Lok Sabha Question No. 2240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Quality of Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY, RANJANBEN BHATT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  December, 2018

## Quality of Education

## †2240. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  grants  financial  assistance  to  the  States  with  the  objective  of  providing quality education and basic facilities in Government schools;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  in  the  meeting  of  the  Sub-Group  of  State  Education  Ministers  of  the  Country,  a recommendation was made to grant central assistance for providing higher secondary level school facilities in Gram Panchayat headquarters in States with difficult physical terrain and economically weaker States such as Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;
- (d) if so, whether the Government intends to comply with the recommendation of the Ministerial SubGroup; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) & (b): Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  an  Integrated  Scheme  for School  Education-Samagra  Shiksha,  subsuming  three  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). The Samagra Shiksha has come into effect from 1 st April,  2018.  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 at all levels.  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 provision, support to states in the implementation of RTE Act, 2009 and strengthening of teacher education institutions.

The  Samagra  Shiksha  scheme  focuses  on  improvement  of  quality  of  education  by  providing support  to  all  States/  UTs  for    different  interventions  like;  in-service  training  of  teachers  and  schools heads, conduct of achievement surveys at National and State level, composite school grant to every school for  providing  a  conducive  learning  environment,  library  grants,  provision  of  textbooks  and  school uniforms  as  per    Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009,  Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA), remedial teaching for academically weaker students, ICT and digital initiatives, grants  for  sports  and  physical  education,  School  Evaluation,    Padhe  Bharat  Badhe  Bharat  (PBBB), Performance Indicators for Teachers (PINDICS),  Kala Utsav, Excursion trips for students, Twinning of Schools and Student and Teacher Exchange Programme.  The intervention wise details of items approved under quality during the year 2018-19 is at Annexure-I.

The Samagra Shiksha also aims to focus on improved infrastructure in the schools. The scheme provides support for school building, additional class rooms, science lab, computer room, art and culture room, electrification, solar panel, furniture, boundary wall, gender segregated toilets, CWSN toilets, safe drinking water, ramps, handrails, etc. State-wise details of financial assistance for basic facilities during the year 2018-19 under Samagra Shiksha is at Annexure-II.

(c) to (e): The CABE sub-committee on extension of the Right of children to Free and Compulsory Education  Act  2009  to  pre-school  education  and  Secondary  Education,  consisted  State  Education Ministers as Members. The Committee did not give any recommendation to grant central assistance for providing  higher  secondary  level  school  facilities  in  Gram  Panchayat  headquarters  in  States  with difficult physical terrain and economically weaker States.

However, the erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RMSA), envisaged universalizing access to secondary schools by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance (5 kilometer) of every habitation and a higher secondary schools within a reasonable distance (7-10 kilometers). When the Scheme was launched in 2009-10, it was decided to implement it in a  phased  manner,  the  first  phase  was  designed  to  make  good  quality  secondary  education  available  to young persons in the age group of 14-15 years. However, the other components of integrated RMSA, viz Information  and  Communication  Technology  in  Schools,  Girls  Hostels,  Vocational  Education  and Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage catered to Higher Secondary level also.  Now, the RMSA has been subsumed  under  Samagra  Shiksha  which  envisages  school  education  as  a  continuum from pre-school to senior secondary level. During the year 2018-19, under Samagra Shiksha, 44 schools have  been  upgraded  from  secondary  to  senior  secondary  and  additional  subject  streams  have  been approved  in  851  senior  secondary  schools,  based  on  appraisal  of  the  proposals  received  from  the States/UTs.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  DECEMBER, 2018 ASKED BY COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY AND SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT REGARDING QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

Approvals for quality interventions under Samagra Shiksha during the year 2018-19

|   S. No. | Activities                                                             |   Total Financial Approval (Rs. in Lakh) |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Uniform                                                                |                                474435    |
|        2 | Free Text Book                                                         |                                308042    |
|        3 | Library Grant                                                          |                                 47396.1  |
|        4 | Kala Utsav                                                             |                                   373.9  |
|        5 | Quality Components (Elementary, Secondary &Sr. Secondary)              |                                 31241.4  |
|        6 | Project - Innovative Activities (Elementary, Secondary &Sr. Secondary) |                                 75756.9  |
|        7 | Composite school Grant (up to Highest Class VIII)                      |                                306460    |
|        8 | Composite school Grant (up to Highest Class X or XII)                  |                                 63555.2  |
|        9 | Learning Enhancement Programme(LEP) (Class I &II)                      |                                 19296.4  |
|       10 | LEP (Class III &V)                                                     |                                 27920.3  |
|       11 | LEP (Class VI &VIII)                                                   |                                 23097.6  |
|       12 | LEP (Class IX &XII)                                                    |                                  7623.05 |
|       13 | Sports and Physical Education                                          |                                 50704.9  |

Source: Project Approval Board (PAB) approval (2018-19).

Source: Project Approval Board (PAB) approval (2018-19).

