Lok Sabha Question No. 84 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Pre-Primary Education in Government Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 84 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## Pre-Primary Education in Government Schools

## 84. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to mandate setting up of pre-primary sections in State Government schools from 2020-2021 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there will grant from the Central Government for the States for implementing the same and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  total  number  of  State  Government  schools  and  the  corresponding  number  of schools with pre-primary sections, State-wise; and
- (d) the State-wise details of number of children who are currently enrolled in pre-primary sections in State Government schools, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) : The Integrated Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha was launched in 2018-19 by  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development.  The  Scheme  envisages  the  school  as  a continuum from Pre-School to Senior Secondary levels, also sometimes referred to as KG to 12 th class.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  the  preschool  programme  is  recognized  as  a  critical component  of  the  Scheme  and  supports  the  efforts  of  State  Government  in  providing  Preschool  education  in  schools  either  through  co-location  of  Anganwadis  in  Primary  Schools wherever feasible in convergence with Ministry/Department of Women and Child Development or through pre-school section in primary schools.

(b)  :  The  details  of  the  grant  that  has  been  given  from  the  Central  Government  to  the States/UTs for implementing the pre-school education in all Government schools, are as under :

(Rs in lakh)

| Financial Year   |   Total allocation Recurring Grant |   Total allocation of Non- Recurring Grant |   Grand Total |
|------------------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 2018-19          |                            11330.9 |                                    6462.72 |       17793.6 |
| 2019-20          |                            46007   |                                   34320.2  |       80327.2 |

(c) & (d) :  The  detail  of  the  total  number  of  Government  schools,  the  corresponding number  of  schools  with  pre-primary  sections  and  enrolment  of  children  State-wise  is annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 84 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI JAYANT  SINHA  REGARDING  'PRE-PRIMARY  EDUCATION  IN  GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS'.

State/UT-wise Government Schools, schools with primary section and children enrolled for the year 2017-18

|   S. No | State/UTs                |   Number of Primary Schools |   Pre Primary Schools/sections |   Pre Primary Enrolment |
|---------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                         313 |                            292 |                    3364 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh           |                       38671 |                              2 |                       1 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh        |                        3250 |                            506 |                    6274 |
|       4 | Assam                    |                       41373 |                          28971 |                  327450 |
|       5 | Bihar                    |                       69778 |                           1572 |                   56137 |
|       6 | Chandigarh               |                         113 |                            108 |                    7409 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh             |                       31199 |                            524 |                   13800 |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                         271 |                              4 |                     160 |
|       9 | Daman &Diu               |                          50 |                              9 |                     214 |
|      10 | Delhi                    |                        2161 |                           1394 |                   70247 |
|      11 | Goa                      |                         752 |                             62 |                     964 |
|      12 | Gujarat                  |                       33302 |                            549 |                   31389 |
|      13 | Haryana                  |                        8722 |                           2787 |                   27920 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh         |                       10667 |                            349 |                    4220 |
|      15 | Jammu &Kashmir           |                       22685 |                          12165 |                   78867 |
|      16 | Jharkhand                |                       38359 |                          17917 |                  197300 |
|      17 | Karnataka                |                       43999 |                           2169 |                   67538 |
|      18 | Kerala                   |                        4035 |                           2933 |                  122299 |
|      19 | Lakshadweep              |                          35 |                              2 |                       7 |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh           |                       83447 |                           3322 |                   55346 |
|      21 | Maharashtra              |                       66041 |                           3339 |                  138571 |
|      22 | Manipur                  |                        2866 |                            517 |                    8366 |
|      23 | Meghalaya                |                        5475 |                           4369 |                   82122 |
|      24 | Mizoram                  |                        1297 |                            357 |                    8126 |
|      25 | Nagaland                 |                        1850 |                           1742 |                   38137 |
|      26 | Odisha                   |                       51251 |                           2049 |                   47169 |
|      27 | Puducherry               |                         323 |                            295 |                    7294 |
|      28 | Punjab                   |                       13024 |                          13013 |                  145576 |
|      29 | Rajasthan                |                       66163 |                            850 |                   22623 |
|      30 | Sikkim                   |                         843 |                            747 |                    5615 |

| 31   | Tamil Nadu    |   31476 |    394 |   23482 |
|------|---------------|---------|--------|---------|
| 32   | Telangana     |   23953 |    133 |    2624 |
| 33   | Tripura       |    4234 |     61 |    2408 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh |  114399 |   7484 |  332512 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand   |   12478 |    270 |    2638 |
| 36   | West Bengal   |   67450 |  65348 | 1056582 |
|      | All           |  896305 | 176605 | 2994751 |

Source UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional)