Lok Sabha Question No. 1186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Girls Enrolment at Secondary Level
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1186 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Girls Enrolment at Secondary Level

## 1186. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government records the data of girl child enrollment up to Secondary level of education and if so, the details thereof between 2014-2022, State-wise including district level for Rajasthan;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to ensure lower school dropout rate for the girl child in the country;
- (c) whether the Government has demarcated areas of high risk based on existing data, and taken specific efforts to reduce the girl child dropout rate in those areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government plans to release more girl child focused scholarship schemes in the future and if so, the details thereof and also provide list of existing schemes for the education of girl child with details of amount and eligibility criteria?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a): Yes  sir.  State-wise  data  of  Girl  Child  Enrolment  upto  Secondary  Level  between 2014-2022  is  at  Annexure-I.  Further,  District-wise  data  of  Girl  Child  Enrollment  upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State is at Annexure-II.

(b) & (c): Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education is implementing  the  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  for  universalization  of  quality  education throughout  the  country  in  coordination  with  the  States  and  UTs.  Bridging  gender  and  social category gaps at all levels of school education is one of the major objectives of the Samagra Shiksha.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  various  facilities  are  being  provided  for  promoting  girls' education. These include opening of schools in the neighbourhood as defined by the State, free uniform and text-books to girls up to Class VIII, provision of gender segregated toilets in all schools,  provision  of  self-defence  training  to  girls  from  classes  VI  to  XII,  stipend  to  CWSN girls from class I to Class XII, among others, special  state  specific  projects for equity such as life  skills,  awareness  programmes,  incinerators,  sanitary  pad  vending  machines  etc.,  and vocationalization of secondary education.

In  addition,  to  reduce  gender  gaps  at  all  levels  of  school  education,  under  Samagra Shiksha,  there  is  a  provision  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  in  the Educationally  Backward  Blocks  where  rural  female  literacy  rate    is    below    the    national average. KGBVs  are  residential schools from  class VI  to XII for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL). As on 30.06.2022, a total of 4986 KGBVs are functional with the enrolment of 6.69 lakh girls.

(d) DoSEL,  Ministry  of  Education  is  implementing  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  'National Means-cum-Merit  Scholarship  Scheme  (NMMSS)'  since  2008  with  the  objective  to  award scholarships to meritorious students, including girls, of economically weaker section to arrest their drop-out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at Secondary Stage.  The scholarships are awarded to meritorious students, whose parental income from all sources is not more  than  Rs.  3,50,000/-  per  annum.  Under  the  scheme,  one  lakh  fresh  scholarships  of Rs.12000/- per annum per student are awarded to selected students of class IX  every year and their continuation/renewal  in classes X to XII for study in a State Government, Governmentaided and Local body schools. The selection of students for award of scholarships under the scheme is made through an examination conducted by the States/UTs Government.

The  students  must  have  minimum  of  55  %  marks  or  equivalent  grade  in  Class  VII examination for appearing in selection test for award of scholarship (relaxable by 5% for SC/ST students).  The  student  should  be  a  regular  student  in  a  Government,  Government-aided  and local body schools. The students of NVS, KVS and residential schools are not entitled for the scholarships. Under the scheme, there is also provision of reservation as per State Government norms.

The scheme is boarded  on the National Scholarship  Portal  (NSP).  The NSP  has  been developed by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) for streamlining and  fast  tracking  the  release  of  Scholarships  across  Ministries/Departments  with  efficiency, transparency and reliability. The eligible students from different States/UTs register themselves on  NSP.  Scholarships  are  disbursed  directly  into  the  bank  accounts  of  students  by  electronic transfer through Public Financial Management System (PFMS) following DBT mode.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1186 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 ASKED BY COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'GIRLS ENROLMENT AT SECONDARY LEVEL'.

