Lok Sabha Question No. 184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Shaala Darpan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey, Sandhya Ray

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## Shaala Darpan

## 184.   SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY: SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government is  implementing Shaala Darpan  initiative  in  Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the aims and objectives of this initiative;
- (c) the initiative undertaken and the problems faced by the Government under the Shaala Darpan scheme during the last three years;
- (d) the present status of first phase of Shaala Darpan;
- (e) whether the Government has directed the States for introduction of similar system in the State Government  schools  and  if  so,  the  response  of  the  State  Government  of  Madhya  Pradesh thereto; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  made  any  arrangement  for  parents  to  monitor  their  child's progress through mobile phones and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  Yes  Sir.  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  has  implemented  Shaala  Darpan  initiative  in  1099 Kendriya Vidyalayas.

(b)  The aims and objectives of Shaala Darpan are as under:-

- i. To  serve  as  a  single  integrated  platform  to  address  academic  and  administrative requirements  of  various  stakeholders  namely  students,  teachers,  management  & parents.
- ii. To enhance academic delivery systems thereby improving overall quality of education
- iii. To promote participation of stakeholders e.g. parents etc.
- iv. Bring  in  uniformity/standardization  of  implementation  of  policies,  processes  and programs
- v. To improve overall e-governance and promote Transparency, Efficiency and Accountability

(c)  Since  the  implementation  of  Shaala  Darpan  in  1099  Kendriya  Vidyalayas,  Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan has faced problems as mentioned below:

- i. Delay of 2-16 months in delivery of every phase.
- ii. Connectivity to remote server is major issue as the application is not web based.
- iii. Too many links in the application which caused confusion in usage.
- iv. Application was lacking support Unicode and is not bilingual.
- v. HR Dashboard has  no  provision  of  inclusion  of  data  about  employees  of  31  Units (KVS (HQ)+25 Regions+05 ZIETs).
- vi. Concurrency was not supported and the users need to work in odd hours to complete the work.
- vii. Huge consumption of NIC Hardware resources.
- viii. Bio Metric machines were distributed in 562 Kendriya Vidyalayas only out of total of 1099 KVs.
- ix. Only 9,969 OMV cards were delivered to students whereas there are more than 12 lakh students.

(d) Due to the problems faced in implementation of Shaala Darpan, the project has been limited to 1099 Kendriya Vidyalayas.

(e)  Yes Sir. The Government of Madhya Pradesh had conveyed their willingness to join the pilot project on Shaala Darpan.

(f)  No Sir.

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