Lok Sabha Question No. 2451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Primary Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: B. Y. Raghavendra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2451 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH JULY 2019

## Primary Education

## 2451. SHRI B.Y.RAGHAVENDRA:

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

- (a) the percentage of targets achievedfor providing free and compulsory primaryeducation in each State; and
- (b) the names of States and UnionTerritories where free primary educationis being imparted?

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

- (a) In order to provide free and compulsory elementary education, 97.15% habitations are served by  Primary  Schools  within  a  radius  of  1  kilometre,  and  96.49%  habitations  are  served  by  Upper Primary Schools within a radius of 3 kilometresas per information provided by States &UTs in their Annual Work Plan proposal2018-19.  The State/UT wise details is at Annexure. The remaining 3% habitations are largely remote and sparsely populated which do not qualify for opening of schools as per  neighbourhood  norms  and  are  covered  through  residential  schools,  hostels  and  transport  and escort  facility as  per provisions  of  the  Right  of Children  to  Free  and Compulsory Education(RTE) Act, 2009.
- (b) All  the  States/UTs  except  the  State  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  are  implementing  the  RTE  Act, 2009 to provide free and compulsory elementary education to the children of 6 to 14 years.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2451  FOR  (PART-A)  ANSWER  ON  08.07.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRAREGARDINGPRIMARY EDUCATION.

## GAR Primary and Upper Primary level (As on 31 st

may 2019) (In Percentage)

| S. No.   | State               |   Primary Level |   Upper Primary Level |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | A&N Island          |           86.36 |                 39.14 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |           96.49 |                 94.82 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |           86.7  |                 79.46 |
| 4        | Assam               |           99.6  |                 99.72 |
| 5        | Bihar               |           96.68 |                 97.52 |
| 6        | Chandigarh UT       |          100    |                100    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |           97.91 |                 97.07 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |          100    |                100    |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |          100    |                100    |
| 10       | Delhi               |          100    |                100    |
| 11       | Goa                 |          100    |                100    |
| 12       | Gujarat             |          100    |                100    |
| 13       | Haryana             |           97.94 |                 93.4  |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    |           95.52 |                 94.29 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir      |           87.67 |                 87.35 |
| 16       | Jharkhand           |           99.78 |                 98.89 |
| 17       | Karnataka           |           96.21 |                 95.43 |
| 18       | Kerala              |           97.74 |                 96.84 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep         |          100    |                100    |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh      |           99.45 |                 99.69 |
| 21       | Maharashtra         |           95.51 |                 84.84 |
| 22       | Manipur             |           85.42 |                 43.19 |
| 23       | Meghalaya           |           91.92 |                 87.09 |
| 24       | Mizoram             |           97.99 |                 95.59 |
| 25       | Nagaland            |           87.12 |                 70.91 |
| 26       | Orissa              |           96.71 |                 97.78 |
| 27       | Pondicherry         |          100    |                100    |
| 28       | Punjab              |           99.71 |                 99.76 |
| 29       | Rajasthan           |           96.36 |                 97.36 |
| 30       | Sikkim              |          100    |                100    |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu          |           97.52 |                 98.71 |
| 32       | Telangana           |           98.24 |                 87.68 |
| 33       | Tripura             |           92.54 |                 92.68 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh       |           96.08 |                 97.64 |
| 35       | Uttrakhand          |           97.7  |                 98.48 |
| 36       | West Bengal         |           99.52 |                 99.41 |
| Total    | Total               |           97.15 |                 96.49 |

Source: AWP&B 2018-19