Lok Sabha Question No. 151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: State School Education Acts
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 151 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2020

## State School Education Acts

## 151. SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH:

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

- (a) whether it is true that each State follow their own State School Education Acts to run all the Government and private schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the funds/ subsidies to all Government and private schools is provided /borne by the State Governments; and
- (c) if so, the mechanism  adopted  by  the  Government  to  control the pattern of syllabus, management, student and teacher welfare all over these schools?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) : Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools in the country are under the administrative control of the State Governments and UT Administrations and States  have  their  own  State  Education  Acts/Regulations  to  run  the  schools  coming  under  their jurisdiction.  Further,  as  per  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act, 2009 the Central Government is the appropriate Government only in relation to a school established, owned or controlled by the Central Government, or the administrator of the Union Territory, having no  legislature.  In  other  cases,  State  Governments  and  UT  Governments  are  the  appropriate Governments,  in  relation  to  a  school  established  within  the  territory  of  a  State  or  a  UT  having legislature. The State and UT Governments, defined as the appropriate Governments under the RTE Act, 2009, are implementing the provisions of the Act through their respective State RTE Rules.

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School Education - Samagra Shiksha from 2018-19. 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.  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 and supporting States in the implementation of RTE Act, 2009. Also, assistance is provided to States and UTs for reimbursement of the expenditure incurred towards admissions of the children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups as notified by respective State Government in private unaided schools under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009 based on per child cost norms notified by the State Government. Samagra Shiksha has an inbuilt concurrent evaluation and monitoring system. The Department convenes periodic meetings with States and UTs to review the programmes.

The National Curriculum Framework (NCF)-2005, brought out by National Council of Educational Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  has  been  adopted  or  adapted  by most  of the States for implementation in the schools coming under their jurisdiction.

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