Lok Sabha Question No. 218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: Samagra Shiksha Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Diya Kumari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 218 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  November, 2019

## Samagra Shiksha Scheme

## 218. MS. DIYA KUMARI:

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

- (a) the details of Library Grant under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the total number of functional libraries under the Samagra Shiksha Scheme; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to promote reading in Schools?

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

- (a) The State/UT wise details of Library Grant approved under the Samagra Shiksha for the year 2019-20 in Government schools is at Annexure-I .
- (b) The  State/UT  wise  details  of  total  functional  libraries  under  Samagra  Shiksha  is  at Annexure-II .
- (c) Under  the  Samagra  Shiksha,  provisions have  been made  for library grant to government  schools  so  as  to  inculcate  reading  habit  among  students  of  all  ages  and  to strengthen school libraries, including purchase of books. The provisions under the scheme for books  and  libraries  in  Government  schools  is  provided  up  to  @  Rs.  5,000/-  for  primary school, up to @ Rs.10,000/- for upper primary school, up to @ Rs. 13,000/- for composite elementary schools (Class I to VIII), up to @ Rs. 10,000/- for Secondary school (Class 9th and 10th), up to @ Rs. 15,000/- for class 6th to 12 th school, up to @ Rs. 15,000/- for class 6th to 10 th school, up to @ Rs. 15,000/- for composite Secondary Schools (class 1 to 10th),   up to  @  Rs.  15,000/-  for  composite  Secondary  Schools  (class  9th  to  12th),  up  to  @  Rs. Rs.10,000/- Senior Secondary school only (class 11 and 12th) and up to @ Rs. 20,000/- for composite Senior Secondary school (class 1 to 12th). Guidelines have been issued in 2018 for Library Grant to all States and UTs.

The States / UTs have been advised to make guidelines for use of libraries in schools including number of periods, to be earmarked as library period in schools.  To promote the habit of reading in students, States and UTs have been advised to set up Reader's club with the  help  of National  Centre  for  Children's Literature (NCCL)  which  is  a  wing  of  National Book Trust (NBT).

The  'Padhe  Bharat  Badhe  Bharat'  (PBBB)  is  a  sub-programme  of  erstwhile  Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  which  is  continued  under  the  new  integrated  scheme  Samagra Shiksha  to  ensure  quality  at  the  foundational  years  of  schooling.  The  objectives  of  the programme are to promote early reading and writing with comprehension skills in children, and  also  basic  numeracy  skills.  States/  UTs  are  implementing  PBBB  in  their  respective States/UTs  using  multiple  strategies  and  approaches.  These  include  adoption  of  NCERT model of early reading, provision of supplementary reading  material, development of State specific  models  for  early  Maths  and  early  reading,  collaboration  with  organizations  like UNICEF etc.

Central  Government  has  taken  various  steps  towards  the  implementation  of  the programme  of  PBBB,  which  inter-alia,  include  preparation  of  special  bridge  materials  for States  having  a  high  tribal  population;  provisioning  of  free  textbooks,  development  and procurement of supplementary reading material; in-service teacher training; having dedicated teachers for foundational classes and maintaining the required Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) as prescribed under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 218  FOR  ANSWER  ON  18.11.2019  ASKED  BY  MS.  DIYA  KUMARI,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SAMAGRA SHIKSHA SCHEME.

