Lok Sabha Question No. 4698 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-22
Subject: Targets of RTE
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Saikia Dilip

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4698 TO BE ANSWERED ON22 ND  JULY 2019

## Targets of RTE

## †4698. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

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

- (a) the extent to which the Government has achieved the targets contained in Right to Education Act;
- (b) whether the Government is making all possible efforts for implementation of this Act and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether efforts are being made by the Government to improve the condition of rural schools in view of the said Act; and
- (d) the details thereof and the outcome, State-wise?

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

(a)to (d) In order to provide  free and compulsory elementary education, 97.15% habitations are served by Primary Schools within a radius of 1 kilometre, and 96.49% habitations are served by Upper Primary Schools within a radius of 3 kilometres as per information provided by States & UTs in their Annual Work Plan proposal 2018-19.  The State/UT wise details is at Annexure. The remaining 3% habitations are largely remote and sparsely populated which do not qualify for opening of schools as per neighbourhood norms and are covered through residential schools, hostels and transport and escort facility as per provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education(RTE) Act, 2009.

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  an  Integrated  Scheme  for School  Education  -  SamagraShiksha,  from  2018-19,  which  subsumes the   three  erstwhile  Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  of  SarvaShikshaAbhiyan  (SSA),  RashtriyaMadhyamikShikshaAbhiyan  (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). 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, all levels of schooling. 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 provisions, support States in the implementation of RTE Act, 2009 and strengthening of teacher education institutions.

## The major features of SamagraShiksha are:

- (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) Annual Composite school grant of Rs. 25,000 to Rs.1,00,000to be allocated on the basis of school enrolment, out of which at least 10% is required to be spent on activities related to Swachhata 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 CWSNgirls to be provided from Classes I to XII.
- (vii) Allocation for uniforms at the rate of Rs. 600 per child per annum, at elementary level.
- (viii) Allocation for textbooks at the rate of Rs. 250/400 per child per annum,at elementary level.
- (ix) Upgradation of Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas (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.
- (xiv) 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 SamagraShiksha Scheme supports States for strengthening of existing Government schools including those in rural areas, and for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities based on the gapsidentified  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE)  and  appraisal  of  the proposals received from respective State/UT.

Under erstwhile SSA till 2017-18 and SamagraShiksha 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.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4698 ANSWER ON 22.07.2019 ASKED BY SHRI DILIP SAIKIAREGARDINGTARGETS OF RTE.

Gross Attendance Ratio (GAR) Primary and Upper Primary level (As on 31

st may 2019) (In Percentage)

| S. No.   | State               |   Primary Level |   Upper Primary Level |
|----------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | A&N Island          |           86.36 |                 39.14 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh      |           96.49 |                 94.82 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh   |           86.7  |                 79.46 |
| 4        | Assam               |           99.6  |                 99.72 |
| 5        | Bihar               |           96.68 |                 97.52 |
| 6        | Chandigarh UT       |          100    |                100    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh        |           97.91 |                 97.07 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |          100    |                100    |
| 9        | Daman &Diu          |          100    |                100    |
| 10       | Delhi               |          100    |                100    |
| 11       | Goa                 |          100    |                100    |
| 12       | Gujarat             |          100    |                100    |
| 13       | Haryana             |           97.94 |                 93.4  |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh    |           95.52 |                 94.29 |
| 15       | Jammu &Kashmir      |           87.67 |                 87.35 |
| 16       | Jharkhand           |           99.78 |                 98.89 |
| 17       | Karnataka           |           96.21 |                 95.43 |
| 18       | Kerala              |           97.74 |                 96.84 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep         |          100    |                100    |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh      |           99.45 |                 99.69 |
| 21       | Maharashtra         |           95.51 |                 84.84 |
| 22       | Manipur             |           85.42 |                 43.19 |
| 23       | Meghalaya           |           91.92 |                 87.09 |
| 24       | Mizoram             |           97.99 |                 95.59 |
| 25       | Nagaland            |           87.12 |                 70.91 |
| 26       | Odisha              |           96.71 |                 97.78 |
| 27       | Puducherry          |          100    |                100    |
| 28       | Punjab              |           99.71 |                 99.76 |
| 29       | Rajasthan           |           96.36 |                 97.36 |
| 30       | Sikkim              |          100    |                100    |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu          |           97.52 |                 98.71 |
| 32       | Telangana           |           98.24 |                 87.68 |
| 33       | Tripura             |           92.54 |                 92.68 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh       |           96.08 |                 97.64 |
| 35       | Uttrakhand          |           97.7  |                 98.48 |
| 36       | West Bengal         |           99.52 |                 99.41 |
| Total    | Total               |           97.15 |                 96.49 |

Source: AWP&B 2018-19