Lok Sabha Question No. 309 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Enrolment in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 309 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Enrolment in Schools

*309. SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  as  per  the  Annual  Status  of  Education  Report,  2021  the  enrolment  in Government  schools  has  risen  during  the  pandemic  and  if  so  the  details  of  funds provided  to  State  Governments  to  support  this  increase  in  enrolment  in  Government schools; (b)  whether the Government is aware that the compliance of Government schools on the  ten  indicators  under  the  Right  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  Act,  2009 continues to be less than 15 per cent and if so, the details thereof; and (c) the measures taken by the Government to fill up over 11 lakh teacher vacancies in
- Bihar and Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  309  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20 TH   DECEMBER,  2021 ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  RAVIKUMAR  D.  REGARDING  ENROLMENT  IN SCHOOLS

(a) to (c): The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) surveys are conducted by a non-governmental organization.

Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance  is provided  to States  and  UTs  for  undertaking  various  activities for universalization  of  school  education,  including  opening/strengthening  of  new  schools upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & additional classrooms, setting up, up-gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, setting up and  running  of  Netaji  Subhash  Chandra  Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas,  provision  of  free uniforms,  free  text  books  to  the  eligible  students  at  elementary  level,  transport allowance  and  undertaking  enrolment  &  retention  drives.  Further,  special  training  for age  appropriate  admission  of  out  of  school  children  and  residential  as  well  as  nonresidential  training  for  older  children,  seasonal  hostels  /  residential  camps,  special training centres at worksites, are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. Further, under the student oriented component for the children with special needs, financial assistance is provided for identification and assessment of children  with  special  needs,  aids  and  appliances,  braille  kits  and  books,  appropriate teaching  learning  material  and  stipend  to  girl  students  with  disability  etc.  Also,  under 'Pradhan  Mantri  Poshan  Shakti  Nirman'  (PM  POSHAN)  one  hot  cooked  meal  in Government and Government aided schools is provided to students at the elementary level of education.

Education is in the Concurrent list of Constitution and most of the schools come under  jurisdiction  of  concerned  States  and  UTs.  State  and  UT  Governments  are  the appropriate  Governments  under  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009.    The  RTE  norms  provide  for  an  all-weather  building  in elementary schools consisting of at least one classroom for every teacher and an officecum-store-cum-Head teacher's room, barrier free access, separate toilets for boys and girls, safe and adequate drinking water facility to all children and playground.

As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20, State/UT-wise  details  of  all  Elementary  schools/sections  in  the  country  that  are  RTE compliant in terms of meeting the norms are at Annexure . The RTE Act, 2009 in its Schedule lays down Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both Primary  and  Upper  Primary  schools.  At  Primary  level,  the  PTR  norm  is  maximum  of 30:1 for enrolment upto 200 and maximum 40:1 thereafter and at upper primary level it is 35:1. As per the Unified District Information System for Education+ 2019-20, the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) for Primary is 27:1 and for Upper Primary is 19:1, which is better than the prescribed norms. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers are primarily in the domain of the respective State and UT Government. The recruitment of teachers in schools  is  a  continuous  process  and  the  vacancies  keep  arising  due  to  retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength/new schools. However, Ministry of Education requests the States and UT Governments for filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of  teachers  and  their  rational  deployment,  through  Review meetings and advisories from time to time. Further, the Central Government through the Centrally  Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs for deployment of additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of schooling. Under the scheme, the annual plans are prepared by the States and UTs based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) Proposals. These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated by the Project Approval Board (PAB) in the Department of School Education & Literacy in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and physical and financial progress of the State for the  interventions  approved  earlier.  Further,  the  funds  are  released  on  the  basis  of submission of Audited Accounts, Utilization Certificate, physical and financial progress and other documents as prescribed under the Financial Management & Procurement (FMP) Manual of Samagra Shiksha.

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ANNEXURE ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (C)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  309  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20 TH   DECEMBER,  2021 ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MP  SHRI  RAVIKUMAR  D.  REGARDING  ENROLMENT  IN SCHOOLS

