Lok Sabha Question No. 3992 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Rules for Upgradation of Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3992 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2017

## Rules for Upgradation of Schools

†3992. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) the details of the procedure for upgradation of Primary school to Middle school and Middle school to Secondary level;
- (b)  the  State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  Primary  and  middle  schools  upgraded during the last three years in the country;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  promote  the  education  by  relaxing  the approved criteria for upgradation of schools situated in SC/ST/OBC approved criteria dominated areas; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  approved  criteria  and  rules  which  are  proposed  to  be relaxed?

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

(a) to (d): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for children's access to elementary schools within the defined area or limits of neighbourhood. Section 6 of the RTE  Act  provides that the appropriate government  and  local  authorities  shall  establish,  within  the  area  or  limits  of  a neighbourhood, a school, where it is not already established. Accordingly, all States have  notified  area  or  limits  of  their  neighbourhood  norms  for  opening  of  schools. Schools  are  sanctioned  to  the  States  and  Union  Territories  under  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) whenever there is such proposal within the neighbourhood norms of the States as defined in their RTE rules.

With a view to facilitating States to move towards composite elementary schools, the revised SSA norms provide that new upper primary schools/sections will be provided through  upgradation  of  existing  primary  schools  so  that  the  school  becomes  an integrated elementary school from classes I to VIII. The building and infrastructure is therefore, constructed in existing primary school campuses. The norm of opening of upper  primary  school  through  upgrading  existing  primary  is  to  facilitate  smooth transition of students particularly, girls students from primary level to upper primary level. 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. The Centrally sponsored scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) was launched in year 2009 with an aim 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 through removal of gender, socio-economic and disability barriers with special focus on SC/ST/Minority/hilly and difficult areas. Under the Scheme, every year State/UT Government propose their Annual Work Plan and Budget  for  Central  Assistance,  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. State-wise details of upper primary schools and secondary schools sanctioned under

SSA and RMSA respectively, during last three years are given at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3992, ASKED  BY  SHRIMATI  NEELAM  SONKER,  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  27.03.2017  REGARDING  'RULES  FOR UPGRADATION OF SCHOOLS'

## State-wise Upper Primary Schools (UPS) sanctioned under SSA during last three during last three years

| Sl. No.   | State                    | Upper Primary Schools sanctioned under SSA   | Upper Primary Schools sanctioned under SSA   | Upper Primary Schools sanctioned under SSA   | Secondary Schools sanctioned under RMSA   | Secondary Schools sanctioned under RMSA   | Secondary Schools sanctioned under RMSA   |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State                    | 2014 - 15                                    | 2015 - 16                                    | 2016 - 17                                    | 2014 - 15                                 | 2015 - 16                                 | 2016 - 17                                 |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 11                                           | 2                                            | 1                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 54                                        |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 1                                         | 18                                        | 18                                        |
| 4         | Assam                    | 21                                           | 20                                           | 0                                            | 0                                         | 4                                         | 8                                         |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 84                                        |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 10        | Delhi                    | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 11        | Goa                      | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 12        | Gujarat                  | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 140                                       |
| 13        | Haryana                  | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 5                                         | 2                                         |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         | 9                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 30                                        | 0                                         | 12                                        |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 40                                           | 0                                            | 0                                            | 110                                       | 0                                         | 21                                        |
| 16        | Jharkhand                | 82                                           | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 189                                       |
| 17        | Karnataka                | 5                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 60                                        |
| 18        | Kerala                   | 0                                            | 4                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 484                                       | 230                                       |
| 21        | Maharashtra              | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 22        | Manipur                  | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 12                                        | 22                                        | 20                                        |
| 23        | Meghalaya                | 2                                            | 0                                            | 3                                            | 7                                         | 0                                         | 23                                        |
| 24        | Mizoram                  | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 1                                         | 0                                         | 3                                         |
| 25        | Nagaland                 | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 26        | Odisha                   | 10                                           | 0                                            | 0                                            | 19                                        | 82                                        | 9                                         |
| 27        | Puducherry               | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 28        | Punjab                   | 0                                            | 2                                            | 1                                            | 12                                        | 28                                        | 14                                        |
| 29        | Rajasthan                | 0                                            | 0                                            | 13                                           | 0                                         | 114                                       | 126                                       |
| 30        | Sikkim                   | 4                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 5                                         | 1                                         | 1                                         |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               | 42                                           | 5                                            | 3                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 19                                        |
| 32        | Telangana                | 7                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 0                                         | 0                                         |
| 33        | Tripura                  | 15                                           | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 15                                        | 18                                        |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                         | 483                                       | 0                                         |
| 35        | Uttarakhand              | 0                                            | 0                                            | 2                                            | 0                                         | 9                                         | 19                                        |
| 36        | West Bengal              | 0                                            | 0                                            | 0                                            | 1                                         | 4                                         | 3                                         |
| Total     | Total                    | 248                                          | 33                                           | 23                                           | 198                                       | 1269                                      | 1073                                      |