Lok Sabha Question No. 1826 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalaya in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1826 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN TAMIL NADU

## 1826. MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  construct  a  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  (KV) school in the Karur parliamentary constituency;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the reasons for the non-existence of a KV in the entire Karur district of Tamil Nadu;
- (d) the details of the steps taken by the Government to improve the educational infrastructure and facilities at schools and colleges in Karur;
- (e) the list of KV schools currently in operation and proposed to be built, Statewise; and
- (f) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the quality of education provided in public schools?

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

(a) to (c) Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are opened primarily to cater to the educational needs  of  the  wards  of  transferable  Central  Government  Employees  including Defence  personnel by providing a common programme of education. Proposals for opening of new KVs are considered only if sponsored by Ministries or Departments of  the  Government  of  India/State  Governments  /  Union  Territories  Administrations thereby committing resources for setting up a new KV as well as the availability of necessary  sanction  of  the  Government.  The  proposals  received  from  various sponsoring authorities for opening of new KVs also have to compete among other proposals under the 'Challenge Method'.

Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  has  informed  that  it  has  not  received  any proposal, in the prescribed performae from the State Government of Tamil Nadu for opening of a new KV in Karur Parliamentary Constituency and Karur district as well.

(d) The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha which subsumes three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik  Shiksha  bhiyan  (RMSA)  and  Teacher  Education  from  1 st April,  2018. Samagra Shiksha  focuses  inter-alia  on  improvement  in  school  infrastructure  in  all States  and  Union  Territories  by  providing  support  for  various  interventions  like upgradation  of  schools,  strengthening  of  infrastructure  of  existing  school  and provision  of  composite  school  grant  to  every  school  for  providing  a  conducive learning environment.

For infrastructure development in the higher educational institutions including Central Universities, the Central Government has set up Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) on 31/05/2017 for mobilizing extra budgetary resources for building crucial infrastructure in the higher educational institutions including Central University.  Under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of    Rashtriya  Unchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), one institution viz. Government Arts College, Thanthonimalai,  Karur  has  been  approved  for  funding  under  the  components  of infrastructure  grants  to  colleges  with  a  unit  cost  of  Rs.  2  crores  and  enhancing quality and excellence in select Autonomous colleges with a unit cost of Rs. 5 crores.

(e) As on date, 283 KVs are running in the temporary infrastructure provided by various sponsoring authorities. The State / UT-wise details are annexed.

(f) The Central Government has taken several initiatives to improve the quality of education provided in public schools and to ensure mastering of competencies:-

- (i) In order to focus on ensuring competencies, the Central rules to the Right of Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  have  been amended to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes, which have, accordingly, been finalized and shared with all States and UTs.
- (ii) The  National  Council  for  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  has conducted  National  Achievement  Survey  (NAS)  based  on  these  learning outcomes  for  Classes  III,  V  and  VIII  on  13 th November,  2017  to  enable

States/UTs to identify gaps in learning outcomes at district level and design strategies to address those gaps. Similarly, NAS for Class X was conducted on 5 th February, 2018.

- (iii) Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  funds  are  given to all States and  UTs  for strengthening  of  infrastructure  and  provision  of  other  facilities  in  schools  to ensure that all schools meet the prescribed norms, besides other interventions to improve the quality of education such as training of in-service teachers,  headmasters  and  principals,  remedial  teaching  for  academically weaker  students,  provision  of  library  grants  to  schools,  ICT  and  digital initiatives, strengthening of teacher education institutions, Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.
- (iv) The online D. El. Ed. course was started from 3 rd October, 2017 and 9,58,513 teachers have successfully completed the training.
- (v) Regulations for a four year B. Ed integrated course, to bring about qualitative improvement  in  teacher  education,  have  been  published  in  official  gazette vide  notification  dated  29 th March,  2019  and  applications  have  been  invited w.e.f. 3 rd June, 2019.
- (vi) It has been decided to participate in the Programme for International Students Assessment  (PISA)  to  be  conducted  by  the  Organization  for  Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021, which is a competency based assessment.
- (vii) MHRD  has  designed  a  70  indicators  based  matrix  called  Performance Grading Index (PGI) to grade the States/UTs.
- (viii)  In  2019-20,  approval  has  been  given  for  an  Integrated  Teacher  Training Programme to train nearly 42 lakh teachers, and other functionaries to make classrooms learner-friendly and improving children's competencies including critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, as well as social-personal qualities such as cooperation, team work etc.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1826 FOR 2 nd  MARCH 2020 RAISED BY MS. S. JOTHIMANI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN TAMILNADU

## STATE / UT-WISE STATUS OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS RUNNING IN TEMPORARY BUILDINGS AS ON 25.2.2020

| S.NO.   | STATES / UT          |   Number of Kendriya Vidyalayas with temporary building |
|---------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh       |                                                       6 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh    |                                                       8 |
| 3       | Assam                |                                                       6 |
| 4       | Bihar                |                                                      17 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh         |                                                       8 |
| 6       | Delhi                |                                                       5 |
| 7       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                                                       1 |
| 8       | Diu                  |                                                       1 |
| 9       | Gujarat              |                                                       3 |
| 10      | Haryana              |                                                      10 |
| 11      | Himachal Pradesh     |                                                       8 |
| 12      | Jammu & Kashmir      |                                                      18 |
| 13      | Jharkhand            |                                                      14 |
| 14      | Karnataka            |                                                      11 |
| 15      | Kerala               |                                                       8 |
|         | LADAKH               |                                                       1 |
| 16      | Lakshdeep            |                                                       1 |
| 17      | Madhya Pradesh       |                                                      23 |
| 18      | Maharashtra          |                                                       5 |
| 19      | Manipur              |                                                       7 |
| 20      | Mizoram              |                                                       2 |
| 21      | Nagaland             |                                                       3 |
| 22      | Odisha               |                                                      21 |
| 23      | Pudducherry          |                                                       2 |
| 24      | Punjab               |                                                      12 |
| 25      | Rajasthan            |                                                      18 |
| 26      | Tamilnadu            |                                                       4 |
| 27      | Telangana            |                                                       9 |
| 28      | Tripura              |                                                       3 |
| 29      | Uttar Pradesh        |                                                      23 |
| 30      | Uttrakhand           |                                                      13 |
| 31      | West Bengal          |                                                      12 |
| TOTAL   | TOTAL                |                                                     283 |

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