| State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   | State-wise data of Girl Child Enrolment upto Secondary Level   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                        | State Name                                                     | 2014-15                                                        | 2015-16                                                        | 2016-17                                                        | 2017-18                                                        | 2018-19                                                        | 2019-20                                                        | 2020-21                                                        |
| 1                                                              | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                       | 31196                                                          | 30782                                                          | 30103                                                          | 29957                                                          | 29445                                                          | 29744                                                          | 28565                                                          |
| 2                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                 | 3498520                                                        | 3329097                                                        | 3270553                                                        | 3314451                                                        | 3360376                                                        | 3461325                                                        | 3495731                                                        |
| 3                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                              | 186203                                                         | 185111                                                         | 162386                                                         | 161324                                                         | 152231                                                         | 151114                                                         | 152445                                                         |
| 4                                                              | Assam                                                          | 3433197                                                        | 3227753                                                        | 3287690                                                        | 3197026                                                        | 3295793                                                        | 3342293                                                        | 3390363                                                        |
| 5                                                              | Bihar                                                          | 12504507                                                       | 13372529                                                       | 12544964                                                       | 11993186                                                       | 11421935                                                       | 11442777                                                       | 11956968                                                       |
| 6                                                              | Chandigarh                                                     | 90786                                                          | 90798                                                          | 90616                                                          | 93912                                                          | 93217                                                          | 92561                                                          | 91844                                                          |
| 7                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                   | 2728666                                                        | 2686412                                                        | 2616403                                                        | 2587190                                                        | 2528157                                                        | 2509853                                                        | 2498459                                                        |
| 8                                                              | Dadra &Nagar Haveli &Daman& Diu                                | 32774                                                          | 33403                                                          | 33743                                                          | 34618                                                          | 35145                                                          | 36325                                                          | 52837                                                          |
| 9                                                              | Daman &Diu*                                                    | 15695                                                          | 15790                                                          | 16243                                                          | 16491                                                          | 16739                                                          | 17145                                                          |                                                                |
| 10                                                             | Delhi                                                          | 1694516                                                        | 1725306                                                        | 1745283                                                        | 1705228                                                        | 1715088                                                        | 1724594                                                        | 1722202                                                        |
| 11                                                             | Goa                                                            | 117890                                                         | 117992                                                         | 115065                                                         | 117451                                                         | 117198                                                         | 117801                                                         | 116565                                                         |
| 12                                                             | Gujarat                                                        | 4939983                                                        | 4931863                                                        | 4925439                                                        | 4874980                                                        | 4828269                                                        | 4831930                                                        | 4789372                                                        |
| 13                                                             | Haryana                                                        | 2173828                                                        | 2079826                                                        | 2121348                                                        | 2206440                                                        | 2231931                                                        | 2246022                                                        | 2207331                                                        |
| 14                                                             | Himachal Pradesh                                               | 579231                                                         | 571046                                                         | 563345                                                         | 559681                                                         | 557643                                                         | 549779                                                         | 535955                                                         |
| 15                                                             | Jammu And Kashmir                                              | 1039477                                                        | 1044192                                                        | 945198                                                         | 981608                                                         | 959753                                                         | 950887                                                         | 955434                                                         |
| 16                                                             | Jharkhand                                                      | 3724274                                                        | 3725333                                                        | 3270221                                                        | 3474434                                                        | 3434905                                                        | 3372588                                                        | 3374244                                                        |
| 17                                                             | Karnataka                                                      | 4883903                                                        | 4884306                                                        | 4874871                                                        | 4865435                                                        | 4983950                                                        | 5015365                                                        | 5009590                                                        |
| 18                                                             | Kerala                                                         | 2512058                                                        | 2492705                                                        | 2460240                                                        | 2436326                                                        | 2427441                                                        | 2428869                                                        | 2420143                                                        |
