Lok Sabha Question No. 2228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Children Deprived of Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2228 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## Children Deprived of Education

## †2228. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

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

(a) the number of students in the country who are still deprived of education, State/UT-wise;

- (b) whether any Government or Non Government Organizations (NGOs) has conducted any estimate about number of students not getting education in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof and whether any financial assistance was provided to the above mentioned organizations for the purpose; and

(d)  the  action  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  proper  education  to  the  children deprived of education?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  (MHRD)  commissioned  an independent survey in 2014 through Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) to estimate out of school across the country. According to estimate of the survey, in the age group of 6-13 years in the country, an estimated 60.64 lakh were out of school. The State/UT wise detail is Annexed.

(d) Government of India in partnership with the State/UT Governments has taken a number of  initiatives  to  universalise  elementary  education  and  reduce  the  number  of  out  of  school children.

Under  the  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA), financial assistance was provided to States/UTs for undertaking various activities to reduce number of out of school children including opening of new schools, construction of schools & additional classrooms, opening of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV), opening of   residential   schools/hostels,   transportation  facilities,  free  uniforms,  free  text  books and enrolment  & retention  drives. Further, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school and residential as well as non-residential training for older children, Seasonal hostels / residential camps, Special Training Centres at worksites, Transport/ Escort Facility are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. Also, mid day meal is provided to students at the elementary level of education.

The Integrated Scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha which subsumes the erstwhile Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) has been launched from 2018-19,  which  treats  education  as  a  continuum  from  pre-school  to  class-XII  and  further makes provisions for undertaking interventions at all levels of school education for increasing access and reducing dropout.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2228  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24.12.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  AJAY NISHAD REGARDING 'CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION.'

## Out of School Children as per Independent Survey, 2014

| S. No.   | States/UTs          |   No. of out of school Children |
|----------|---------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1        | A&N Islands         |                            1015 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |                          107829 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |                            6517 |
| 4        | Assam               |                          157813 |
| 5        | Bihar               |                         1169722 |
| 6        | Chandigarh          |                            1090 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |                          167072 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                             745 |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |                             421 |
| 10       | Delhi               |                           85084 |
| 11       | Goa                 |                               0 |
| 12       | Gujarat             |                          159308 |
| 13       | Haryana             |                           43879 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    |                            2176 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir      |                           45468 |
| 16       | Jharkhand           |                          140426 |
| 17       | Karnataka           |                          122139 |
| 18       | Kerala              |                           33161 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep         |                             267 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh      |                          450952 |
| 21       | Maharashtra         |                          145326 |
| 22       | Manipur             |                            7037 |
| 23       | Meghalaya           |                           17237 |
| 24       | Mizoram             |                             972 |
| 25       | Nagaland            |                            2896 |
| 26       | Odisha              |                          401052 |
| 27       | Puducherry          |                             285 |
| 28       | Punjab              |                           91578 |
| 29       | Rajasthan           |                          601863 |
| 30       | Sikkim              |                             535 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu          |                           57529 |
| 32       | Tripura             |                            4518 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh       |                         1612285 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand         |                           86794 |
| 35       | West Bengal         |                          339239 |
| Total    | Total               |                         6064229 |

Source: IMRB Survey, 2014