Lok Sabha Question No. 1414 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Quality of Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1414 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  JULY, 2019

## Quality of Education

## †1414. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

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

- a) Whether  the  Government  is  proposing  to  give  any  separate  incentives  to  the States which are backward in the field of education; and
- b) If  so,  the policy guidelines given to States with regard to compulsory primary education in the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) &	(b): 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	Samagra	Shiksha	aims	to	achieve	universal	access	of	all	children	in	an inclusive	and	equitable	manner,	including	children	belonging	to	Scheduled	Castes (SC),	 Scheduled	 Tribes	 (ST)	 and	 Minority	 communities,	 children	 affected	 with migration,	 urban	 deprived	 children,	 homeless	 children,	 children	 without	 adult protection,	children	affected	with	LWE	extremism,	children	affected	with	violence etc.	 Preference	 for	 various	 interventions	 is	 given	 to	 Educationally	 Backward Blocks	(EBBs),	LWE	affected	districts,	Special	Focus	Districts	(SFDs)	and	the	115 Aspirational	 Districts.	 The	 Annual	 Work	 Plan	 and	 Budget	 (AWP&B)	 proposal under	Samagra	Shiksha	is	prepared	by	the	States	and	Union	Territories	based	on their requirements and priority. These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated	 by	 Project	 Approval	 Board	 (PAB)	 in	 consultation	 with	 the States	and	Union	Territories	as	per	the	programmatic	and	financial	norms	of	the scheme,	availability	of	budgetary	resources,	gaps	identified	from	UDISE	database and	physical	&	financial	progress	of	earlier	approvals. Under	the	scheme,	the	funding	is	given	to	States	and	Union	Territories,	for

inter-alia,	the	following	interventions:-

- (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	to	1	Lakh	to	be	allocated	on	the	basis of	school	enrolment.
- (v) Annual	Grant	for	sports	equipments	at	the	cost	of	Rs.	5,000	to	Rs.	25,000 per	school.
- (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	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	school	education.
- (xii) Setting	 up	 of	 residential	 schools	 and	 hostels	 for	 difficult	 areas	 and	 for children	in	difficult	circumstances.

The	Right	of	Children	to	Free	and	Compulsory	Education	(RTE)	Act,	2009 has	 become	effective	 on	 1st	 April,	 2010.	 This	 act	 provides	 for	 a	 justiciable	 legal framework	that	entitles	all	children	between	the	ages	of	6-14	years	for	free	and compulsory	admission,	attendance	and	completion	of	elementary	education.	The Integrated	 Scheme	 of	 Samagra	 Shiksha	 also	 supports	 the	 States	 and	 Union Territories	in	implementation	of	the	RTE	Act,	2009.

*****