Lok Sabha Question No. 2009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Out of School Children Survey
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Bholanath (B.P. Saroj)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2009

ANSWERED ON- 13/03/2023

## OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN SURVEY

2009. SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ):

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Out of School Children survey has been completed by the States and UTs, particularly in Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) the number of boys and girls identified under this survey, State/UT-wise especially in Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;

(d) whether the Government had worked out any plan of action to address the education needs of adolescent girls during the pandemic; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (c): Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools fall under the domain of the respective State/UT Government - the appropriate Government under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

The Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing an integrated centrally sponsored scheme for School education- Samagra Shiksha. The scheme provides support  for  the  implementation  of  the  RTE  Act  and  has  now  been  aligned  with  the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

Under the Scheme, all the States and Union Territories (UTs) are required to conduct Household Survey for identification of Out of School Children (OoSC). This Department has developed an online module for compiling the data of OoSC identified by each State/UT and their mapping with Special Training Centres (STC) on the PRABANDH Portal. The concerned State/UT validates the child wise information of the identified OoSC and STC uploaded by the concerned Block Resource Centre of the State for monitoring the progress of mainstreaming of OoSC. As per the information uploaded by the concerned State/UT on the  PRABANDH portal (2022-23), the number of OoSC children at Elementary level is detailed in Annexure-I . The District wise data of OoSC children at Elementary level in the State of Uttar Pradesh is at Annexure-II.

(d)  & (e): To  ensure that children have access to education with quality and equity and to minimize the impact of the pandemic on school education in the country, Ministry of Education has shared guidelines dated 7th January, 2021 with all the States which, among others, include identification of out of school children from age 6-18 years, enrolment drives and awareness generation, student support while schools are closed, continued Education for children with Special Needs (CWSN), student support on school reopening and Teacher capacity building.

Also, a comprehensive Covid action plan has been shared with the States and UTs on 4th May 2021, outlining the role of local bodies, formation of nodal group at village/town level, conducting door-to-door/helpdesk-based/app based survey to identify out of school children, their mainstreaming and resource sharing.

During the pandemic, the Ministry of Education has taken various steps for providing children  continued  access  to  education,  which  are  available  to  each  category  of  students irrespective of their gender, region or economic standard. A comprehensive initiative called PM e-Vidya has been started which aims to unify all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes all forms of digital modes to provide wide access- DIKSHA (online), SWAYAM (online), SWAYAM PRABHA (TV),  other  TV  Channels  including  use  of  Doordarshan  and  AIR  Networks.  Further,  an Alternate Academic Calendar has been prepared for learning solutions for grade 1 to 12 for both children with and without device. Also, Pragyata guidelines were issued to States/UTs to facilitate  continued  education  through  various  modes.  The  guidelines  inter-alia  include situation where internet connectivity is not available or available with very less bandwidth, resources are shared through various platforms like television, radio etc. that do not depend on internet.

Further, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children and residential as well as non-residential training for older children, seasonal hostels / residential camps, special training centres at worksites, transport/ escort facility are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. The norms for for special training is  ₹ 6000/- per child per annum for non residential courses and  ₹ 20,000/- per child per annum for residential courses.

Further, since 2021-22, financial assistance upto ₹ 2000 per annum is being provided for  supporting  OoSC  of  age  group  of  16-19  years,  belonging  to  socio  economically disadvantaged  groups,  for  completing  their  education  through  NIOS/SIOS,  for  accessing course materials and certification.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2009 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ) REGARDING OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN SURVEY

## Number of OoSC children at Elementary level

| Sl. No   | State Name                  |   Total No. of OoSC |   Boys |   Girls |   Transgender |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------|--------|---------|---------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                 562 |    332 |     230 |             0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              |               18999 |  11356 |    7643 |             0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                 193 |     91 |     102 |             0 |
| 4        | Assam                       |               80739 |  50258 |   30480 |             1 |
| 5        | Bihar                       |              134252 |  74881 |   59354 |            17 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  |                4271 |   2252 |    2019 |             0 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |               13185 |   7414 |    5771 |             0 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                 232 |    121 |     111 |             0 |
| 9        | Delhi                       |               15148 |   7930 |    7217 |             1 |
| 10       | Dnd - Dnh                   |                 202 |    109 |      93 |             0 |
| 11       | Goa                         |                 252 |    133 |     119 |             0 |
| 12       | Gujarat                     |              106885 |  44751 |   62125 |             9 |
| 13       | Haryana                     |               22841 |  11986 |   10854 |             1 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            |                1571 |    823 |     748 |             0 |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           |                3232 |   1655 |    1577 |             0 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   |                6641 |   3467 |    3174 |             0 |
| 17       | Karnataka                   |                5945 |   3145 |    2800 |             0 |
| 18       | Kerala                      |                2758 |   1556 |    1202 |             0 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                 |                   2 |      2 |       0 |             0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh              |               18678 |  10921 |    7756 |             1 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                 |               15707 |   8478 |    7229 |             0 |
| 22       | Manipur                     |                4226 |   2206 |    2020 |             0 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                   |                5178 |   3173 |    2005 |             0 |
| 24       | Mizoram                     |                1887 |    934 |     953 |             0 |
| 25       | Nagaland                    |                 690 |    432 |     258 |             0 |
| 26       | Odisha                      |               14721 |   7474 |    7247 |             0 |
| 27       | Puducherry                  |                  42 |     22 |      20 |             0 |
| 28       | Punjab                      |                2327 |   1232 |    1095 |             0 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                   |               16275 |   8552 |    7722 |             1 |
| 30       | Sikkim                      |                  74 |     46 |      28 |             0 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                  |               20352 |  10953 |    9398 |             1 |
| 32       | Telangana                   |                4556 |   2451 |    2105 |             0 |
| 33       | Tripura                     |                 777 |    424 |     353 |             0 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh               |              396655 | 216789 |  179866 |             0 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                 |                3955 |   2177 |    1778 |             0 |
| 36       | West Bengal                 |                6521 |   4245 |    2276 |             0 |
| Total    |                             |              930531 | 502771 |  427728 |            32 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2009 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI BHOLANATH (B.P. SAROJ) REGARDING OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN SURVEY

