Lok Sabha Question No. 4240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-27
Subject: Introduction of Schemes to Promote Enrolment of Girls in Primary Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P. C. Mohan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No - 4240

## ANSWERED ON - 27/03/2023

## INTRODUCTION OF SCHEMES TO PROMOTE ENROLMENT OF GIRLS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

## 4240. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has introduced any scheme to promote the enrolment of female students in primary schools; and
- (b) if so, the current enrolment rate of female students, along with the year-wise growth in the last ten years?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (Dr. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) & (b): Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education is implementing  the  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha,  effective  from  2018-19,  for universalization of quality education throughout the country in coordination with the States and UTs. It is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and  equitable  quality  education  at  all  levels  of  school  education.  Samagra Shiksha supports States and Union Territories inimplementation of the RTE Act, 2009. Bridging gender and social category gaps at all levels of school education is one of the major objectives of the scheme.

Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  various  interventions  have  been  targeted  for  girls,  which  include opening of schools in the neighbourhood to make access easier for girls, free uniform and text-books to girls  up  to  Class  VIII,  additional  teachers  and  residential  quarters  for  teachers  inremote/hilly  areas, appointment of additional teachers including women teachers, stipend toCWSN girls from class I to class XII, separate toilets for girls, teachers sensitization programmes to promote girls participation, gendersensitive teaching-learning materialsincluding text booksetc. In addition, there is a provision of nutritious and hot cooked meal for children studying in classes I to VIII of Government and Government-Aided schools  and  studying  in  Balvatika  (before  class  I)  in  primary  schools,  under  the  centrally  sponsored scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) in order to facilitate students to attend schools more regularly.

The  Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  (GER)  of  female  students  for  the  year  2021-22  is  104.82,  which shows that all girls in the age bracket are admitted in schools. The GER of Girls at primary level for the last ten years is as under:

|   S. No. | Year    | GER of girls at Primary Level   |
|----------|---------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | 2012-13 | 109.14                          |
|        2 | 2013-14 | 107.93                          |
|        3 | 2014-15 | 107.38                          |
|        4 | 2015-16 | 107.33                          |
|        5 | 2016-17 | 103.73*                         |
|        6 | 2017-18 | 103.03                          |
|        7 | 2018-19 | 101.78                          |
|        8 | 2019-20 | 103.69                          |
|        9 | 2020-21 | 104.45                          |
|       10 | 2021-22 | 104.82                          |

(Source: UDISE/UDISE+)

* Further, in the year 2016-17,  DoSEL initiated the process to collect child-wise data with Aadhar.  Aadhar linkage resulted in weeding out of duplicate entries, resulting in correction in number of enrolments.

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