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

(a) and (b):  Bridging gender and social category gaps in elementary education is one of the major goals of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). Consequently, SSA attempts to reach out to girls and children belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Muslims and other marginalised communities. SSA has also given attention to urban deprived children, children affected by periodic migration, and children living in remote and scattered habitations.

Under the SSA, the 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 a population of 25% and above, while for Muslims, it is 20% and above population. 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 and 88 districts identified by Ministry of Home Affairs as districts affected with Left Wing Extremism (LWE).

Through  the  interventions  made  under  SSA  in  SFDs,  at  the  national  level  the enrolment  share  of  SC  children  as  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for Education  (UDISE),  2015-16,  at  primary  and  upper  primary  level  is  19.94%  and 19.49%  respectively,  whereas  their  share  in  population  is  16.6%  (as  per  Census 2011).  Similarly,  the  enrolment  share  of  ST  children  at  primary  and  upper  primary level as per UDISE 2015-16, is 10.64% and 9.81% respectively, whereas their share in  population  is  8.6%  (as  per  Census  2011).  The  enrolment  of  girls  also  shows considerable improvement over the years and it increased to 48.21% in 2015-16 from 47.79% in 2005-06 at primary level and at upper primary level it increased to 48.63% in  2015-16  from  48.20%  in  2005-06.  As  per  the  findings  of  National  Achievement Surveys conducted by the National Council of Educational Research & Training, the SC/ST children have performed better than the national average in Language, Maths,

Science and Social Science, in many of the States. (c):    A  total  of  323  districts  under  one  or  more  of  the  above  categories  have  been identified as SFDs under SSA. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure. (d):  Universal  enrolment  at  elementary  level  is  the  primary  goal  of  SSA. It  has provided 2.04 lakh primary and 1.59 lakh upper primary 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. Besides, Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs),  which  are  upper  primary residential schools for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, Other Backward Caste and minorities, have played an important role in furthering the goal of girls' education  in  educationally  backward  blocks  of  the  country.  Under  the  SSA, provisions have also been made for residential schools/hostels for children living in sparsely populated areas, children living in areas where schools cannot be opened due to unavailability of land and children in need of care and protection.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  3723  ASKED  BY  SHRI  DILIP  PATEL,  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 19.03.2018 REGARDING 'GOALS OF SSA'

|   Sl. No. | State/UT                 | SFDs                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   Total |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
|         1 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands | Andaman, Nicobar                                                                                                                                                                                      |       2 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh           | East Godavari, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram                                                                                                                                                |       4 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh        | Anjaw, Changlang, East Kameng, East Siang, Lower Subansiri, Papum Pare, Tawang, Tirap, Upper Siang, Upper Subansiri, West Kameng, West Siang                                                          |      12 |
|         4 | Assam                    | Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Cachar, Darrang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Hailkandi, Kamrup, Karbi Anglong, Karimganj, Kokrajhar, Morigaon, Nagaon, Nalbari, North Cachar Hills                                         |      15 |
|         5 | Bihar                    | Araria, Arwal, Aurangabad, Darbhanga, East Champaran, Gaya, Jamui, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Katihar, Kishanganj, Munger, Nawada, Purnea, Rohtas, Sitamarhi, West Champaran                                  |      17 |
|         6 | Chhattisgarh             | Balrampur, Bastar, Bijapur, Bilaspur, Dantewara, Gariaband, Jashpur, Kanker, Kondagaon, Korba, Koriya, Kowardha, Narayanpur, Rajnandgao, Sarguja, Sukma                                               |      16 |
|         7 | Dadra& Nagar Haveli      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                                                   |       1 |
|         8 | Delhi                    | Central Delhi, North East                                                                                                                                                                             |       2 |
|         9 | Goa                      | South Goa                                                                                                                                                                                             |       1 |
|        10 | Gujarat                  | Bharuch, Dahod, Dangs, Kachchh, Narmada, Panchmahals, Vadodara, Valsad                                                                                                                                |       8 |
|        11 | Haryana                  | Ambala, Fatehabad, Mewat (Gurgaon), Sirsa                                                                                                                                                             |       4 |
|        12 | Himachal Pradesh         | Bilaspur, Kinnaur, Kullu, Lahaul & Spiti, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmour, Una                                                                                                                                 |       8 |
|        13 | Jammu& Kashmir           | Anantnag, Baramullah, Budgam, Doda, Kargil, Kupwara, Leh (Laddakh), Palwama, Poonch, Rajouri, Srinagar, Udhampur                                                                                      |      12 |
|        14 | Jharkhand                | Bokaro, Chatra, Dumka, East Singhbhum, Garhwa, Giridih, Godda, Gumla, Hazaribag, Kodarma, Khunti, Latehar, Lohardagga, Pakur, Palamau, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Sahebganj, Saraikela, Simdega, West Singhbhum |      21 |
|        15 | Karnataka                | Bidar, Dakshin Kannad, Gulbarga, Kolar                                                                                                                                                                |       4 |
|        16 | Kerala                   | Allappuzzha, Ernakulam, Iddukki, Kannur, Kasargod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Mallapuram, Palakkad, Patthanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad                                          |      14 |
|        17 | Lakshadweep              | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                                                           |       1 |

