Lok Sabha Question No. 1865 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Urdu Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1865 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER, 2016

## Urdu Education

## 1865. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  make  Urdu  education  compulsory  in  schools across the country and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) whether the Government plans to modify the three-language policy, where students learn English,  Hindi  and  their  local  language  in  schools  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reasons therefor;

(c)  whether  the  three-language  policy  has  succeeded  in  creating  a  uniform  medium  of communication across the country; and

(d)  if so, the details of the percentage of students who learn English and Hindi in schools, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b): No, Madam.

(c): Three language formula is implemented by all the States except the State of Tamil Nadu. The essential aspect for a pedagogically sound practice of mother tongue based multilinguism is  realized  through  enabling  learners  to  start  their  schooling  with  their  mother  tongue  and moving to add at least two more languages by the time they complete ten year schooling.

Medium of instruction is a matter which falls within the domain of State Governments and UT Administrations.  The Government of India financially supports State Governments for opening of  Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary Schools under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).  It is upto the States and UTs to decide the medium of instruction.

(d): State/UT-wise details of the percentage of students enrolled at elementary level in English and  Hindi  medium  as  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education,  2015-16 (provisional) are at Annexure.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1865, ASKED BY SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM, TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2016 REGARDING 'URDU EDUCATION'

## Statement showing details of percentage of students enrolled in English and Hindi Medium

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 |   %of Students enrolled in English Medium |   %of Students enrolled in Hindi Medium |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                                     63.7  |                                   19    |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           |                                     46.3  |                                    0.01 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |                                     99.72 |                                    0.11 |
| 4         | Assam                    |                                      7.74 |                                    1.2  |
| 5         | Bihar                    |                                      2.7  |                                   93.72 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |                                     66.59 |                                   33.18 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |                                      8.91 |                                   90.9  |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                     41.74 |                                    3.88 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |                                     55.56 |                                    2    |
| 10        | Delhi                    |                                     54.02 |                                   44.99 |
| 11        | Goa                      |                                     78.35 |                                    0.25 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |                                     10.16 |                                    1.95 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |                                     33.31 |                                   66.61 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |                                     36.17 |                                   63.74 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |                                     99.98 |                                    0.01 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |                                     11.81 |                                   84.93 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |                                     23.53 |                                    0.07 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |                                     54.84 |                                    0    |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |                                     61.68 |                                    0    |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           |                                     13.09 |                                   86.24 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              |                                     23.7  |                                    2.82 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |                                     87.58 |                                    0.29 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                |                                     50.23 |                                    0.24 |
| 24        | Mizoram                  |                                     60.85 |                                    0    |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |                                     99.62 |                                    0.01 |
| 26        | Odisha                   |                                      4.88 |                                    0.48 |
| 27        | Puducherry               |                                     90.03 |                                    0    |
| 28        | Punjab                   |                                     40.8  |                                    5.1  |
| 29        | Rajasthan                |                                      8.09 |                                   91.75 |
| 30        | Sikkim                   |                                     98.27 |                                    0    |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               |                                     46.43 |                                    0.02 |
| 32        | Telangana                |                                     55.81 |                                    0.08 |
| 33        | Tripura                  |                                     13.75 |                                    0.05 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            |                                      2.01 |                                   96.03 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              |                                     20.94 |                                   77.11 |
| 36        | West Bengal              |                                      3.18 |                                    3.35 |
| Total     |                          |                                     17.42 |                                   48.85 |

Source: UDISE, 2015-16 (provisional)