Lok Sabha Question No. 4665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Educationally Backward Districts in Jharkhand
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. 4665 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## Educationally Backward Districts in Jharkhand

## 4665. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

(a)  the  details  of  educationally  backward  districts  identified  in  Jharkhand  and  the  proposed measures to develop the same;

(b) the details of the report on Performance Grading Index for the State of Jharkhand in 201718 and 2018-19; and

(c) the details of digital upgrading scheme of schools and the number of schools upgraded so far in Jharkhand as of January 2020, district-wise?

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

(a):  There  are  203  Educationally  Backward  Blocks  in  Bokaro,  Chatra,  Deoghar,  Dhanbad, Dumka,  Giridih,  Godda,  Gumla,  Hazaribagh,  Hazaribagh/  Garhwa,  Koderma,  Lohardaga, Pakaur, Palamu,  Paschimi Singhbhum, Purbi Singhbhum, Ranchi and Sahibganj districts of Jharkhand.  The  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  has  launched  a  Centrally Sponsored Integrated Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha with effect from 201819  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. Under the scheme, preference is given to Special Focus Districts (SFDs), Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts while planning different interventions.  The  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  are  also  set  up  in  Educationally Backward Blocks(EBBs) of a State/ Union Territory where the female rural literacy rate is below the national average.

Financial assistance is also provided to States and UTs for undertaking various activities to ensure universal access to education including opening/ strengthening of schools upto senior secondary  level,  construction  of  school  buildings  &  additional  classrooms,  setting  up  of residential  schools/  hostels,  transport  allowance  and  undertaking  enrolment  &  retention drives and facilitating children with special needs for inclusive education including stipend to girl students with disability etc.

(b):  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  designed  a  70  indicator  based  matrix Performance Grading Index(PGI) to grade the States/ UT. The grades obtained by the State of Jharkhand in PGI 2017-18 and 2018-19 are given below:

Grade II- Score 751-800, Grade V- 601-650

| State     | Grade in PGI   | Grade in PGI   |
|-----------|----------------|----------------|
|           | 2017-18        | 2018-19        |
| Jharkhand | Grade V        | Grade II       |

(c): In order to provide digital access, there is a provision for setting up of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories in Government schools for classes VI to XII under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha.  The  details  of  schools  as provided by the State of Jharkhand is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4665 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI JAYANT SINHA REGARDING 'EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD DISTRICTS IN JHARKHAND'

| S No   | District Name       |   No. of Schools where ICT is under implementation |   No. of Schools provided Smart Class room facility under Various District Funds (CSR, DMFT, Aspirational etc.) |
|--------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | BOKARO              |                                                 50 |                                                                                                              62 |
| 2      | CHATRA              |                                                 23 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 3      | DEOGHAR             |                                                 43 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 4      | DHANBAD             |                                                 80 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 5      | DUMKA               |                                                 36 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 6      | GARHWA              |                                                 28 |                                                                                                              14 |
| 7      | GIRIDIH             |                                                 50 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 8      | GODDA               |                                                 36 |                                                                                                             227 |
| 9      | GUMLA               |                                                 27 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 10     | HAZARIBAG           |                                                 67 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 11     | JAMTARA             |                                                 33 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 12     | KHUNTI              |                                                 26 |                                                                                                              41 |
| 13     | KODARMA             |                                                 19 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 14     | LATEHAR             |                                                 22 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 15     | LOHARDAGA           |                                                 14 |                                                                                                               6 |
| 16     | PAKAUR              |                                                 29 |                                                                                                              59 |
| 17     | PALAMU              |                                                 47 |                                                                                                              10 |
| 18     | PASHCHIMI SINGHBHUM |                                                 56 |                                                                                                              20 |
| 19     | PURBI SINGHBHUM     |                                                 96 |                                                                                                             186 |
| 20     | RAMGARH             |                                                 41 |                                                                                                              10 |
| 21     | RANCHI              |                                                 80 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 22     | SAHIBGANJ           |                                                 26 |                                                                                                              25 |
| 23     | SARAIKELA-KHARSAWAN |                                                 32 |                                                                                                               0 |
| 24     | SIMDEGA             |                                                 13 |                                                                                                              93 |
|        | JHARKHAND           |                                                974 |                                                                                                             753 |

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