| District wise Out of School Children Status for Elementary Education in the State of Uttar Pradesh   | District wise Out of School Children Status for Elementary Education in the State of Uttar Pradesh   | District wise Out of School Children Status for Elementary Education in the State of Uttar Pradesh   | District wise Out of School Children Status for Elementary Education in the State of Uttar Pradesh   | District wise Out of School Children Status for Elementary Education in the State of Uttar Pradesh   | District wise Out of School Children Status for Elementary Education in the State of Uttar Pradesh   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No                                                                                               | District Name                                                                                        | Total No. of OoSC                                                                                    | Boys                                                                                                 | Girls                                                                                                | Transgenders                                                                                         |
| 1                                                                                                    | Agra                                                                                                 | 2414                                                                                                 | 1271                                                                                                 | 1143                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                    | Aligarh                                                                                              | 7149                                                                                                 | 3927                                                                                                 | 3222                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                                    | Allahabad                                                                                            | 5572                                                                                                 | 3037                                                                                                 | 2535                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                                    | Ambedkar Nagar                                                                                       | 5024                                                                                                 | 2916                                                                                                 | 2108                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                    | Amethi - Csm Nagar                                                                                   | 4418                                                                                                 | 2415                                                                                                 | 2003                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                    | Auraiya                                                                                              | 4384                                                                                                 | 2366                                                                                                 | 2018                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                    | Azamgarh                                                                                             | 595                                                                                                  | 295                                                                                                  | 300                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                    | Baghpat                                                                                              | 1106                                                                                                 | 587                                                                                                  | 519                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                    | Bahraich                                                                                             | 18354                                                                                                | 10124                                                                                                | 8230                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                   | Ballia                                                                                               | 1321                                                                                                 | 744                                                                                                  | 577                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                   | Balrampur                                                                                            | 7151                                                                                                 | 4137                                                                                                 | 3014                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                   | Banda                                                                                                | 5777                                                                                                 | 3075                                                                                                 | 2702                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                   | Barabanki                                                                                            | 11690                                                                                                | 6248                                                                                                 | 5442                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                                   | Bareilly                                                                                             | 2745                                                                                                 | 1477                                                                                                 | 1268                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                                   | Basti                                                                                                | 9276                                                                                                 | 5073                                                                                                 | 4203                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                                   | Bhadoi                                                                                               | 5108                                                                                                 | 2813                                                                                                 | 2295                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                                   | Bijnor                                                                                               | 1644                                                                                                 | 908                                                                                                  | 736                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                                   | Budaun                                                                                               | 6151                                                                                                 | 3245                                                                                                 | 2906                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 19                                                                                                   | Bulandshahr                                                                                          | 5767                                                                                                 | 3172                                                                                                 | 2595                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                                   | Chandauli                                                                                            | 3232                                                                                                 | 1803                                                                                                 | 1429                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                                   | Chitrakoot                                                                                           | 4122                                                                                                 | 2174                                                                                                 | 1948                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                                   | Deoria                                                                                               | 11527                                                                                                | 6290                                                                                                 | 5237                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                                   | Etah                                                                                                 | 3832                                                                                                 | 2086                                                                                                 | 1746                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                                   | Etawah                                                                                               | 1461                                                                                                 | 814                                                                                                  | 647                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                                   | Faizabad                                                                                             | 4508                                                                                                 | 2528                                                                                                 | 1980                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                                   | Farrukhabad                                                                                          | 1487                                                                                                 | 819                                                                                                  | 668                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                                   | Fatehpur                                                                                             | 7767                                                                                                 | 4262                                                                                                 | 3505                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                   | Firozabad                                                                                            | 5045                                                                                                 | 2873                                                                                                 | 2172                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                                   | Gautam Buddha Nagar                                                                                  | 1739                                                                                                 | 892                                                                                                  | 847                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                                   | Ghaziabad                                                                                            | 3076                                                                                                 | 1690                                                                                                 | 1386                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                                   | Ghazipur                                                                                             | 7530                                                                                                 | 3954                                                                                                 | 3576                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                                   | Gonda                                                                                                | 8056                                                                                                 | 4434                                                                                                 | 3622                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 33                                                                                                   | Gorakhpur                                                                                            | 3005                                                                                                 | 1629                                                                                                 | 1376                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 34                                                                                                   | Hamirpur (U.P.)                                                                                      | 3042                                                                                                 | 1651                                                                                                 | 1391                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 35                                                                                                   | Hapur (Panchsheel Nagar)                                                                             | 965                                                                                                  | 522                                                                                                  | 443                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 36                                                                                                   | Hardoi                                                                                               | 12500                                                                                                | 7073                                                                                                 | 5427                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |
| 37                                                                                                   | Hathras                                                                                              | 2163                                                                                                 | 1178                                                                                                 | 985                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                    |
| 38                                                                                                   | Jalaun                                                                                               | 3110                                                                                                 | 1660                                                                                                 | 1450                                                                                                 | 0                                                                                                    |

