Lok Sabha Question No. 1664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Enrolment of Girl Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1664 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## Enrolment of Girl Students

## 1664. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed any steps to  increase  the  enrolment  of  girl students,   especially those belonging  to  the  SC,  ST,  and  OBC community;
- (b) if  so,    the  details  thereof  along    with  the  present  status  of  enrolment  of  girl  students belonging to General, SC,  ST  and  OBC  community  across  the  country  and Statewise;  and
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to increase  enrolment  of  male  OBC students  which  has significantly  been  reducing  through  the  years  from 5,45,355 in 2014-15 to 4,83,699 (over 10%) in 2017-18 and if  so,  the  details  thereof?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) & (b): Bridging gender and social category gaps at all levels of school education is one  of  the  major  objectives  of  the  Samagra  Shiksha.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  in  order  to ensure  greater  participation  of  girls  and  children  belonging  to  disadvantaged  groups  in education, various interventions have been targeted which include opening of schools in the neighbourhood  as  defined  by  the  State,  provision  of  free  text-books  up  to  Class  VIII, Uniforms to all girls , SC, ST children  and Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  children up to class VIII, provision of gender segregated toilets in all schools, teachers' sensitization programmes to promote girls' participation,  provision for Self-Defence training for the girls from classes VI  to  XII,  stipend  to  CWSN  girls  from  class  I  to  Class  XII,  construction    of    residential quarters  for  teachers  in remote/hilly  areas/in areas with difficult terrain.

In  addition  to  this,  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  have  been sanctioned in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs), which  are residential schools from class VI to XII for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL).

State-wise  list  showing  category  wise  enrolment  of  girl  students  in  schools  is  at Annexure.

(c): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, entitles all  children  between  the  ages  of  6-14 years  free  and  compulsory  admission, attendance and    completion    of    Elementary    Education  irrespective  of  caste,  creed,  religion  and Community  in  order  to  achieve  the  goal  of  universalisation  of  Elementary  Education. Samagra Shiksha  supports  States  and  UTs  in implementation of  the  RTE  Act,  2009.

Meritorious students, including those belonging to OBC whose parental income from all  sources  is  not  more  than  Rs.150000/-  can  avail  scholarship  under  National  Means  cum Merit Scholarship Scheme  (NMMS) on the basis of a selection test.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1664 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020 ASKED BY SHRI  KUMBAKUDI  SUDHAKARAN  REGARDING  'ENROLMENT  OF  GIRL STUDENTS'.

## State-wise list showing category wise enrolment of girl students in Schools

| S. No.   | State/UT                |   General |       SC |       ST |      OBC |
|----------|-------------------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN&NICOBAR ISLANDS |     23934 |        0 |     2946 |     8387 |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH          |    827875 |   737877 |   241146 |  1870512 |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH       |     41578 |     1768 |   129948 |     3464 |
| 4        | ASSAM                   |   1713519 |   292562 |   490086 |   909355 |
| 5        | BIHAR                   |   1852314 |  2376545 |   297617 |  7962474 |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH              |     97849 |    11901 |      257 |     2963 |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH            |    229393 |   420705 |   899489 |  1316841 |
| 8        | DADRA&NAGAR HAVELI      |     14579 |      870 |    20747 |     1419 |
| 9        | DAMAN&DIU               |      9300 |      785 |     1699 |     6558 |
| 10       | DELHI                   |   1620995 |   216305 |     7643 |   106810 |
| 11       | GOA                     |    106748 |     2172 |    12896 |    15385 |
| 12       | GUJARAT                 |   1461406 |   382744 |   930583 |  2547830 |
| 13       | HARYANA                 |   1111718 |   601655 |        0 |   753096 |
| 14       | HIMACHAL PRADESH        |    347462 |   182044 |    39627 |    91714 |
| 15       | JAMMU &KASHMIR          |    756875 |    94160 |   162332 |    86651 |
| 16       | JHARKHAND               |    424281 |   540328 |  1027286 |  1794412 |
| 17       | KARNATAKA               |    659745 |  1013414 |   400413 |  3302114 |
| 18       | KERALA                  |    671075 |   255535 |    48565 |  1890297 |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP             |        27 |        2 |     5781 |       72 |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH          |   1211571 |  1290462 |  1752506 |  3334370 |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA             |   4356239 |  1408449 |  1173935 |  3555378 |
| 22       | MANIPUR                 |     72082 |    14073 |   126254 |    92090 |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA               |     33846 |     4601 |   442052 |     3786 |
| 24       | MIZORAM                 |      1837 |      806 |   125482 |       40 |
| 25       | NAGALAND                |     15991 |     3822 |   167873 |     5340 |
| 26       | ODISHA                  |    596203 |   729194 |  1065757 |  1399360 |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY              |      9878 |    21860 |      274 |    85217 |
| 28       | PUNJAB                  |   1092948 |   936835 |     1368 |   389255 |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN               |   1248517 |  1489384 |  1130800 |  3609204 |
| 30       | SIKKIM                  |     11469 |     4993 |    24659 |    26926 |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU              |    231797 |  1428958 |    87378 |  4326477 |
| 32       | TELANGANA               |    710574 |   551249 |   351162 |  1580837 |
| 33       | TRIPURA                 |     89098 |    69187 |   132083 |    69169 |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH           |   4553066 |  5470824 |   198663 | 11589770 |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND             |    524992 |   260075 |    31998 |   300332 |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL             |   4397744 |  2200624 |   549583 |  1342990 |
| India    | India                   |  31128525 | 23016768 | 12080888 | 54380895 |

Source : UDISE 2017-18 is provisional