| 19                                                             | Ladakh                                                         | NA                                                             | NA                                                             | NA                                                             | NA                                                             | NA                                                             | 21185                                                          | 21314                                                          |
| 20                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                    | 5523                                                           | 5010                                                           | 4839                                                           | 4763                                                           | 4715                                                           | 4658                                                           | 4822                                                           |
| 21                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                 | 7652606                                                        | 7287576                                                        | 7070820                                                        | 6953972                                                        | 6780909                                                        | 6813218                                                        | 6674470                                                        |
| 22                                                             | Maharashtra                                                    | 9247055                                                        | 9186144                                                        | 9190816                                                        | 9181321                                                        | 9107439                                                        | 9087619                                                        | 8982689                                                        |
| 23                                                             | Manipur                                                        | 293467                                                         | 290697                                                         | 265760                                                         | 274170                                                         | 282206                                                         | 284029                                                         | 284298                                                         |
| 24                                                             | Meghalaya                                                      | 436842                                                         | 449519                                                         | 414555                                                         | 455242                                                         | 440591                                                         | 452737                                                         | 461080                                                         |
| 25                                                             | Mizoram                                                        | 123428                                                         | 123973                                                         | 115582                                                         | 116813                                                         | 119447                                                         | 120178                                                         | 119902                                                         |
| 26                                                             | Nagaland                                                       | 200183                                                         | 201027                                                         | 169406                                                         | 177576                                                         | 169320                                                         | 168994                                                         | 167284                                                         |
| 27                                                             | Odisha                                                         | 3695869                                                        | 3679348                                                        | 3609898                                                        | 3504327                                                        | 3393534                                                        | 3348016                                                        | 3390748                                                        |
| 28                                                             | Puducherry                                                     | 106072                                                         | 103889                                                         | 102577                                                         | 100253                                                         | 99939                                                          | 99684                                                          | 99399                                                          |
| 29                                                             | Punjab                                                         | 2189647                                                        | 2170763                                                        | 2153046                                                        | 2116070                                                        | 2082247                                                        | 2187295                                                        | 2193835                                                        |
| 30                                                             | Rajasthan                                                      | 6481290                                                        | 6681035                                                        | 6635133                                                        | 6749428                                                        | 6788607                                                        | 6936592                                                        | 7051780                                                        |
| 31                                                             | Sikkim                                                         | 67588                                                          | 65591                                                          | 59208                                                          | 58654                                                          | 54572                                                          | 52830                                                          | 49951                                                          |
| 32                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                     | 5592525                                                        | 5608411                                                        | 5541497                                                        | 5138969                                                        | 5078777                                                        | 5028730                                                        | 4991087                                                        |
| 33                                                             | Telangana                                                      | 2908219                                                        | 2952339                                                        | 2842978                                                        | 2831466                                                        | 2811177                                                        | 2863422                                                        | 2862150                                                        |
| 34                                                             | Tripura                                                        | 355778                                                         | 349680                                                         | 336180                                                         | 331769                                                         | 323906                                                         | 318975                                                         | 303742                                                         |
| 35                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                  | 21264718                                                       | 21083760                                                       | 20160260                                                       | 19641578                                                       | 19000830                                                       | 19558346                                                       | 19725210                                                       |
| 36                                                             |                                                                | 1001514                                                        | 996927                                                         |                                                                |                                                                |                                                                |                                                                | 949782                                                         |
| 37                                                             | Uttarakhand                                                    |                                                                | 7940940                                                        | 977070                                                         | 967103                                                         | 957932                                                         | 958845                                                         | 7872401                                                        |
|                                                                | West Bengal National                                           | 7927023 113736051                                              | 113720873                                                      | 7356188 110079524                                              | 7563060 108816272                                              | 7471443 107156807                                              | 7646522 108272847                                              | 109003992                                                      |