| 39                                                   | Jaunpur                                              | 12639                                                | 6902                                                 | 5737                                                 | 0                                                    |
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| 40                                                   | Jhansi                                               | 2687                                                 | 1435                                                 | 1252                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 41                                                   | Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha)                         | 2371                                                 | 1222                                                 | 1149                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 42                                                   | Kannauj                                              | 4766                                                 | 2657                                                 | 2109                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 43                                                   | Kanpur Dehat                                         | 1058                                                 | 579                                                  | 479                                                  | 0                                                    |
| 44                                                   | Kanpur Nagar                                         | 2601                                                 | 1418                                                 | 1183                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 45                                                   | Kanshiram Nagar                                      | 6349                                                 | 3366                                                 | 2983                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 46                                                   | Kaushambi                                            | 5273                                                 | 2892                                                 | 2381                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 47                                                   | Kheri                                                | 19095                                                | 10368                                                | 8727                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 48                                                   | Kushinagar                                           | 4857                                                 | 2601                                                 | 2256                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 49                                                   | Lalitpur                                             | 4843                                                 | 2720                                                 | 2123                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 50                                                   | Lucknow                                              | 5293                                                 | 2808                                                 | 2485                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 51                                                   | Maharajganj                                          | 10044                                                | 5501                                                 | 4543                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 52                                                   | Mahoba                                               | 1019                                                 | 544                                                  | 475                                                  | 0                                                    |
| 53                                                   | Mainpuri                                             | 2362                                                 | 1321                                                 | 1041                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 54                                                   | Mathura                                              | 2450                                                 | 1267                                                 | 1183                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 55                                                   | Mau                                                  | 516                                                  | 300                                                  | 216                                                  | 0                                                    |
| 56                                                   | Meerut                                               | 3198                                                 | 1676                                                 | 1522                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 57                                                   | Mirzapur                                             | 8433                                                 | 4438                                                 | 3995                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 58                                                   | Moradabad                                            | 6988                                                 | 3588                                                 | 3400                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 59                                                   | Muzaffarnagar                                        | 4402                                                 | 2481                                                 | 1921                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 60                                                   | Pilibhit                                             | 6043                                                 | 3667                                                 | 2376                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 61                                                   | Pratapgarh                                           | 4899                                                 | 2639                                                 | 2260                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 62                                                   | Rae Bareli                                           | 7128                                                 | 3834                                                 | 3294                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 63                                                   | Rampur                                               | 5652                                                 | 2975                                                 | 2677                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 64                                                   | Saharanpur                                           | 5957                                                 | 3202                                                 | 2755                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 65                                                   | Sambhal (Bhim Nagar)                                 | 411                                                  | 220                                                  | 191                                                  | 0                                                    |
| 66                                                   | Sant Kabir Nagar                                     | 1852                                                 | 1007                                                 | 845                                                  | 0                                                    |
| 67                                                   | Shahjahanpur                                         | 6529                                                 | 3699                                                 | 2830                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 68                                                   | Shamli (Prabudh Nagar)                               | 2197                                                 | 1194                                                 | 1003                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 69                                                   | Shrawasti                                            | 1339                                                 | 757                                                  | 582                                                  | 0                                                    |
| 70                                                   | Siddharthnagar                                       | 14021                                                | 7899                                                 | 6122                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 71                                                   | Sitapur                                              | 15823                                                | 8654                                                 | 7169                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 72                                                   | Sonbhadra                                            | 6493                                                 | 3523                                                 | 2970                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 73                                                   | Sultanpur                                            | 2386                                                 | 1343                                                 | 1043                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 74                                                   | Unnao                                                | 5080                                                 | 2710                                                 | 2370                                                 | 0                                                    |
| 75                                                   | Varanasi                                             | 5788                                                 | 3220                                                 | 2568                                                 | 0                                                    |
| Total 396655 216789 179866 0 Source: PRABANDH Portal | Total 396655 216789 179866 0 Source: PRABANDH Portal | Total 396655 216789 179866 0 Source: PRABANDH Portal | Total 396655 216789 179866 0 Source: PRABANDH Portal | Total 396655 216789 179866 0 Source: PRABANDH Portal | Total 396655 216789 179866 0 Source: PRABANDH Portal |