Lok Sabha Question No. 4202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Revised Per Child Cost under Right to Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.01.2019

## Revised Per Child Cost under Right to Education

## 4202. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

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

- (a) the details of the current per child cost education for under Section 12.1 (c) of the Right to Education Act in each State/UT;
- (b) the time since when the Per Child Cost was devised for each State/UT;
- (c) the procedure followed for its calculation and details of committees set up to revise the Per Child Cost;
- (d) whether the per child cost revised for each State/UT frequently; and
- (e) if so, the modalities devised by State/UT to calculate per child cost in case of tuition, uniform and book fee respectively?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a) The  Right  to  Education  (RTE)  Act  under  section  12  (2)  provides  for  reimbursement  of expenditure to schools providing free and compulsory elementary education as specified in clause (c) of sub-section (l) of section 12. The schools are reimbursed expenditure incurred by them to the extent of per-child-expenditure incurred by the State, or the actual amount charged from the child; whichever is less, in such manner as may be prescribed.
- 15  States/  UTs  have  so  far  notified  per  child  Cost  for  Reimbursement  to  Private  School against admission of children belonging to disadvantaged groups and weaker sections under Section 12(1)(C) of RTE Act 2009.  The per child cost notified by the States and UTs is at Annexure .
- (b) to  (e) Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools in the country are under the administrative control of the State Governments and  UT Administrations. Hence,  State/UT governments are given flexibility to devise their per child cost. As per the information provided by the States, 9 states have revised their per child cost at least once during last three  years . Central Government in various meetings like State Education Secretaries conference,  Joint  Review  Missions  (JRM),  PAB  (Project  Approval  Board)  Meetings,  has  been advising/guiding State/ UT Governments on implementation of the Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act 2009.

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ANNEXURE  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  4202  FOR  07.01.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RABINDRA  KUMAR  JENA REGARDING 'REVISED PER CHILD COST UNDER RIGHT TO EDUCATION'

Status of Per Child Cost notified by States/UTs.

|   S. No. | State          | Per Child Cost (Rs per child per annum)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Bihar          | Rs. 6,569/=                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        2 | Chandigarh     | Rs. 16440/-(Rs. 1370/- PCPM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        3 | Chhattisgarh   | Rs. 7,650/- for Primary Rs 12,050/- for Upper Primary                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        4 | Delhi          | Rs. 26908/- for Primary Rs. 26708/- for Upper Primary                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|        5 | Gujarat        | Rs. 13,000/-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|        6 | Jharkhand      | Rs. 5100/- (Rs. 425/- PCPM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        7 | Karnataka      | Rs. 8,000/- for Pre-primary Rs. 16,000/- for primary and above classes                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|        8 | Madhya Pradesh | Rs. 4,419/-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        9 | Maharashtra    | Rs. 17670/-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|       10 | Odisha         | Rs. 12,602/-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|       11 | Rajasthan      | Rs. 13,945/-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|       12 | Tamil Nadu     | State has notified class wise per child cost which is as follows:- Rs. 25155.21 (Class I) Rs. 25184.34 (Class II) Rs.25383.05 (Class III) Rs.25392.64 (Class IV) Rs.25425.10 (Class V) Rs. 32897.26 (Class VI) Rs. 33066 .00 (Class VII) Rs. 33146.03 (Class VIII) |
|       13 | Tripura        | Rs. 21,138/ -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|       14 | Uttar Pradesh  | Rs. 5,400/ -                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|       15 | Uttarakhand    | Rs. 16596/- (Rs. 1383/- PCPM)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

Source: Annual Work Plan & Budget 2018-19.