State/UT wise details of Library Grant approved during the year 2019-20

| Sl. No      |                             | Budget Approved           | Budget Approved         |
|-------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| Sl. No      |                             | No. of Schools (Physical) | Financial (Rs. In Lakh) |
| 1           | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 328                       | 31.28                   |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh              | 36356                     | 2235.22                 |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3062                      | 261.59                  |
| 4           | Assam                       | 49678                     | 3212.16                 |
| 5           | Bihar                       | 72534                     | 5544.55                 |
| 6           | Chandigarh                  | 114                       | 17.99                   |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh                | 48301                     | 2828.60                 |
| 8           | Dadra And Nagar Haveli      | 296                       | 25.95                   |
| 9           | Daman And Diu               | 106                       | 7.38                    |
| 10          | Delhi                       | 2735                      | 264.64                  |
| 11          | Goa                         | 838                       | 35.91                   |
| 12          | Gujarat                     | 35046                     | 3696.37                 |
| 13          | Haryana                     | 14355                     | 1164.75                 |
| 14          | Himachal Pradesh            | 15399                     | 1144.35                 |
| 15          | Jammu And Kashmir           | 23307                     | 1735.77                 |
| 16          | Jharkhand                   | 14219                     | 1890.06                 |
| 17          | Karnataka                   | 43153                     | 3411.28                 |
| 18          | Kerala                      | 4723                      | 385.39                  |
| 19          | Lakshadweep                 | 43                        | 4.48                    |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh              | 119518                    | 8108.95                 |
| 21          | Maharashtra                 | 64914                     | 766.78                  |
| 22          | Manipur                     | 2977                      | 233.69                  |
| 23          | Meghalaya                   | 7778                      | 401.30                  |
| 24          | Mizoram                     | 2541                      | 189.68                  |
| 25          | Nagaland                    | 2060                      | 182.13                  |
| 26          | Odisha                      | 54953                     | 4531.93                 |
| 27          | Puducherry                  | 414                       | 36.25                   |
| 28          | Punjab                      | 18950                     | 1421.00                 |
| 29          | Rajasthan                   | 66641                     | 6178.40                 |
| 30          | Sikkim                      | 764                       | 73.50                   |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu                  | 9582                      | 1367.96                 |
| 32          | Telangana                   | 28803                     | 2362.02                 |
| 33          | Tripura                     | 4301                      | 373.54                  |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh               | 161190                    | 10501.82                |
| 35          | Uttarakhand                 | 17153                     | 1217.80                 |
| 36          | West Bengal                 | 82225                     | 5320.32                 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 | 1009357                   | 71164.79                |

Source: PMS

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 218 FOR ANSWER ON 18.11.2019 ASKED BY MS. DIYA KUMARI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING SAMAGRA SHIKSHA SCHEME.

State / UT wise details of functional Libraries under Samagra Shiksha Scheme.

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                 |   Number |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |      333 |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH           |    14765 |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |      820 |
| 4         | ASSAM                    |    34032 |
| 5         | BIHAR                    |    50521 |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH               |      118 |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH             |    44711 |
| 8         | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI       |      295 |
| 9         | DAMAN & DIU              |       82 |
| 10        | DELHI                    |     2763 |
| 11        | GOA                      |      793 |
| 12        | GUJARAT                  |    31761 |
| 13        | HARYANA                  |    14401 |
| 14        | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |    14842 |
| 15        | JAMMU&KASHMIR            |    14828 |
| 16        | JHARKHAND                |    37517 |
| 17        | KARNATAKA                |    49069 |
| 18        | KERALA                   |     4741 |
| 19        | LAKSHADWEEP              |       45 |
| 20        | MADHYAPRADESH            |   112086 |
| 21        | MAHARASHTRA              |    64345 |
| 22        | MANIPUR                  |      396 |
| 23        | MEGHALAYA                |      763 |
| 24        | MIZORAM                  |      370 |
| 25        | NAGALAND                 |      687 |
| 26        | ODISHA                   |    53502 |
| 27        | PUDUCHERRY               |      424 |
| 28        | PUNJAB                   |    10749 |
| 29        | RAJASTHAN                |    50790 |
| 30        | SIKKIM                   |      536 |
| 31        | TAMILNADU                |    30337 |
| 32        | TELANGANA                |    26932 |
| 33        | TRIPURA                  |     2408 |
| 34        | UTTAR PRADESH            |   123704 |
| 35        | UTTARANCHAL              |    16018 |
| 36        | WEST BENGAL              |    58192 |
|           | Total                    |   868676 |

Source : U-DISE 2017-18 (Provisional)