Lok Sabha Question No. 335 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-19
Subject: National Secondary Education Campaign
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 335 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2018

## National Secondary Education Campaign

## †*335. SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

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

- (a)  whether a decline in the number of students taking admission to secondary level from upper primary level has been noticed in several States, especially in Jammu & Kashmir;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Jammu & Kashmir;
- (c)  the present status of the National Secondary Education Campaign to be launched with the objective of making secondary education available to all; and
- (d)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  number  of  students  taking admission in secondary schools across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 335  REGARDING 'NATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION  CAMPAIGN'  FOR  ANSWER  ON  19.03.2018 ASKED  BY  SHRI JUGAL KISHORE

(a) & (b)          As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) database, the overall enrolment in class IX has increased from 2,02,96,590 in 2014-15 to 2,04,83,777 in 2015-16.  The  State/UT  wise  details  including  the  State  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  are  at Annexure .

(c) & (d)          The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) envisages inter-alia provision of a secondary school within a reasonable distance of any habitation and to improve quality of education imparted at secondary level by making all secondary  schools  conform  to  prescribed  norms,  removing  gender,  socio-economic  and disability barriers etc. Under the scheme, financial support is provided to the States/UTs for opening  of  new  government  secondary  schools  and  strengthening  of  existing  secondary schools  along  with  provision  of  (i)  Class  Rooms,  (ii)  Integrated  Science  Laboratory,  (iii) Library (iv) Art and Craft Room, (v) Toilet Blocks, (vi) Drinking Water facility, (vii) Head Master Room, (viii) Office Room. Under the scheme, 12,682 new schools & 37,799 existing schools  for  strengthening,  2,549  Girls  Hostels  in  educationally  backward  blocks,  8,227 schools for vocationalisation of education and 88,994 schools for ICT component have been approved till 2017-18.

Further, under the scheme, interventions such as residential quarters for teachers, additional teachers to improve the Pupil Teacher Ratio, self defence training for girl students, guidance and counselling, adolescent education programmes, organization of empowerment/awareness  camps,  enrolment  and  retention  camps,  remedial  teaching  for weaker students, in-service training of teachers, school leadership training of head teachers, digital  education  initiatives  etc  are  approved  to  improve  the  access  to  and  quality  of education at the secondary stage.

After  implementation  of  the  RMSA,  the  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  (GER)  which was 62.90% in 2009-10 (As per Statistics of School Education) has increased to 80.01% in 2015-16  (UDISE).  Further,  access  to  secondary  education  which  was  68.22%  in  the  year 2011-12 has increased to 87.50% in 2017-18.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  335  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  19.03.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  JUGAL KISHORE REGARDING "NATIONAL SECONDARY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN'

| Enrollment in Class IX in 2014-15 and 2015-16   | Enrollment in Class IX in 2014-15 and 2015-16   | Enrollment in Class IX in 2014-15 and 2015-16   | Enrollment in Class IX in 2014-15 and 2015-16   |
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.                                          | State/UT                                        | 2014-15                                         | 2015-16                                         |
| 1.                                              | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                        | 7039                                            | 6890                                            |
| 2.                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                  | 654648                                          | 643769                                          |
| 3.                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                               | 29107                                           | 29151                                           |
| 4.                                              | Assam                                           | 535405                                          | 543437                                          |
| 5.                                              | Bihar                                           | 1616397                                         | 1805886                                         |
| 6.                                              | Chandigarh                                      | 21545                                           | 22579                                           |
| 7.                                              | Chhattisgarh                                    | 555732                                          | 530086                                          |
| 8.                                              | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                             | 6732                                            | 6982                                            |
| 9.                                              | Daman &Diu                                      | 3094                                            | 3250                                            |
| 10.                                             | Delhi                                           | 397640                                          | 428455                                          |
| 11.                                             | Goa                                             | 30620                                           | 29566                                           |
| 12.                                             | Gujarat                                         | 910360                                          | 913469                                          |
| 13.                                             | Haryana                                         | 447347                                          | 456586                                          |
| 14.                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                | 130258                                          | 126550                                          |
| 15.                                             | Jammu And Kashmir                               | 192567                                          | 181043                                          |
| 16.                                             | Jharkhand                                       | 536645                                          | 539232                                          |
| 17.                                             | Karnataka                                       | 916784                                          | 921628                                          |
| 18.                                             | Kerala                                          | 563010                                          | 545641                                          |
| 19.                                             | Lakshadweep                                     | 1486                                            | 1406                                            |
| 20.                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                  | 1485088                                         | 1467054                                         |
| 21.                                             | Maharashtra                                     | 1970514                                         | 1953159                                         |
| 22.                                             | Manipur                                         | 43564                                           | 43726                                           |
| 23.                                             | Meghalaya                                       | 56199                                           | 58367                                           |
| 24.                                             | Mizoram                                         | 20964                                           | 22110                                           |
| 25.                                             | Nagaland                                        | 32771                                           | 36306                                           |
| 26.                                             | Odisha                                          | 632564                                          | 648573                                          |
| 27.                                             | Puducherry                                      | 23873                                           | 23491                                           |
| 28.                                             | Punjab                                          | 451412                                          | 455303                                          |
| 29.                                             | Rajasthan                                       | 1192043                                         | 1214024                                         |
| 30.                                             | Sikkim                                          | 15293                                           | 16115                                           |
| 31.                                             | Tamil Nadu                                      | 1122807                                         | 1161546                                         |
| 32.                                             | Telangana                                       | 530002                                          | 534804                                          |
| 33.                                             | Tripura                                         | 87312                                           | 84533                                           |
| 34.                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                   | 3372729                                         | 3308247                                         |
| 35.                                             | Uttarkhand                                      | 197590                                          | 192095                                          |
| 36.                                             | West Bengal                                     | 1505449                                         | 1528718                                         |
|                                                 | Total                                           | 20296590                                        | 20483777                                        |

Source: As per UDISE 2015-16