Lok Sabha Question No. 3670 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-16
Subject: Right to Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3670 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020

## Right to Education

3670. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  under  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education (RTE) Act, 2009 has made it mandatory for private schools to reserve 25 per cent seats for Economically Weaker Section students, the burden of which is borne by the Government; (b) if so, the name of States implementing this act; (c)  the  details  of  percentage  of  seats  filled  by  private  schools  which  are  reserved  for economically backward students across the country including the State of Telangana in the last three years, State-wise and year-wise; (d) whether the State of Telangana is lagging behind in implementing the RTE Act with a fill rate of less than one per cent; (e) the details of action taken against private schools not implementing RTE Act especially in the State of Telangana; and (f) whether the Government proposes to set up any Committee to examine the implementation of RTE Act, if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  to  (f):  The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009,  is applicable to all States and Union  Territories (UTs) and mandates the appropriate Government to provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. Section 12(1)(c) of the  RTE Act, 2009 provides for admission  of  children  belonging  to  weaker  sections  and  disadvantageous  groups  in  the neighbourhood schools in Class I to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class.

The details of students admitted under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009 during the last three years is at Annexure .

For implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, the respective State and UT Governments are required to notify the disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, notify per child cost and start admissions in private un-aided schools as per the procedure laid down by them. All States and UTs except the State of Telangana, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have notified the disadvantaged groups and weaker sections eligible for admission under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act. Telangana has also not notified per child cost on the basis of which reimbursement is made by the States to the private schools.

Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under  the  domain  of  the  respective  State  and  UT  Government  which  is  the  appropriate Government under the RTE Act. Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) vide letter  no  12-5/2016-EE.11  dated  25.05.2016  and  D.O.  letter  No.  12-12/2018-IS-5  dated 13.11.2018  requested States/UTs to carry out a ground assessment of private unaided schools across the country to ensure compliance with the provisions of Section 12  of RTE Act, 2009. Further,  MHRD,  in  various  meetings  like  State  Education  Secretaries  Conference,  State/ Regional workshops, Project Approval Board Meetings, has been advising/ guiding State/ UT Governments to emphasise on implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3670 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2020 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY REGARDING 'RIGHT TO EDUCATION'

Status of Children Admitted/ Studying Under Section 12 (1) (c)

| S.No.   | State             | 2016-17                   | 2017-18                   | 2018-19                   |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1.      | A&N Island        | 725                       | 1017                      | 0*                        |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 4.      | Assam             | 15062                     | 20731                     | 0*                        |
| 5.      | Bihar             | 139418                    | 167039                    | 225597                    |
| 6.      | Chandigarh        | 3487                      | 3915                      | 4597                      |
| 7.      | Chhattisgarh      | 167044                    | 196146                    | 236400                    |
| 8.      | D &NHaveli        | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 9.      | Daman &Diu        | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 10.     | Delhi             | 51254                     | 124605                    | 158242                    |
| 11.     | Goa               | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 12.     | Gujarat           | 83734                     | 141365                    | 215820                    |
| 13.     | Haryana           | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 14.     | Himachal Pradesh  | 0                         | 0                         | 100                       |
| 15.     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 16.     | Jharkhand         | 13244                     | 10539                     | 14913                     |
| 17.     | Karnataka         | 414106                    | 523139                    | 639398                    |
| 18.     | Kerala            | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 19.     | Laddakh           | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 20.     | Lakshadweep       | No Private Unaided School | No Private Unaided School | No Private Unaided School |
| 21.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 851538                    | 936255                    | 1118433                   |
| 22.     | Maharashtra       | 142112                    | 197044                    | 254351                    |
| 23.     | Manipur           | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 24.     | Meghalaya         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 25.     | Mizoram           | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 26.     | Nagaland          | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 27.     | Odisha            | 38820                     | 44519                     | 20650                     |
| 28.     | Puducherry        | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 29.     | Punjab            | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 30.     | Rajasthan         | 600666                    | 622271                    | 675907                    |
| 31.     | Sikkim            | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 32.     | Tamil Nadu        | 287068                    | 346510                    | 394032                    |
| 33.     | Telangana         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 34.     | Tripura           | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| 35.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 21598                     | 46188                     | 72428                     |
| 36.     | Uttarakhand       | 95427                     | 102736                    | 104147                    |
| 37.     | West Bengal       | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| Total   | Total             | 2925303                   | 3484019                   | 4135015                   |