## Annexure -II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (a) &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2240  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24 TH DECEMBER, 2018 ASKED BY COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY AND SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT REGARDING QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

## Financial Assistance for Basic Facilities in Govt School under Samagra Shiksha during the year 2018-19

(Rs. In Lakh)

| Sl. No.   | State Name                  |   New School (Element ary) | New School (Secondary)   | New Schoo (Sr Secondary)   |   Addition of Stream in Sr. Secondary |   Strengthening (Elementary) |   Strengtheni ng (Secondary) |   Strengthen ng Sr. Secondary |   Electrificatio in Elementar |   Electrificati on in Secondary |     KGBV |   Residential Hostels |   Residential Schools |   Grand Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
| 1         | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                       0    | 0 23.2                   |                            |                                  0    |                        15.82 |                         0    |                         15.82 |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |         54.84 |
| 2         | ANDHRA PRADESH              |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |  3492.5  |                  0    |                  0    |       3492.5  |
| 3         | ARUNACHAL PRADESH           |                       0    | 314.79                   | 0                          |                                  0    |                        58.4  |                       181.5  |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |   734    |                 22.5  |                 90    |       1401.19 |
| 4         | ASSAM                       |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                       617.2  |                       1565.72 |                           0   |                            0    |  2031.17 |                  0    |                198.43 |       4412.52 |
| 5         | BIHAR                       |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |   202.5  |                550    |               1260    |       2012.5  |
| 6         | CHANDIGARH                  |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |          0    |
| 7         | CHHATTISGARH                |                      11.84 | 1657.04                  | 2159                       |                                  0    |                         0    |                      9476.81 |                          0    |                           0   |                           93.75 |   302    |                330    |               2300.19 |      16330.6  |
| 8         | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI      |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                       234.96 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |        234.96 |
| 9         | DELHI                       |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                         2961    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |       2961    |
| 10        | GOA                         |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                       104.74 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |        104.74 |
| 11        | GUJARAT                     |                       0    | 10843                    | 0                          |                                  0    |                      9538.05 |                       226.24 |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |      20607.3  |
| 12        | HARYANA                     |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                       351.69 |                       237.9  |                       1446.62 |                           0   |                            0    |  2773.1  |                  0    |                  0    |       4809.31 |
| 13        | HIMACHAL PRADESH            |                     180    | 0                        | 90                         |                                  0    |                       441.42 |                       443.32 |                          0    |                        1170   |                           19.4  |   141    |                  0    |                  0    |       2485.14 |
| 14        | JAMMU AND KASHMIR           |                     618.93 | 1357.25                  | 306                        |                                  0    |                      7159.31 |                         0    |                       4382.71 |                        1095.9 |                         4992    |  7530.02 |                  0    |                  0    |      27442.1  |
| 15        | JHARKHAND                   |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                       819.91 |                      3730.57 |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |               1760    |               1060.7  |       7371.18 |
| 16        | KARNATAKA                   |                       0    | 3425.04                  | 0                          |                                  0    |                       784.5  |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |    16.5  |                  0    |                  0    |       4226.04 |
| 17        | KERALA                      |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                      2397.57 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |       2397.57 |
| 18        | LAKSHADWEEP                 |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |          0    |
| 19        | MADHYA PRADESH              |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                     14086.6  |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |  4378.63 |               2061    |                  0    |      20526.2  |
| 20        | MAHARASHTRA                 |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                      1520.5  |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |    20.25 |                110    |                246.25 |       1897    |
| 21        | MANIPUR                     |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                       387.52 |                        88.2  |                       1293.33 |                           0   |                            0    |    10.5  |                  0    |                  0    |       1779.55 |
| 22        | MEGHALAYA                   |                      71    | 705.15                   | 0                          |                                  0    |                       237.16 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                          100    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |       1113.31 |
| 23        | MIZORAM                     |                       0    | 0                        | 247.33                     |                                664.54 |                       490.66 |                         0    |                        218.61 |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |       1621.14 |
| 24        | NAGALAND                    |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                       423.04 |                         42.99 |                           0   |                           72.25 |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |        538.28 |
| 25        | ODISHA                      |                       0    | 901.1                    | 791.42                     |                                  0    |                      2320.74 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |  8275.39 |                 15.44 |                365.19 |      12669.3  |
| 26        | PUDUCHERRY                  |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                        14.87 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |         14.87 |
| 27        | PUNJAB                      |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                       490.8  |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                         3080    |    22    |                  0    |                  0    |       3592.8  |
| 28        | RAJASTHAN                   |                     756    | 5022.99                  | 0                          |                               6351.6  |                      8039.3  |                     57287.6  |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |  6033.58 |               4045    |                  0    |      87536    |
| 29        | SIKKIM                      |                       0    | 0                        | 166.6                      |                                  0    |                       128.07 |                       219.22 |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     0    |                  0    |                  0    |        513.89 |
| 30        | TAMIL NADU                  |                       0    | 0                        | 785.75                     |                                  0    |                      1654.28 |                      1351.4  |                         90.25 |                           0   |                           56    |     1.5  |                  0    |                  0    |       3939.18 |
| 31        | TELANGANA                   |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |  7980.6  |                110    |                  0    |       8090.6  |
| 32        | TRIPURA                     |                      80    | 0                        | 27.78                      |                                472.32 |                       343.99 |                       482.95 |                          1.11 |                           0   |                          384    |     6    |                 48    |                  0    |       1846.15 |
| 33        | UTTAR PRADESH               |                     248.6  | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                      6844.19 |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    | 25303.3  |                  0    |                  0    |      32396.1  |
| 34        | UTTRAKHAND                  |                       0    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                      3764.05 |                      1525.47 |                          0    |                           0   |                          422.85 |   213.5  |                774.83 |                  0    |       6700.7  |
| 35        | WEST BENGAL                 |                     175    | 0                        | 0                          |                                  0    |                         0    |                         0    |                          0    |                           0   |                            0    |     7.13 |                  0    |                 11.25 |        193.38 |
|           | Grand Total                 |                    2141.37 | 24226.36                 | 4597.08                    |                               7488.46 |                     62229.1  |                     76291.4  |                       9057.16 |                        2265.9 |                        12181.2  | 69475.2  |               9826.77 |               5532.01 |     285312    |