Lok Sabha Question No. 2339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shobha Karandlaje

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2339 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  JULY, 2019

## Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

## 2339.   KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) whether  the  Samagra  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  -  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School Education  has  been  launched  throughout  the  country  as  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme and   if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the objectives, major features and major interventions of said programme along with the funds provided for SSA in Budget Estimates 2018-19;
- (c) the  details  of  Centre  share  released  and  expenditure incurred,  during  the  year 2018-19, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the  number of schools upgraded from secondary to senior secondary level and the number of Senior Secondary Schools where additional subject streams have been  approved,  based  on  appraisal  of  the  proposals  received  from  the  States/ UTs; and
- (e) the steps taken to improve infrastructure and the quality of primary education in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir.  The Department has launched the Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for School Education by subsuming the erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education  (TE)  from  2018-19. It  envisages  the  'school'  as  a  continuum  from  pre-school, primary, upper primary, secondary to Senior Secondary levels.

The  major  objectives  of  the  Samagra  Shiksha  include  provisioning  of  quality education and enhancing learning outcomes of students, bridging social and gender gaps in school education, ensuring equity and inclusion at all levels of school education, ensuring minimum  standards  in  schooling,  promoting  vocationalisation  of  education,  supporting States and UTs in implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE)  Act,  2009  and  strengthening  and  up-gradation  of  SCERTs/State  Institutes  of

Education  and  DIETs.    An  allocation  of  Rs.  30891.81  crore  was  provided  under  Budget Estimate (BE) 2018-19 for the scheme.

The major features of Samagra Shiksha are as under:-

- (i) Universalizing  access  to  quality  school  education  by  expansion  of  schooling facilities  in  the  uncovered  areas  through  up-gradation  of  schools  up-to  senior secondary level.
- (ii) Ensuring availability of adequate infrastructure to ensure that schools conform to the prescribed norms.
- (iii) Annual  Grant  of  Rs.  5,000  to  Rs. 20,000/-  per  school  for  strengthening  of Libraries.
- (iv) Composite school grant of Rs. 25,000-1 Lakh to be allocated on the basis of school enrolment, out of which at-least 10% is to be spent on Swachhta Action Plan.
- (v) Annual Grant for sports equipments at the cost  of Rs. 5000 for Primary Schools, Rs.  10,000  for  upper  primary  schools  and  up  to  Rs.  25,000  for  secondary  and senior secondary schools.
- (vi) Allocation for children with Special Needs (CwSN) of Rs. 3,500 per child per annum including a stipend of Rs. 200 per month for CWSN girls to be provided from Classes I to XII.
- (vii) Allocation for uniforms at the rate of Rs. 600 per child per annum.
- (viii) Allocation for textbooks at the rate of Rs. 250/400 per child per annum.
- (ix) Upgradation  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  from  Class  6-8  to Class 6-12.
- (x) Strengthening Teacher  Education Institutions  like  SCERTs  and  DIETs to improve the quality of teachers.
- (xi) Enhanced use of digital technology in education through smart classrooms, digital boards and DTH channels.
- (xii) Support  States  &  UTs  for  implementation  of  provisions  of  RTE  Act,  including reimbursement under Section 12(1)(c) of the Act.
- (xiii) Setting up of residential schools and hostels for difficult areas and for children in difficult circumstances.
- (c): The  statement  showing  State/UT-wise  details  on  release  of  central  share  and expenditure incurred under Samagra Shiksha during 2018-19 is at Annexure.
- (d): Under Samagra Shiksha in 2018-19, sanction has been given for upgradation of 44 secondary schools to senior secondary and addition of new stream in 851 existing senior secondary schools.

(e): With a view to facilitating universal access of children at different level, the States and  UTs  are  provided  support  under  the  scheme  to  strengthen  school  infrastructure, establishment  of  new  schools  by  up-gradation  of  Upper  Primary  Schools  to  Secondary Schools and up-gradation of Secondary Schools to Senior Secondary Schools.    Accordingly, the  Annual  Work  Plan  &  Budget  (AWP&B)  under  Samagra  Shiksha  is  prepared  by  the respective  States  and  UTs  based  on  their  requirements  and  priorities  under  different interventions including the requirement of the school infrastructure at elementary level. 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. Under  erstwhile  SSA  till  2017-18  and  Samagra  Shiksha  effective  from  2018-19, construction of 3.13 lakh school buildings, 18.89 lakh additional classrooms, provision of 2.41 lakh drinking water facility, construction of 3.99 lakh Boys' toilets, 5.22 lakh separate girls'  toilets  and 1.41  lakh  CWSN  toilets  have  been  sanctioned  to  States  and  UTs,  out  of which States and UTs have reported construction of 2.97 lakh school buildings, 18.17 lakh additional classrooms, provision of 2.34 lakh drinking water facility, construction of 3.83 lakh  Boys'  toilets, 5.14  lakh  separate  girls'  toilets  and  1.25  lakh  CWSN  toilets, till 31.03.2019.    The  scheme also  provides  for  annual  maintenance  and  repair  of  existing school building, toilets and other facilities to upkeep the infrastructure in good condition. The  Central  Government  has  taken  several  initiatives  to  improve  the  quality  of education in the country as follows: (i). Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  funds  are  given  to  all  States  and UTs  for various 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. (ii).        In order to focus on quality education, the Central rules to the Right of Children to Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act  have  been  amended  to  include reference  on class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducted a National Achievement  Survey, under which learning outcomes of students were evaluated. Government of India has decided to participate in the Programme for International Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021. Approval has been given for conducting a

