Lok Sabha Question No. 4235 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-07
Subject: Free Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4235 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  JANUARY, 2019

## Free Education

## 4235. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government proposes free education for children along with lodging/ boarding and if so, the details thereof; (b)  the  details  of  funds  provided  by  the  Central  Government  for  the  said  purpose  during  the  last three years, State/ UT and year-wise; (c)  whether  the  allotted  funds  have  been  fully  used  by  the  State  Governments,  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

- (d) the literacy rate amongst Scheduled Castes during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise?

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

(a) to (c):   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.  SSA was designated  as  a  vehicle  programme  for  universalization  of  elementary  education  up-to  2017-18, which  was  implemented  in  consultation  and  coordination  of  States/UTs  throughout  the  country. Now,  SSA  along-with  other  two  centrally  sponsored  schemes  of  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) have been subsumed under a new scheme-Samagra Shiksha, which has been launched in the country from 2018-19.  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.  Now, the provisions of RTE Act 2009 are implemented through the Samagra Shiksha. The States/UTs are assisted by the central government to implement the SSA/Samagra Shiksha as a programme for universalizing elementary education for all children.  Its overall goals include, inter-alia, universal access and retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in education  and  enhancement  of  learning  level  of  children.  Further,  Section  6  of  the  RTE  Act mandates that the appropriate governments and local authorities shall establish, within the area or limits  of  a  neighbourhood,  a  school,  where  it  is  not  already  established,  within  a  period  of  three years from the commencement of the Act.

Preference  for  opening  of  new  school  is  given  to  tribal  areas,  and  areas  with  high concentration of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and minority population. The districts with  high  concentration  of  population  of  SCs,  STs  and  Muslims  have  been  identified  as  Special Focus Districts (SFDs) for ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education.  Since the inception of SSA in 2001, sanction has been given for opening of 3.64 lakh new elementary schools and  for  construction  of  3,12,747  school  buildings,  18,89,689  additional  classrooms,    2,40,564 drinking water facilities and 10,63,164 school toilets.  States and UTs have reported opening up of 3.59  lakh  new  elementary  schools  and  construction  of  2,95,382  school  buildings,  18,08,452 additional  classrooms,  2,33,956  drinking  water  facilities  and  10,11,518  toilets  as  on  30.09.2018. Besides, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) for girls belonging predominantly to the SC, ST, Other Backward Caste and minorities, have played an important role in furthering the goal of girls' education in educationally backward blocks of the country.   Accordingly, 3703 KGBVs have been sanctioned under SSA upto 2017-18.  Under Samagra Shiksha provision has been made for upgradation  of  KGBVs  upto  senior  secondary  level.  KGBVs  are  residential  schools,  where  the boarding and lodging facilities are provided to girl students. 1232 KGBVs have been upgraded to secondary and senior secondary level as per proposal/requirement of States and UTs during 201819.    Provisions  have  also  been  made  for  1020  residential  schools/hostels  for  children  living  in sparsely  populated  areas,  children  living  in  areas  where  schools  cannot  be  opened  due  to unavailability of land and children in need of care and protection.

The  financial assistance is provided to States and  UTs  for implementation of the interventions  including  for  KGBVs,  residential  schools/hostels  etc.,  under  SSA/Samagra  Shiksha. Accordingly,  the  annual  plans  under SSA/Samagra  Shiksha  are  prepared  by  the  States  and  UTs based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B). These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and availability of budgetary resources.  The central share is released to State/UTs as per the funding pattern in 2-3 installments  in  the  lump-sum  and  the  intervention-wise  releases  are  not  made.  The  statement showing State and UT-wise details of central share released and expenditure incurred under SSA from 2015-16 to 2017-18 and the current year under Samagra Shiksha is given at Annexure-I.

(d) The  statement  showing  details  on  State  and  UT-wise  enrolment  of  children  belonging  to Scheduled Caste during 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 are given at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4235  FOR  ANSWER  ON 07.01.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA REGARDING FREE EDUCATION.

The statement showing State/UT-wise details of central share released and expenditure incurred under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan during 2015-16 to 2017-18 under and the current year under Samagra Shiksha.

