Lok Sabha Question No. 2418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Sakshar Bharat Mission
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi, Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2418 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## Sakshar Bharat Mission

## †2418. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

## SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Sakshar  Bharat  Mission  has  not  achieved  the  targets  fixed  during  the  last three years;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  target  fixed  and  the  success  rate  achieved  during  the  last  three years across the country, State/ UT-wise including Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the number of women declared literate during the last three years, State/ UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of the existing school buildings and community centres which are being used as study centres for the night class, State-wise?

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

(a) & (b) No Sir. Under the Saakshar Bharat Mission, against the overall target of making 7 crore  adult  non-literates  to  be  literates,  around  7.64  crore  learners  successfully  passed  the biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Tests conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling between August, 2010 to March, 2018 and certified as literates.

A  statement  indicating  State/UT-wise  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Tests conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling between August, 2010  to  March,  2018  under  Saakshar Bharat Mission, including Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-I .

(c) A statement indicating State/UT-wise number of women learners declared successful in the biannual Basic Literacy Assessment Test conducted by NIOS under Saakshar Bharat Mission during 2016-17 & 2017-18 is at Annexure-II. No assessment test has been conducted during 2018-19 as the Saakshar Bharat Programme was implemented upto 31.03.2018.

- (d) No school buildings are being used as study centres for night class.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2418 FOR 08.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH  JOSHI  AND  SHRI  RAMDAS  C.  TADAS  REGARDING  'SAKSHAR BHARAT MISSION'.

State/UT-wise  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual  Basic  Literacy  Assessment Tests  conducted  by  National  Institute  of  Open  Schooling  between  August,  2010  to March, 2018 under Saakshar Bharat Mission, including  Rajasthan,  Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

| Sl.No   | Name of the States/UT   | Learners declared successful   |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh          | 53,03,140                      |
| 2       | Telangana               | 47,26,423                      |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh       | 1,52,027                       |
| 4       | Assam                   | 7,12,008                       |
| 5       | Bihar                   | 1,54,23,456                    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh            | 32,68,915                      |
| 7       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli     | 18,333                         |
| 8       | Gujarat                 | 11,33,103                      |
| 9       | Haryana                 | 7,81,218                       |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh        | 68,238                         |
| 11      | Jammu &Kashmir          | 4,78,080                       |
| 12      | Jharkhand               | 41,44,515                      |
| 13      | Karnataka               | 54,03,674                      |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh          | 38,26,564                      |
| 15      | Maharashtra             | 7,44,215                       |
| 16      | Manipur                 | 1,17,414                       |
| 17      | Meghalaya               | 49,633                         |
| 18      | Nagaland                | 1,28,033                       |
| 19      | Odisha                  | 13,21,330                      |
| 20      | Punjab                  | 30,573                         |
| 21      | Rajasthan               | 83,54,527                      |
| 22      | Sikkim                  | 17,685                         |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu              | 25,02,290                      |
| 24      | Tripura                 | 47,378                         |
| 25      | Uttar Pradesh           | 1,21,71,791                    |
| 26      | Uttarakhand             | 4,96,769                       |
| 27      | West Bengal             | 49,50,661                      |
|         | Total                   | 7,63,71,993                    |

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2418 FOR 08.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH  JOSHI  AND  SHRI  RAMDAS  C.  TADAS  REGARDING  'SAKSHAR BHARAT MISSION'.

State/UT-wise  number  of  women  learners  declared  successful  in  the  biannual  Basic Literacy Assessment Test conducted by NIOS under Saakshar Bharat Mission 2016-17 & 2017-18.

| S. No.   | States              | 2016-17     | 2017-18   |
|----------|---------------------|-------------|-----------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh      | 4,71,433    | 2,28,814  |
| 2        | Telangana           | 2,63,464    | 1,48,826  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   | 12,438      | 3,513     |
| 4        | Assam               | 25,881      | 37,502    |
| 5        | Bihar               | 22,71,505   | 19,33,986 |
| 6        | Chhattisgarh        | 1,82,929    | 86,519    |
| 7        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0           | 0         |
| 8        | Gujarat             | 1,62,500    | 82,640    |
| 9        | Haryana             | 2,40,326    | 73,430    |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh    | 10,285      | 2,101     |
| 11       | Jammu &Kashmir      | 76177       | 1,35,575  |
| 12       | Jharkhand           | 9,07,204    | 5,05,026  |
| 13       | Karnataka           | 10,41,146   | 3,85,504  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh      | 10,60,760   | 5,84,589  |
| 15       | Maharashtra         | 1,73,474    | 71,357    |
| 16       | Manipur             | 9,363       | 4,719     |
| 17       | Meghalaya           | 11748       | 3,675     |
| 18       | Nagaland            | 7,855       | 4,529     |
| 19       | Odisha              | 3,36,019    | 27,792    |
| 20       | Punjab              | 0           | 0         |
| 21       | Rajasthan           | 10,90,288   | 6,80,761  |
| 22       | Sikkim              | 205         | 0         |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu          | 83,199      | 1,12,109  |
| 24       | Tripura             | 0           | 0         |
| 25       | Uttar Pradesh       | 13,23,597   | 12,00,499 |
| 26       | Uttarakhand         | 43,133      | 12,833    |
| 27       | West Bengal         | 8,68,146    | 2,33,167  |
|          | Total               | 1,06,73,075 | 65,59,466 |