Lok Sabha Question No. 3004 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-06
Subject: Boarding Schools for Girls
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3004 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018

## Boarding Schools for Girls

## 3004. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government plans to set up boarding schools especially for girl children in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has identified the places where these schools to come up, State-wise; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) & (b): Yes,  Madam.  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  were  sanctioned  under  the erstwhile Sarva Shikha Abhiyan (SSA) as residential schools at upper primary level for girls belonging to disadvantaged  groups  such  as  SC,  ST,  OBC,  Minority  and  Below  Poverty  Line(BPL).    The  Girls  Hostel Component of erstwhile Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA) which was operational till the year 2017-18 provided hostel facility for girl students in the age group of 14-18 years, studying in classes IX to XII and belonging to SC, ST, OBC, Minority communities and Below Poverty Line families.

Under the newly launched Integrated Scheme of School Education-Samagra Shiksha, effective from the year 2018-19, provision has been made to upgrade the existing KGBVs at upper primary level to upto senior  secondary  level.  The  scheme  envisages  to  provide  access  and  quality  education  to  girls   from disadvantaged  groups  by  setting  up  residential  schools  from  upper primary  to senior secondary level and to ensure smooth transition of girls from elementary to secondary and up to class XII wherever possible.

(c) & (d): The KGBVs are set up in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of a State/UT where the female rural literacy rate is below the national average. A total of 3703 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs)  have  been  sanctioned  in  the  country  till  2017-18  under  SSA,  out  of  which  3697  KGBVs  are functional with an enrolment of 378926 girls. Against a total 2549 Girls Hostels sanctioned under RMSA up to 2017-18, 1314 Girls Hostels are functional having an enrolment of 120248 girls. A State/UT-wise list of KGBVs and Girls Hostels sanctioned is annexed.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3004 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.08.2018 ASKED BY SH. R. GOPALAKRISHNAN REGARDING 'BOARDING SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS '

## State-wise list of KGBVs and GHs sanctioned till 2017-18

| S. No.   | State             |   Total No. of KGBV Sanctioned |   Total No. of GHs Sanctioned |
|----------|-------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    |                            352 |                           235 |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh |                             48 |                            30 |
| 3        | Assam             |                             67 |                            81 |
| 4        | Bihar             |                            535 |                           425 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      |                             93 |                            74 |
| 6        | D &NHaveli        |                              1 |                             1 |
| 7        | Gujarat           |                             89 |                            85 |
| 8        | Haryana           |                             36 |                            36 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  |                             10 |                             5 |
| 10       | J&K               |                             99 |                            68 |
| 11       | Jharkhand         |                            203 |                           194 |
| 12       | Karnataka         |                             71 |                            74 |
| 13       | Kerala            |                              0 |                             1 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    |                            207 |                           201 |
| 15       | Maharashtra       |                             43 |                            43 |
| 16       | Manipur           |                             11 |                             5 |
| 17       | Meghalaya         |                             10 |                             9 |
| 18       | Mizoram           |                              1 |                             1 |
| 19       | Nagaland          |                             11 |                            11 |
| 20       | Odisha            |                            182 |                           173 |
| 21       | Punjab            |                             22 |                            21 |
| 22       | Rajasthan         |                            200 |                           186 |
| 23       | Sikkim            |                              1 |                             0 |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        |                             61 |                            44 |
| 25       | Telangana         |                            475 |                           260 |
| 26       | Tripura           |                              9 |                             9 |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh     |                            746 |                           191 |
| 28       | Uttarakhand       |                             28 |                            19 |
| 29       | West Bengal       |                             92 |                            67 |
|          | Grand Total       |                           3703 |                          2549 |