Lok Sabha Question No. 5253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Review of Facilities Available in Secondary and Sr. Secondary Level Schools in U.P.
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ravi Kishan Shukla

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO5253

ANSWERED ON- 03/04/2023

## REVIEW OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE IN SECONDARY AND SR. SECONDARY LEVEL SCHOOLS IN U.P.

## †5253. SHRI RAVI KISHAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has reviewed the facilities available for the Secondary and Senior Secondary level education in Uttar pradesh;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the number of Government and private educational institutes existing in Uttar Pradesh?

## 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 come under the purview of the respective State Government/ UT Administration. The opening and  closing  of  schools  are  within  the  purview  of  respective  State  Government  and  UT Administration.

For  providing  universal  access  to  quality  secondary  education,  the  neighbourhood norms notified by the State/UT are applicable for opening of new Secondary schools. This Department is implementing an integrated Centrally Sponsored scheme- Samagra Shiksha. The scheme envisages school education as a continuum from pre-school to senior secondary level and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all. The States and UTs, which have not notified the neighbourhood norms for Secondary Schools, Samagra Shiksha provides support for access to secondary schools within a distance of 5 Km of a habitation while ensuring their viability and cost effectiveness.

Under the Scheme, 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, ICT and Digital Initiative, Vocational Education, Library and Sports Grants, Science and Maths labs.

The financial assistance is based on the annual plans prepared by the States and UTs as per  their  requirements/  priority  and  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. The details of work approved during the year 2022-23 in respect of the State of Uttar Pradesh is as below:

| Sl. No.                    | Particulars                | Approved                   |
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Secondary Education        | Secondary Education        | Secondary Education        |
| 1                          | New School                 | 19                         |
| 2                          | Boys Toilet                | 145                        |
| 3                          | Girls Toilet               | 139                        |
| 4                          | ICT                        | 289                        |
| 5                          | Major Repair               | 182                        |
| 6                          | Solar Panel                | 298                        |
| 7                          | Drinking Water             | 514                        |
| 8                          | Boundary Wall              | 43                         |
| 9                          | Electricity                | 39                         |
| 10                         | Vocational Education       | 89                         |
| 11                         | Teacher Quarter            | 10                         |
| 12                         | SmartClass Rooms           | 63                         |
| Higher Secondary Education | Higher Secondary Education | Higher Secondary Education |
| 1                          | New School                 | 13                         |
| 2                          | Additional Stream          | 890                        |
| 3                          | Physics Lab                | 3                          |
| 4                          | Chemistry Lab              | 6                          |
| 5                          | Bio Lab                    | 20                         |
| Source: PRABANDH Portal    | Source: PRABANDH Portal    |                            |

As per the information received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, the details of government, aided and private secondary schools in the State of Uttar Pradesh are as follows:

| Type               |   Number of Schools |
|--------------------|---------------------|
| Government Schools |                2359 |
| Aided Schools      |                5148 |
| Private Schools    |               23337 |
| Total              |               30844 |