(Source: UDISE/UDISE+)

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1186 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022 ASKED BY COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'GIRLS ENROLMENT AT SECONDARY LEVEL'.

| District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   | District-wise data of Girl Child Enrollment upto Secondary level in the Rajasthan State   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                    | Districts                                                                                 | 2014-15                                                                                   | 2015-16                                                                                   | 2016-17                                                                                   | 2017-18                                                                                   | 2018-19                                                                                   | 2019-20                                                                                   | 2020-21                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                         | AJMER                                                                                     | 230458                                                                                    | 235956                                                                                    | 241567                                                                                    | 247338                                                                                    | 252494                                                                                    | 258926                                                                                    | 265300                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                         | ALWAR                                                                                     | 356777                                                                                    | 367806                                                                                    | 358170                                                                                    | 362570                                                                                    | 365902                                                                                    | 373068                                                                                    | 378487                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                         | BANSWARA                                                                                  | 192768                                                                                    | 196640                                                                                    | 198124                                                                                    | 203639                                                                                    | 210091                                                                                    | 215192                                                                                    | 216316                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                         | BARAN                                                                                     | 119160                                                                                    | 121618                                                                                    | 119513                                                                                    | 119321                                                                                    | 120897                                                                                    | 121101                                                                                    | 123810                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                         | BARMER                                                                                    | 264980                                                                                    | 274541                                                                                    | 272901                                                                                    | 279859                                                                                    | 284998                                                                                    | 298194                                                                                    | 304510                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                         | BHARATPUR                                                                                 | 235696                                                                                    | 247213                                                                                    | 245820                                                                                    | 246217                                                                                    | 253543                                                                                    | 259752                                                                                    | 265589                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                         | BHILWARA                                                                                  | 207834                                                                                    | 215360                                                                                    | 211363                                                                                    | 218051                                                                                    | 224452                                                                                    | 230599                                                                                    | 235099                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                         | BIKANER                                                                                   | 217528                                                                                    | 226463                                                                                    | 236576                                                                                    | 245689                                                                                    | 248746                                                                                    | 256923                                                                                    | 259883                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                         | BUNDI                                                                                     | 100893                                                                                    | 101598                                                                                    | 102443                                                                                    | 102821                                                                                    | 103616                                                                                    | 104125                                                                                    | 108085                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                        | CHITTAURGARH                                                                              | 123353                                                                                    | 127131                                                                                    | 126000                                                                                    | 133090                                                                                    | 132179                                                                                    | 134317                                                                                    | 137348                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                        | CHURU                                                                                     | 203344                                                                                    | 206313                                                                                    | 203378                                                                                    | 208988                                                                                    | 207604                                                                                    | 212894                                                                                    | 213066                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                        | DAUSA                                                                                     | 180831                                                                                    | 183127                                                                                    | 174778                                                                                    | 174170                                                                                    | 174479                                                                                    | 171652                                                                                    | 176231                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                        | DHAULPUR                                                                                  | 138928                                                                                    | 146588                                                                                    | 146854                                                                                    | 148576                                                                                    | 150307                                                                                    | 155780                                                                                    | 161874                                                                                    |
| 14                                                                                        | DUNGARPUR                                                                                 | 152711                                                                                    | 158050                                                                                    | 160426                                                                                    | 161207                                                                                    | 163510                                                                                    | 164624                                                                                    | 165375                                                                                    |
| 15                                                                                        | GANGANAGAR                                                                                | 169758                                                                                    | 172710                                                                                    | 167742                                                                                    | 168970                                                                                    | 167569                                                                                    | 168507                                                                                    | 168708                                                                                    |
| 16                                                                                        | HANUMANGARH                                                                               | 158326                                                                                    | 161215                                                                                    | 157184                                                                                    | 158136                                                                                    | 156025                                                                                    | 155057                                                                                    | 155176                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                        | JAIPUR                                                                                    | 657098                                                                                    | 683686                                                                                    | 677505                                                                                    | 696498                                                                                    | 671205                                                                                    | 695259                                                                                    | 712649                                                                                    |