| State/UTs                 | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   | Government Elementary Schools/Sections RTE Compliant   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UTs                 | Boys toilet                                            | Girls toilet                                           | Drinking Water                                         | Ramp                                                   | Play- ground                                           | Boundary wall                                          | Library                                                | PTR                                                    |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 99.1                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 60.1                                                   | 95.0                                                   | 73.7                                                   | 78.99                                                  | 98.52                                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 82.0                                                   | 93.3                                                   | 85.7                                                   | 51.8                                                   | 57.1                                                   | 57.3                                                   | 66.68                                                  | 66.44                                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 86.1                                                   | 86.8                                                   | 72.9                                                   | 22.6                                                   | 64.0                                                   | 51.4                                                   | 20.61                                                  | 64.61                                                  |
| Assam                     | 87.1                                                   | 87.0                                                   | 94.7                                                   | 79.9                                                   | 73.7                                                   | 42.5                                                   | 57.56                                                  | 73.09                                                  |
| Bihar                     | 97.6                                                   | 98.2                                                   | 99.8                                                   | 80.5                                                   | 42.2                                                   | 52.2                                                   | 28.58                                                  | 33.88                                                  |
| Chandigarh                | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 84.2                                                   | 93.3                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 99.17                                                  | 93.33                                                  |
| Chhattisgarh              | 91.1                                                   | 96.0                                                   | 98.3                                                   | 74.5                                                   | 68.7                                                   | 66.7                                                   | 85.76                                                  | 76.11                                                  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 93.0                                                   | 96.7                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 50.0                                                   | 88.0                                                   | 100.00                                                 | 87.23                                                  |
| Daman & Diu               | 98.8                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 98.8                                                   | 84.5                                                   | 92.9                                                   | 100.00                                                 | 73.81                                                  |
| Delhi                     | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 91.3                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 100.00                                                 | 85.43                                                  |
| Goa                       | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 84.9                                                   | 75.0                                                   | 81.0                                                   | 70.33                                                  | 71.55                                                  |
| Gujarat                   | 96.5                                                   | 95.9                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 97.7                                                   | 83.1                                                   | 93.6                                                   | 94.97                                                  | 89.28                                                  |
| Haryana                   | 97.1                                                   | 98.0                                                   | 99.7                                                   | 79.9                                                   | 87.9                                                   | 98.0                                                   | 93.59                                                  | 88.93                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 97.5                                                   | 98.5                                                   | 99.9                                                   | 80.1                                                   | 82.1                                                   | 65.6                                                   | 87.33                                                  | 85.94                                                  |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 85.4                                                   | 86.9                                                   | 95.7                                                   | 40.0                                                   | 49.9                                                   | 35.4                                                   | 29.84                                                  | 84.47                                                  |
| Jharkhand                 | 98.7                                                   | 99.4                                                   | 98.3                                                   | 75.0                                                   | 66.4                                                   | 27.7                                                   | 94.79                                                  | 47.92                                                  |
| Karnataka                 | 98.3                                                   | 99.5                                                   | 99.8                                                   | 58.7                                                   | 74.2                                                   | 89.3                                                   | 91.76                                                  | 75.64                                                  |
| Kerala                    | 97.8                                                   | 98.9                                                   | 98.9                                                   | 88.0                                                   | 71.5                                                   | 91.1                                                   | 88.21                                                  | 93.57                                                  |
| Ladakh                    | 92.9                                                   | 90.4                                                   | 66.8                                                   | 35.2                                                   | 53.6                                                   | 57.5                                                   | 14.27                                                  | 83.81                                                  |
| Lakshadweep               | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 92.7                                                   | 97.6                                                   | 68.3                                                   | 97.56                                                  | 100                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 96.5                                                   | 97.4                                                   | 98.4                                                   | 79.9                                                   | 75.7                                                   | 37.7                                                   | 92.17                                                  | 64.49                                                  |
| Maharashtra               | 92.9                                                   | 95.6                                                   | 98.9                                                   | 95.9                                                   | 88.1                                                   | 76.8                                                   | 83.19                                                  | 89.87                                                  |
| Manipur                   | 83.1                                                   | 80.6                                                   | 91.7                                                   | 71.6                                                   | 83.0                                                   | 13.6                                                   | 6.85                                                   | 88.32                                                  |
| Meghalaya                 | 88.3                                                   | 81.5                                                   | 38.5                                                   | 38.1                                                   | 30.6                                                   | 12.5                                                   | 3.54                                                   | 86.98                                                  |
| Mizoram                   | 92.5                                                   | 90.2                                                   | 87.5                                                   | 57.2                                                   | 82.3                                                   | 47.9                                                   | 29.15                                                  | 89.78                                                  |
| Nagaland                  | 92.6                                                   | 92.0                                                   | 62.7                                                   | 46.3                                                   | 65.7                                                   | 54.7                                                   | 28.00                                                  | 98.16                                                  |
| Odisha                    | 99.0                                                   | 99.1                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 88.2                                                   | 55.5                                                   | 73.9                                                   | 91.25                                                  | 91.78                                                  |
| Puducherry                | 99.7                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 92.5                                                   | 84.2                                                   | 95.1                                                   | 100.00                                                 | 98.78                                                  |
| Punjab                    | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 100.0                                                  | 98.5                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 98.0                                                   | 62.57                                                  | 96.21                                                  |
| Rajasthan                 | 95.4                                                   | 96.5                                                   | 96.3                                                   | 69.6                                                   | 70.1                                                   | 81.6                                                   | 66.10                                                  | 81.1                                                   |
| Sikkim                    | 98.7                                                   | 99.4                                                   | 99.9                                                   | 22.4                                                   | 82.6                                                   | 30.8                                                   | 44.77                                                  | 99.06                                                  |
| Tamilnadu                 | 97.6                                                   | 99.5                                                   | 100.0                                                  | 89.5                                                   | 82.2                                                   | 90.4                                                   | 53.54                                                  | 91.23                                                  |
| Telangana                 | 88.6                                                   | 95.9                                                   | 93.7                                                   | 91.0                                                   | 67.1                                                   | 65.9                                                   | 83.54                                                  | 77.08                                                  |
| Tripura                   | 91.9                                                   | 90.8                                                   | 79.1                                                   | 57.1                                                   | 78.0                                                   | 17.2                                                   | 18.71                                                  | 96.87                                                  |
|                           |                                                        | 98.2                                                   |                                                        |                                                        |                                                        |                                                        |                                                        |                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 97.9                                                   | 94.4                                                   | 98.6                                                   | 79.3                                                   | 73.4                                                   | 74.8                                                   | 72.32                                                  | 62.72                                                  |
| Uttarakhand West Bengal   | 94.3 99.9                                              | 100.0                                                  | 93.8 99.6                                              | 70.7 82.7                                              | 71.1 63.6                                              | 79.4 43.7                                              | 70.09 68.94                                            | 73.55 76.86                                            |