Lok Sabha Question No. 2165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Residential Schools for General Category
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## Residential Schools for General Category

## 2165.   SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

- (a) whether any steps taken by Central Government to provide quality residential schools to  provide quality education to students from General Community and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the  residential  schools  for  general  category  meritorious  students  are  presently  being  run  by  the Government State-wise including Chhattisgarh ?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a): The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  (MHRD)  under  the  newly  launched  integrated scheme of School Education - Samagra Shiksha, effective from the year 2018-19 provides for sanction of residential  schools  to  States  and  Union  Territories  for  the  children  in  sparsely  populated  or  hilly  and densely forested areas with difficult geographical terrain and border areas where opening a new primary or upper  primary  and  Secondary/Higher  Secondary  schools  may  not  be  viable.  Preference  is  given  to Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs), Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected districts, Special Focused Districts (SFDs), the 115 aspirational districts identified by NITI Aayog. The enrolment in these residential schools is open to all children.

Under Samagra Shiksha, provision has also been made to upgrade the existing Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) which are residential schools at upper primary level to upto senior secondary level  in  convergence  with  the  erstwhile  Girls  Hostels  scheme  under  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA).  The Scheme envisages to provide access and quality education to all girls including those from the general category by setting up residential schools from upper primary to senior secondary level  and  to  ensure  smooth  transition  of  girls  from  elementary  to  secondary  level  enabling  them  to complete their schooling.

(b): This Ministry has sanctioned 333 residential schools with sanctioned capacity of 57,150 children and  5970  KGBVs  under  Samagra  Shiksha  upto  2018-19.    State-wise  details  including  Chhattisgarh,  of Residential Schools and KGBVs is annexed.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018 ASKED BY SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH REGARDING 'RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR GENERAL CATEGORY'.

## Residential Schools and  Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) sanctioned upto 2018-19

| S. No.                | State   |   Residential School | Capacity KGBVs sanctioned   |   KGBVs Operational |
|-----------------------|---------|----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
| 1 Andhra Pradesh      | 02      |                  200 | 587                         |                 461 |
| 2 Arunachal Pradesh   | 155     |                15500 | 81                          |                  53 |
| 3 Assam               | 03      |                  300 | 148                         |                  84 |
| 4 Bihar               | 06      |                  600 | 912                         |                 585 |
| 5 Chhattisgarh        | 67      |                30700 | 168                         |                 167 |
| 6 Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0       |                    0 | 02                          |                  01 |
| 7 Gujarat             | 0       |                    0 | 174                         |                 157 |
| 8 Haryana             | 0       |                    0 | 72                          |                  35 |
| 9 Himachal Pradesh    | 0       |                    0 | 15                          |                  13 |
| 10 Jammu &Kashmir     | 0       |                    0 | 196                         |                  97 |
| 11 Jharkhand          | 25      |                 2500 | 205                         |                 203 |
| 12 Karnataka          | 05      |                  500 | 145                         |                 123 |
| 13 Kerala             | 0       |                    0 | 01                          |                   0 |
| 14 Madhya Pradesh     | 05      |                  500 | 408                         |                 408 |
| 15 Maharashtra        | 04      |                  400 | 86                          |                  69 |
| 16 Manipur            | 09      |                  900 | 16                          |                  16 |
| 17 Meghalaya          | 0       |                    0 | 19                          |                  10 |
| 18 Mizoram            | 0       |                    0 | 02                          |                  01 |
| 19 Nagaland           | 0       |                    0 | 22                          |                  11 |
| 20 Odisha             | 03      |                  300 | 355                         |                 182 |
| 21 Punjab             | 0       |                    0 | 43                          |                  40 |
| 22 Rajasthan          | 07      |                  650 | 318                         |                 314 |
| 23 Sikkim             | 0       |                    0 | 01                          |                  01 |
| 24 Tamil Nadu         | 11      |                 1000 | 105                         |                 105 |
| 25 Telangana          | 31      |                 3100 | 726                         |                 659 |
| 26 Tripura            | 0       |                    0 | 18                          |                  17 |
| 27 Uttar Pradesh      | 0       |                    0 | 937                         |                 746 |
| 28 Uttarakhand        | 0       |                    0 | 49                          |                  47 |
| 29 West Bengal        | 0       |                    0 | 159                         |                  92 |
| Total                 |         |                  333 | 57150 5970                  |                4697 |

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