Lok Sabha Question No. 1706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Samagra Shiksha
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1706 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 ND   March, 2020

'Samagra Shiksha'

## 1706.  DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  an  integrated  scheme  Samagra  Shiksha  for School  Education  to  treat  school  education  from  pre-school,  primary,  upper  primary, secondary to senior secondary levels as a whole for the betterment of the students;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the budget allocated to the scheme, State-wise since its inception; and
- (c)    the  activities  being  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the  enrolment  of Economically Weaker Section(EWS) students in private schools as per the 25% EWS quota in the RTE Act?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  The  Central  Government  has  launched  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School Education- Samagra Shiksha with effect from 2018-19 which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  and  Teacher  Education  (TE).  The  scheme  envisages  school education as a continuum from pre-school to senior secondary level and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all. The budget allocated to the scheme, Statewise since its inception is at Annexure .
- (c):      The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education,  2009,  mandates  the appropriate  Government  to  provide  free  and  compulsory  elementary  education  to  every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009 provides  for  admission  of  children  belonging  to  weaker  sections  and  disadvantageous groups in the neighbourhood schools in Class I to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class.

For  implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, the respective State and UT  Government-  appropriate  government  under  the  RTE  Act  are  required  to  notify the disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, notify per child cost and start admissions in private un-aided schools as per the procedure laid down by the concerned State and UT Government.

The Central Government has been supporting States and UTs for implementation of  various  provisions  of  the  Act  including  expenditure  incurred  towards  reimbursement  to private  schools  for  admissions  of  children  under  Section  12(1)(c)  from  2014-15.  The support is provided on the basis of per-child cost notified by the concerned State and UT for children in class 1 and above.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1706 for 02.03.2020, asked by Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl.No   | Name of the State   | Samagra Shiksha        | Samagra Shiksha         |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl.No   | Name of the State   | 2018-19                | 2019-20                 |
| Sl.No   | Name of the State   | Central Share Released | Central Share Released* |
| 1       | A &NIslands         | 2180.33                | 3093.94                 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh      | 95096.76               | 95984.12                |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 33048.8                | 23874.17                |
| 4       | Assam               | 157072.23              | 112061.02               |
| 5       | Bihar               | 305837.73              | 315693.12               |
| 6       | Chandigarh          | 7714.56                | 6371.14                 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh        | 88206.43               | 95669.73                |
| 8       | Dadra &N. Haveli    | 3462.38                | 3835.47                 |
| 9       | Daman &Diu          | 631.22                 | 924.44                  |
| 10      | Delhi               | 13981.74               | 19262.26                |
| 11      | Goa                 | 1353.03                | 1426.06                 |
| 12      | Gujarat             | 67089.17               | 96554.57                |
| 13      | Haryana             | 57841.95               | 61907.05                |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh    | 43295.44               | 44318.07                |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 171776.09              | 15478.19                |
| 16      | Jharkhand           | 68596                  | 88183.57                |
| 17      | Karnataka           | 62784                  | 68159.97                |
| 18      | Kerala              | 25604.99               | 21420.28                |
| 19      | Lakshadweep         | 265.07                 | 728.11                  |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh      | 243783.65              | 233681.84               |
| 21      | Maharashtra         | 95051.92               | 73423.81                |
| 22      | Manipur             | 25202.01               | 22085.15                |
| 23      | Meghalaya           | 23784.62               | 32311.14                |
| 24      | Mizoram             | 14630.41               | 16556.47                |
| 25      | Nagaland            | 19766.33               | 10773.19                |
| 26      | Odisha              | 123021.51              | 189169.48               |
| 27      | Puducherry          | 804.88                 | 305.8                   |
| 28      | Punjab              | 44400                  | 45324.488               |
| 29      | Rajasthan           | 262721.45              | 247368.11               |
| 30      | Sikkim              | 6624.19                | 8892.1                  |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu          | 147444.01              | 164858.54               |
| 32      | Telangana           | 68840.41               | 101505.9                |
| 33      | Tripura             | 24896.48               | 22227.72                |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh       | 462541.04              | 476812.5                |
| 35      | Uttarakhand         | 51138.26               | 46488.53                |
|         | Total               | 2929423.61             | 2924635.538             |

# Source: PMS reported figures