| 18                                                                                        | JAISALMER                                                                                 | 59624                                                                                     | 63244                                                                                     | 64440                                                                                     | 66480                                                                                     | 67985                                                                                     | 73082                                                                                     | 76564                                                                                     |
| 19                                                                                        | JALOR                                                                                     | 160055                                                                                    | 175119                                                                                    | 174551                                                                                    | 176237                                                                                    | 182820                                                                                    | 189546                                                                                    | 191921                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                        | JHALAWAR                                                                                  | 129446                                                                                    | 130359                                                                                    | 133440                                                                                    | 133911                                                                                    | 134165                                                                                    | 134369                                                                                    | 136856                                                                                    |
| 21                                                                                        | JHUNJHUNUN                                                                                | 197649                                                                                    | 195839                                                                                    | 189703                                                                                    | 187681                                                                                    | 183680                                                                                    | 183594                                                                                    | 184317                                                                                    |
| 22                                                                                        | JODHPUR                                                                                   | 336094                                                                                    | 353867                                                                                    | 357540                                                                                    | 370846                                                                                    | 379454                                                                                    | 392943                                                                                    | 400091                                                                                    |
| 23                                                                                        | KARAULI                                                                                   | 148164                                                                                    | 152979                                                                                    | 148897                                                                                    | 153379                                                                                    | 152354                                                                                    | 158153                                                                                    | 163958                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                        | KOTA                                                                                      | 169558                                                                                    | 173959                                                                                    | 171275                                                                                    | 171587                                                                                    | 172929                                                                                    | 173833                                                                                    | 176203                                                                                    |
| 25                                                                                        | NAGAUR                                                                                    | 317773                                                                                    | 329214                                                                                    | 324480                                                                                    | 328627                                                                                    | 329453                                                                                    | 335554                                                                                    | 338665                                                                                    |
| 26                                                                                        | PALI                                                                                      | 185553                                                                                    | 187906                                                                                    | 184756                                                                                    | 187948                                                                                    | 188017                                                                                    | 191676                                                                                    | 192993                                                                                    |
| 27                                                                                        | PRATAPGARH (RAJ.)                                                                         | 87683                                                                                     | 91212                                                                                     | 92725                                                                                     | 93414                                                                                     | 97077                                                                                     | 98631                                                                                     | 98642                                                                                     |
| 28                                                                                        | RAJSAMAND                                                                                 | 107580                                                                                    | 113653                                                                                    | 112558                                                                                    | 112179                                                                                    | 112166                                                                                    | 113222                                                                                    | 114908                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                        | SAWAIMADHOPUR                                                                             | 128246                                                                                    | 130684                                                                                    | 128400                                                                                    | 130156                                                                                    | 131555                                                                                    | 132428                                                                                    | 137789                                                                                    |
| 30                                                                                        | SIKAR                                                                                     | 262350                                                                                    | 258155                                                                                    | 250015                                                                                    | 249981                                                                                    | 245097                                                                                    | 245544                                                                                    | 246444                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                        | SIROHI                                                                                    | 81568                                                                                     | 85966                                                                                     | 86280                                                                                     | 91006                                                                                     | 93753                                                                                     | 97676                                                                                     | 103304                                                                                    |
| 32                                                                                        | TONK                                                                                      | 132544                                                                                    | 134139                                                                                    | 134072                                                                                    | 132006                                                                                    | 133251                                                                                    | 132604                                                                                    | 133586                                                                                    |
| 33                                                                                        | UDAIPUR                                                                                   | 266960                                                                                    | 278725                                                                                    | 281657                                                                                    | 288850                                                                                    | 297234                                                                                    | 307767                                                                                    | 308033                                                                                    |
|                                                                                           | Total                                                                                     | 6481290                                                                                   | 6681035                                                                                   | 6635133                                                                                   | 6749428                                                                                   | 6788607                                                                                   | 6936592                                                                                   | 7051780                                                                                   |

(Source: UDISE/UDISE+)