Lok Sabha Question No. 3983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Elementary Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3983 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2017

## Elementary Education

## †3983. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether  all  the  children  in  all  the  villages  of  the  country  including  Uttar  Pradesh  are being provided elementary education;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) if  not,  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  a  scheme  for  the  children  who  are  not going to the school and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Census 2011 has reported that 8.4 crore children do not go to school in the age group of 5 - 17 years. Under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 the mandated age group for free and compulsory elementary education in a neighbourhood school is 6-14 years. According to Census 2011, the number of children who do not attend schools (including never attended and attended before) in the age group of 6-13 years are 3.81 crore. Census 2011 has shown a marked decline in the number of out of school children in this age group from 5.8 crore in 2001 to 3.8 crore in 2011, a 35% decline over a period of ten years. The States and UTs in their Annual Work Plan & Budget, 2016-17 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan have reported a total of 14.2 lakh children as out of school at the elementary level of schooling as on 31.03.2016.

State/UT-wise  details of total  enrolment  of  children  at  elementary  level  and  Gross Enrolment Ratio at primary and upper primary level is at Annexure.

(c): The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) provides assistance to State  Governments  and  UTs  to  ensure  free  and  compulsory  quality  elementary  education  for  all children. Universal enrolment is the first goal of SSA.  SSA 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 Scheduled  Caste,  Scheduled  Tribe  and  minority  population.  In  addition,  3609  Kasturba  Gandhi

Balika Vidyalayas, which are residential schools for girls at upper primary level, have also been sanctioned to the States for improving access to marginalised girls particularly out of school, either drop out or never enrolled. As per Unified District Information System for Education, the number of  total  children  enrolled  at  elementary level has  increased  from  15.1  crores in  1998-99 to 19.67 crore in 2015-16.

Under SSA, provisions have also been made for residential schools/hostels and transportation/escort facility 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. Special training is also provided to all such children who are school dropouts and long absentees and they are enrolled in 'back to school' camps. school infrastructure, improving pupil-teacher ratios, providing incentives like free textbooks, uniforms for eligible category of children and mid-day meal in schools have proved to be useful in increasing the

Additionally, other strategies adopted under SSA such as strengthening enrolment of children in elementary schools.

Since enactment of the RTE Act, 2009, a renewed focus by all States and UTs was given to ensure that every child of the age of 6-14 years is enrolled in schools.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3983 FOR  27 TH   MARCH,  2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI  AJAY MISRA TENI REGARDING 'ELEMENTARY EDUCATION'.

State/UT-wise details of total enrolment of children at elementary level and Gross Enrolment Ratio at primary and upper primary level

| State/UT          | Total Enrolment - 2015-16   | Gross Enrolment Ratio - 2015-16   | Gross Enrolment Ratio - 2015-16   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| State/UT          | Level                       | Primary                           | Upper Primary                     |
| A &NIslands       | 50113                       | 88.93                             | 84.14                             |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 5611310                     | 84.48                             | 81.33                             |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 322458                      | 126.76                            | 130.13                            |
| Assam             | 5432053                     | 106.11                            | 93.05                             |
| Bihar             | 23431785                    | 107.67                            | 107.89                            |
| Chandigarh        | 157921                      | 81.44                             | 95.53                             |
| Chhattisgarh      | 4457355                     | 100.02                            | 102.33                            |
| D &N Haven        | 58974                       | 82.53                             | 90.96                             |
| Daman &Diu        | 27978                       | 82.03                             | 79.15                             |
| Delhi             | 3007010                     | 110.71                            | 128.12                            |
| Goa               | 196309                      | 102.57                            | 98.74                             |
| Gujarat           | 9090714                     | 97.24                             | 95.73                             |
| Haryana           | 3730944                     | 91.41                             | 92.39                             |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 950766                      | 98.8                              | 104.36                            |
| Jammu &Kashmir    | 1856776                     | 85.98                             | 70.20                             |
| Jharkhand         | 6522068                     | 109.22                            | 102.73                            |
| Karnataka         | 8340373                     | 102.98                            | 93.37                             |
| Kerala            | 4012416                     | 95.44                             | 95.39                             |
| Lakshadweep       | 7576                        | 73.8                              | 83.26                             |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 12801969                    | 94.47                             | 94.02                             |
| Maharashtra       | 16043775                    | 97.74                             | 99.24                             |
| Manipur           | 502596                      | 130.85                            | 129.89                            |
| Meghalaya         | 775613                      | 140.9                             | 135.89                            |
| Mizoram           | 214317                      | 122.99                            | 134.78                            |
| Nagaland          | 349696                      | 99.5                              | 102.28                            |
| Odisha            | 6328084                     | 103.73                            | 94.26                             |
| Puducherry        | 169462                      | 84.79                             | 87.04                             |
| Punjab            | 3962439                     | 101.7                             | 98.38                             |
| Rajasthan         | 12340135                    | 100.43                            | 91.34                             |
| Sikkim            | 105297                      | 102.87                            | 150.61                            |
| TamilNadu         | 9236192                     | 103.89                            | 94.03                             |
| Telangana         | 5005185                     | 103.02                            | 89.41                             |
| Tripura           | 569512                      | 107.96                            | 127.97                            |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 36425633                    | 92.15                             | 75.08                             |
| Uttarakhand       | 1712673                     | 99.29                             | 86.89                             |
| West Bengal       | 12909034                    | 103.68                            | 105.00                            |
| All States        | 196716511                   | 99.21                             | 92.81                             |

Source UDISE 2015-16