Lok Sabha Question No. 3206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: School Buildings
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3206 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## School Buildings

## 3206. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government proposes an elaborate scheme for construction of high school buildings and girls hostels in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the total amount to be spent on the above scheme and the location of high school buildings along with the girls' hostels; and
- (c) the criteria to be adopted by the Government for allocation of amount to State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b) :  The Centrally sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) aims  to  universalize  access  to  secondary  schools  by  providing  a  secondary  school within  a  reasonable  distance  (5  kilometer)  of  every  habitation,  improving  quality  of education  through  making  all  secondary  schools  conform  to  prescribed  norms  and removal  of  gender,  socio-economic  and  disability  barriers.  The  Scheme  presently covers opening of new Government secondary schools (classes IX-X) and strengthening  of  existing  secondary  schools  run  by  the  State  Government  and  local bodies. The total amount to be spent on construction of 12394 high schools buildings and strengthening of 37382 existing schools is Rs. 19123.43 crore.

Construction  and  Running  of  Girls'  Hostel  component  under  RMSA  provides  for hostel facilities 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.   The scheme provides for setting up of hostels with lodging and  boarding  facilities  in  the  Educationally  Backward  Blocks  (EBBs)  and  areas nearing concentration of above target groups so that the girl students are not denied the  opportunity  to continue their study  at  the  secondary  stage due  to societal factors.    The  Girls  Hostels  are  preferably  located  in  the  compounds  of  Kastruba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya (KGBVs) or secondary/higher secondary school or in their vicinity, wherever land is available, as selected by the State/UT Government. The total amount to be spent on Civil works for 2483 approved Girls Hostels is  Rs.3729.27 crore.

- (c)  : Under RMSA, every year State/UT Governments propose their Annual Work Plan and Budget for Central Assistance in their respective States/UTs, which are examined and approved  as  per  RMSA  guidelines  depending  on  the  identified  gaps  in  the  State, physical  and  financial  progress  of  earlier  approved  interventions  and  funds  are released on the basis of Audited Account, provisional Utilisation Certificate, Physical progress  and  other  documents  as  prescribed  under  guidelines  and  General  Financial Rules (GFR), received from the State Government/ UT.

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