Lok Sabha Question No. 4890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Survey on Status of Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4890 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.3.2018

## Survey on Status of Education

## 4890. SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

(a) whether the Government has conducted any All India Education Survey to find out  the  data  on  status  of  education  in  various  segments  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; (b) when the last survey was conducted by the agency; (c) the details along with the findings related to language education, school facilities, teachers positions, vacant posts and rural and urban gap, etc. for the last three years; (d) whether the Government is aware that the data of the survey is not uploaded and updated regularly and if so, the response of the Government in this regard; and (e) whether the Government is taking any steps to ensure that the data are updated

- on the website on regular basis and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) &  (b).  The  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT) conducts  All  India  Educational  Survey  (AIES)  periodically,  with  an  aim  to  collect, compile and disseminate information of the country's overall progress in the area of school education. These Surveys provide basic inputs to develop educational plans at micro-level  as  well  as  at  macro-level,  to  formulate  educational  policies,  and  to monitor  the  progress  of  various  educational  schemes  of  the  Central  and  State Governments.  The  last  All  India  School  Education  Survey  covering  about  13  lakh schools functioning in around 6 lakh villages and around 5.2 thousand towns/urban areas was conducted with reference date as 30 th September, 2009.

- (c).  NCERT  has  not  conducted  AIES  during  the  past  three  years.  However,  The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) has created a comprehensive  database  on  school  education  in  India  under,  Unified  District Information System for Education (UDISE). It is an annual exercise with a uniform record date of 30th September. UDISE covers all recognized Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary schools of the country imparting elementary and secondary education in India. Under UDISE, data has been collected from more than 15 lakh schools, with a database of nearly 85 lakh teachers and 25 crore students. School report  cards  for  all  the  schools  covered  under  UDISE  are  also  generated.  Besides quantitative information, the Report Cards also provide qualitative information and a descriptive report about individual schools. School report cards also provide

information regarding school facilities, teachers position and location of the schools. Moreover, A National Achievement Survey (NAS) was conducted on 13th November, 2017 through which the learning levels of around 22 lakh students of Classes III, V and VIII from 1.10 lakh schools across 700 districts in all 36 States and UTs were assessed.  Similarly,  the  National  Achievement  Survey  for  students  of  Class  X  was held on 5th February 2018, with a district level sampling framework covering nearly 15.5 lakh students. (d) & (e). Reports of the All India School Education Survey including the Statistical AIES are available on www.aises.nic.in and www.ncert.nic.in. on http://www.schoolreportcards.in. District report cards for NAS 2017 are available on

Reports of 7 th and 8 th School report cards based on UDISE data can be accessed http://mhrd.gov.in/NAS/.

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