Lok Sabha Question No. 3658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Development of Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3658 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2020

## Development of Students

## † 3658.   SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  a  premise/platform  for  the  all round development of the students from class 1st to 12th and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the facilities likely to be provided to these students through such premises/platform; and
- (c) the  other  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  all  round development of the students in the country?

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

(a) to (c) Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for School Education has been launched throughout the country as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with effect from the year  2018-19.  This  programme  subsumes  the  three  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). It is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and  equitable  quality  education  at  all  levels  of  school  education.  It  envisages  the 'school' as a continuum from pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary to senior secondary levels.

The  major  interventions  under  the  scheme  are:  (i)  Universal  Access  including Infrastructure  Development  and  Retention;  (ii)  Gender  and  Equity;  (iii)  Inclusive Education; (iv) Quality; (v) Financial support for Teacher Salary; (vi) Digital initiatives; (vii) Entitlements under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE)

Act, 2009 including uniforms, textbooks etc.; (viii) Pre-school Education; (ix) Vocational Education; (x) Sports and Physical Education; (xi) Strengthening of Teacher Education and Training; and (xii) Monitoring of the scheme.  Its main features, inter alia, are as follows:

- (i) Universalizing  access  to  quality  school  education  by  expansion  of  schooling facilities  in  the  uncovered  areas  through  up-gradation  of  schools  up-to  senior secondary level.
- (ii) Ensuring availability of adequate infrastructure to ensure that schools conform to the prescribed norms.
- (iii) Annual  Grant  of  Rs.  5,000  to  Rs.  20,000/-  per  school  for  strengthening  of Libraries.
- (iv) Composite school grant of Rs. 25,000-1 Lakh to be allocated on the basis of school enrolment.
- (v) Annual Grant for sports equipments at the cost of Rs. 5000 for Primary Schools, Rs. 10,000 for upper primary schools and up to Rs. 25,000 for secondary and senior secondary schools.
- (vi) Allocation  for  children  with  Special  Needs  (CwSN)  of  Rs.  3,500  per  child  per annum including a stipend of Rs. 200 per month for CWSN girls to be provided from Classes I to XII.
- (vii) Allocation for uniforms at the rate of Rs. 600 per child per annum.
- (viii) Allocation for textbooks at the rate of Rs. 250/400 per child per annum.
- (ix) Upgradation of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) from Class 6-8 to Class 6-12.
- (x) Strengthening  Teacher  Education  Institutions  like  SCERTs  and  DIETs  to improve the quality of teachers.
- (xi) Enhanced  use  of  digital  technology  in  education  through  smart  classrooms, digital boards and DTH channels.
- (xii) Support States & UTs for implementation of provisions of  RTE Act, including reimbursement under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act.
- (xiii) Setting up of residential schools and hostels for difficult areas and for children in difficult circumstances.

Besides this, approval has been given to States and UTs for setting up of Youth and Eco Club in Government Schools in 2019-20 under Samagra Shiksha. Youth clubs in  schools  are  an  instrument  to  develop  life  skills,  build  self-esteem,  develop  selfconfidence and resilience. Eco clubs in schools aim to empower students to participate and take up meaningful environmental activities and projects.

Further, in order to experience and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of India and to encourage experimental learning, Rangotsav was organized in schools in 201819.  Rangotsav  is  an  initiative  of  the  Ministry  aimed  to  promote  experiential  learning. Some of the major activities undertaken under Rangotsav are Kala Utsav, Role Play Competition, Band Competition, Bhasha Sangam and Folk dance competition.

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