| 18.   | Madhya Pradesh   | Anoop Pur, Balaghat, Barwani, Betul, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Dhar, Dindori, East Nimar (Khandawa), Harda, Jhabua, Mandla, Ratlam, Seoni, Shahdol, Sheopur, Sidhi, Singrauli, Umaria, Vidisha, West Nimer (Khargone)                                                                                                                                                                                                |   21 |
|-------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|
| 19.   | Maharashtra      | Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Bhandara, Buldana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondiya, Hingoli, Mumbai, Mumbai (Suburban), Nandurbar, Parbhani, Washim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |   15 |
| 20.   | Manipur          | Chandel, Churachandpur, Senapati (Excl. 3 sub divisions), Tamenglong, Thoubal, Ukhrul                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |    6 |
| 21.   | Meghalaya        | East Garo Hills, East Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills, Ri Bhoi, South Garo Hills, West Garo Hills, West Khasi Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |    7 |
| 22.   | Mizoram          | Aizawal, Champhai, Kolasib, Lawngtlai , Lunglei , Mamit, Saiha (chhimtuipui), Serchhip                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |    8 |
| 23.   | Nagaland         | Dimapur, Kiphire, Kohima, Longleng, Mokokchung, Mon, Peren, Phek, Tuensang, Wokha, Zunheboto                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   11 |
| 24.   | Odhisa           | Bolangir, Debgarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Koraput, Jajpur, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Nayagarh, Rayagada, Sambalpur, Sonapur, Sundergarh                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   18 |
| 25.   | Punjab           | Amritsar, Bathinda, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Nawanshahar, Sangrur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |   12 |
| 26.   | Puducherry       | Mahe                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |    1 |
| 27.   | Rajasthan        | Banswara, Dungarpur, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaiselmer, Sawai Madhopur, Udaipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |    7 |
| 28.   | Sikkim           | East Sikkim, West Sikkim, North Sikkim, South Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |    4 |
| 29.   | Tamil Nadu       | Cuddalore, Kancheepuram, Kannayakumari, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, The Nilgiris, Thiruvarur, Villupuram                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |    8 |
| 30.   | Telangana        | Adilabad, Hyderabad, Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |    5 |
| 31.   | Tripura          | Dhalai                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |    1 |
| 32.   | Uttarakhand      | Bageshwar, Haridwar (Roorkee), Udham Singh Nagar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |    3 |
| 33.   | Uttar Pradesh    | Auraiya, Azamgarh, Badaun, Baghpat, Bahraich, Balrampur, Barabanki, Bareilly, Bijnaur, Bulandahahar, Chitrakoot, Chandauli, Fatehpur, Ghaziabad, Hardoi, Hathras, J.P. Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Kaushambi, Khiri, Lucknow, Mahoba, Meerut, Mirzapur, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Pillibhit, Rae Bareilly, Rampur, Saharanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shahjahanpur, Shrawasti, Sidharth Nagar, Sitapur, Sonbhadra, Unnao |   38 |
| 34.   | West Bengal      | Bankura, Bardhaman, Birbhum, Dakshin Dinajpur, Howrah, Jalpaiguri, Kolkatta, Kooch Bihar, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, Paschim Medinipur, Purulia, South 24 Parganas, Uttar Dinajpur                                                                                                                                                                                                          |   16 |
| Total | Total            | Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  323 |