(Rs. in lakh)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | 2015-16                | 2015-16     | 2016-17                | 2016-17     | 2017-18                | 2017-18     | 2018-19                                   | 2018-19                        |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------|------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | Name of the State   | Central share released | Expenditure | Central share released | Expenditure | Central share released | Expenditure | Central share released [As on 30.11.2018] | Expenditure [As on 30.11.2018] |
| 1         | A&N Islands         | 359.46                 | 696.75      | 479.14                 | 831.90      | 1945.53                | 1251.03     | 1399.22                                   | 785.34                         |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      | 66810.81               | 161051.54   | 63302.18               | 122115.26   | 70431.00               | 94919.79    | 61382.54                                  | 34672.42                       |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   | 18179.44               | 29271.33    | 19956.64               | 30445.19    | 23022.07               | 34987.92    | 18838.41                                  | 1012.25                        |
| 4         | Assam               | 100464.64              | 116527.23   | 87652.30               | 106131.38   | 123584.00              | 138517.86   | 107084.99                                 | 71582.45                       |
| 5         | Bihar               | 251557.33              | 576225.94   | 270688.44              | 638367.43   | 255797.00              | 763107.95   | 221950.59                                 | 142806.69                      |
| 6         | Chandigarh          | 3521.81                | 5767.69     | 3333.55                | 5673.19     | 9265.50                | 7528.56     | 5436.86                                   | 4846.89                        |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        | 62219.70               | 147751.88   | 59262.77               | 170229.54   | 67477.00               | 160100.00   | 54063.16                                  | 79385.66                       |
| 8         | D&N Haveli          | 594.91                 | 1694.87     | 1068.38                | 1974.23     | 5476.54                | 6056.80     | 2634.94                                   | 1233.54                        |
| 9         | Daman & Diu         | 78.38                  | 374.01      | 300.00                 | 230.50      | 1038.57                | 853.78      | 422.87                                    | 0.00                           |
| 10        | Delhi               | 7293.80                | 10328.59    | 8306.19                | 11439.95    | 10976.90               | 16056.56    | 11437.08                                  | 10456.20                       |
| 11        | Goa                 | 813.58                 | 1585.81     | 869.11                 | 1791.08     | 862.60                 | 2188.60     | 944.13                                    | 1360.24                        |
| 12        | Gujarat             | 61563.82               | 182493.43   | 77740.50               | 118412.76   | 65046.00               | 111952.09   | 30428.34                                  | 82979.69                       |
| 13        | Haryana             | 34501.21               | 52916.29    | 32000.88               | 68265.36    | 36355.00               | 71296.29    | 41770.10                                  | 32097.63                       |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    | 12139.13               | 32526.67    | 12825.46               | 30704.71    | 30874.00               | 29895.16    | 29448.59                                  | 17842.08                       |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir     | 129980.55              | 182893.46   | 107250.05              | 125783.94   | 153797.98              | 234513.73   | 115170.68                                 | 0.00                           |
| 16        | Jharkhand           | 55863.31               | 135591.04   | 50945.73               | 131992.15   | 58984.54               | 116924.18   | 48432.68                                  | 65586.88                       |
| 17        | Karnataka           | 41759.33               | 119636.52   | 54495.50               | 128686.02   | 54881.99               | 161776.40   | 39086.88                                  | 55965.09                       |
| 18        | Kerala              | 12858.86               | 25832.72    | 11316.74               | 32147.72    | 13680.00               | 44203.09    | 14784.64                                  | 6477.08                        |
| 19        | Lakshadweep         | 139.87                 | 235.30      | 239.87                 | 250.99      | 406.52                 | 393.51      | 212.93                                    | 0.00                           |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh      | 160197.85              | 212603.60   | 154455.09              | 266913.52   | 173814.00              | 278913.36   | 160238.59                                 | 83179.20                       |
| 21        | Maharashtra         | 41225.28               | 84734.46    | 60369.65               | 192206.91   | 64232.00               | 226473.17   | 62288.67                                  | 57367.91                       |
| 22        | Manipur             | 18355.46               | 15031.94    | 4405.31                | 14384.23    | 18377.00               | 20806.32    | 13482.08                                  | 9180.33                        |
| 23        | Meghalaya           | 16626.96               | 21003.75    | 20067.00               | 23522.18    | 33579.50               | 29152.24    | 13417.79                                  | 16971.48                       |
| 24        | Mizoram             | 9437.51                | 14382.25    | 10934.31               | 12664.43    | 12000.33               | 12883.11    | 8811.83                                   | 5893.00                        |
| 25        | Nagaland            | 8739.53                | 15943.80    | 10725.34               | 17000.91    | 11717.00               | 11229.79    | 12845.48                                  | 2348.46                        |
| 26        | Odisha              | 82081.65               | 134883.34   | 70423.00               | 156377.33   | 86612.00               | 186883.65   | 83518.08                                  | 56549.64                       |
| 27        | Puducherry          | 583.14                 | 561.18      | 304.68                 | 577.38      | 622.73                 | 748.98      | 595.49                                    | 990.51                         |
| 28        | Punjab              | 30003.82               | 65592.85    | 30002.69               | 60009.64    | 31665.00               | 54084.88    | 27886.79                                  | 11360.09                       |
| 29        | Rajasthan           | 193462.09              | 425030.13   | 182578.48              | 453491.19   | 198973.00              | 726452.68   | 191694.57                                 | 42053.04                       |
| 30        | Sikkim              | 4054.36                | 5163.87     | 3479.24                | 5015.36     | 5684.35                | 6682.54     | 4649.71                                   | 2317.70                        |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu          | 82111.73               | 141320.18   | 82111.30               | 138620.06   | 86644.00               | 144594.98   | 98125.06                                  | 66230.40                       |
| 32        | Telangana           | 21776.01 16956.97      | 68807.25    | 41776.09               | 124582.92   | 44244.72               | 74259.25    | 47956.13 14599.32                         | 11562.78 13820.04              |
| 33        | Tripura             |                        | 19667.41    | 19190.95               | 19965.83    | 20220.38               | 26301.57    |                                           |                                |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       | 505434.30              | 1205725.47  | 505433.99              | 1458836.03  | 424980.68              | 645175.27   | 311130.00                                 | 300004.03                      |
| 35        | Uttarakhand         | 22588.40               | 38131.67    | 25268.98               | 42238.11    | 62499.00               | 71989.57    | 38475.63                                  | 3004.50                        |
| 36        | West Bengal         | 84679.41               | 170734.26   | 82185.32               | 173945.60   | 89657.00               | 164908.86   | 72181.86                                  | 50205.96                       |
|           | Total               | 2159014.41             | 4422718.48  | 2165744.85             | 4885824.93  | 2349425.43             | 4678063.52  | 1966826.71                                | 1342129.20                     |

