Lok Sabha Question No. 3654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Education Policy for Rajasthan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3654 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2020

## Education Policy for Rajasthan

## †3654. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  policy  to  ensure  providing  general education to all the children from Nursery to Twelfth class in the State of Rajasthan and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  issue  any  guidelines  regarding  the  children  of Government officials to study in Government schools and if so, the details thereof;

(c)  if not, the reasons therefor;

(d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  uniform  syllabus  in  the  Government  and private schools and if so, by when it is likely to be done; and

(e)  if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory education for children of the age 6-14 years for classes I to VIII. The RTE Act, 2009  have  become  operative  with  effect  from  1 st April  2010  to  all  the  States  and  Union Territories including Rajasthan. The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  -  Samagra  Shiksha  from  2018-19.  The  new integrated  scheme  envisages  school  education  as  a  continuum  from  pre-school  to  senior secondary  level  and  aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and  equitable  quality  education.  The  main objectives of the scheme are provision of quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students, bridging social and gender gaps in school education, ensuring minimum standards in schooling provisions and supporting States in the implementation of RTE Act, 2009. (b) and (c): Article 51A (k) (as added by 86th Constitutional Amendment of December, 2002), of the Constitution casts a fundamental duty on every parent/guardian to admit their children/wards to school, and ensure that children are not deprived of their right to elementary education. Also, Section 10 of the RTE Act, 2009 stipulates that it shall be the duty of every parent or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, to an elementary education in the neighborhood school. (d) and (e): The National Curriculum Framework (NCF), developed by the National Council of

Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT),  sets  the  guidelines  and  direction  for  the development of syllabi and textbooks at all the school stages. Based on the NCF, NCERT has developed model syllabi and textbooks across different stages of schooling. However, education is  a  subject  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  schools  are  under  the jurisdiction of the respective State/ Union Territory Governments, it is for the respective State/ Union  Territory  Governments  to  decide  about  the  syllabus  and  curriculum  for  their  schools. NCF-2005,  brought  out  NCERT  has  been  adopted  or  adapted  by  most  of  the  States  for implementation in the schools coming under their jurisdiction.

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