(iii). Students Assessment (PISA) to be conducted by the Organization for Census based audit called Shagunotsav of all government and government aided schools in all States and UTs. In 2019-20, approval has been given for an Integrated Teacher Training Programme  formulated  by  NCERT  &  National  Institute  of  Educational  Planning  and Administration (NIEPA)  and  School  Based  Assessment  (SBA)  of  all  elementary  stage students. (iv). The  online  D.El.Ed.  course  was  started  from  3rd  October,  2017  and  9,58,513 teachers have successfully completed the training. A four year B.Ed integrated course has been launched for which applications have been invited on 3 rd  June 2019. (v). MHRD has designed a 70 indicators based matrix Performance Grading Index (PGI) to  grade  the  States  and  UTs.    To  collect  timely  and  accurate  data,  an  Educational Management Information System called UDISE+ (UDISE plus) has been launched in 201819. (vi). In  2019-20,  approval  has  been  given  for  setting  up  Youth  and  Eco  Club  in  all Government  Schools  across  the  country.  In  order  to  experience  and  celebrate  the  rich cultural  diversity  of  India  and  to  encourage  experimental  learning,  Rangotsav  was organized in schools in 2018-19.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2339 FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.07.2019  ASKED  BY  KUMARI  SHOBHA  KARANDLAJE  REGARDING  SAMAGRA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN.

The statement showing State/UT-wise details of release of central share and expenditure incurred under Samagra Shiksha during 2018-19 is as under:-

(Rs. in lakh)

|   Sl.No | State                  |   Central Share Released |   Expenditure* |
|---------|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------|
|       1 | A &NISLAND             |                  2180.33 |        1766.22 |
|       2 | ANDHRA PRADESH         |                 95096.7  |      190606    |
|       3 | ARUNACHALPRADESH       |                 33048.8  |       41386.2  |
|       4 | ASSAM                  |                157072    |      162023    |
|       5 | BIHAR                  |                305838    |      558748    |
|       6 | CHANDIGARH             |                  7714.56 |        6605.56 |
|       7 | CHHATTISGARH           |                 88206.4  |      152798    |
|       8 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI |                  3462.38 |        3555.34 |
|       9 | DAMANANDDIU            |                   631.22 |         835.22 |
|      10 | DELHI                  |                 13981.7  |       35063.2  |
|      11 | GOA                    |                  1353.03 |        2379.62 |
|      12 | GUJARAT                |                 67089.2  |      152862    |
|      13 | HARYANA                |                 57841.9  |       84409.1  |
|      14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH       |                 43295.4  |       52079.5  |
|      15 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR      |                171776    |      146445    |
|      16 | JHARKHAND              |                 68596    |      130488    |
|      17 | KARNATAKA              |                 62784    |      129924    |
|      18 | KERALA                 |                 25605    |       39631.3  |
|      19 | LAKSHADWEEP            |                   265.07 |         217.79 |
|      20 | MADHYAPRADESH          |                243784    |      359283    |
|      21 | MAHARASHTRA            |                 95051.9  |      146341    |
|      22 | MANIPUR                |                 25202    |       25683.1  |
|      23 | MEGHALAYA              |                 23784.6  |       36708.6  |
|      24 | MIZORAM                |                 14630.4  |       17081.8  |
|      25 | NAGALAND               |                 19766.3  |       17516.7  |
|      26 | ODISHA                 |                123022    |      260808    |
|      27 | PUDUCHERRY             |                   804.88 |        2189.42 |
|      28 | PUNJAB                 |                 44400    |       82829.1  |
|      29 | RAJASTHAN              |                262721    |      361782    |
|      30 | SIKKIM                 |                  6624.19 |        9998.24 |
|      31 | TAMILNADU              |                147444    |      246585    |
|      32 | TELANGANA              |                 68840.4  |      108530    |
|      33 | TRIPURA                |                 24896.5  |       29211    |
|      34 | UTTAR PRADESH          |                462541    |      684631    |
|      35 | UTTRAKHAND             |                 51138.3  |       47717.4  |
|      36 | WEST BENGAL            |                108935    |      199768    |