Note: Expenditure  shown  above  is  against  receipts  from  Central  release,  State  share  release,  Finance  Commission  Award  and  Miscellaneous incomes, if any.

ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4235 FOR ANSWER ON 07.01.2019 ASKED BY SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA REGARDING FREE EDUCATION.

Enrolment of students belonging to SC at Elementary Level

|    | Sl. No.           |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|----|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 | A&N Islands       |         5 |        13 |         2 |
|  2 | Andhra Pradesh    |   1186352 |   1114003 |   1102695 |
|  3 | Arunachal Pradesh |      1358 |      2394 |      3068 |
|  4 | Assam             |    511316 |    469397 |    455774 |
|  5 | Bihar             |   4236412 |   4630343 |   4459435 |
|  6 | Chandigarh        |     15946 |     15073 |     14823 |
|  7 | Chhattisgarh      |    671329 |    661876 |    636704 |
|  8 | D&N Haveli        |      1444 |      1311 |      1379 |
|  9 | Daman & Diu       |       947 |       924 |      1028 |
| 10 | Delhi             |    306701 |    303696 |    294617 |
| 11 | Goa               |      3029 |      2835 |      3935 |
| 12 | Gujarat           |    655392 |    631400 |    614396 |
| 13 | Haryana           |    974837 |    903969 |    900191 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh  |    264681 |    261015 |    257548 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir   |    154188 |    153138 |    150574 |
| 16 | Jharkhand         |    968615 |    964098 |    823478 |
| 17 | Karnataka         |   1585128 |   1604622 |   1603986 |
| 18 | Kerala            |    358759 |    354979 |    347943 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep       |         1 |         1 |         5 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh    |   2331019 |   2198241 |   2109060 |
| 21 | Maharashtra       |   2178643 |   2119900 |   2089413 |
| 22 | Manipur           |     21645 |     22787 |     21682 |
| 23 | Meghalaya         |      9526 |      8864 |      7281 |
| 24 | Mizoram           |       978 |      1124 |       395 |
| 25 | Nagaland          |       445 |      7976 |      5668 |
| 26 | Odisha            |   1221185 |   1193839 |   1166775 |
| 27 | Puducherry        |     32516 |     32031 |     31595 |
| 28 | Punjab            |   1505835 |   1502860 |   1462606 |
| 29 | Rajasthan         |   2380541 |   2482172 |   2460005 |
| 30 | Sikkim            |      8647 |      8300 |      7068 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu        |   2244615 |   2220368 |   2177251 |
| 32 | Telangana         |    826487 |    820653 |    812540 |
| 33 | Tripura           |    108680 |    106206 |    103466 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh     |  10377032 |  10232885 |   9303695 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand       |    411851 |    413485 |    390526 |
| 36 | West Bengal       |   3587920 |   3470952 |   3133860 |

Source : UDISE 2016-17 is provisional