Lok Sabha Question No. 963 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Infrastructure Facilities for Primary Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Vijay Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 963 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH FEBRUARY, 2021

## Infrastructure Facilities for Primary Schools

## †963. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of primary schools in the country having no permanent building and facility of water and toilets, State-wise;
- (b) whether the number of primary schools in the country is adequate in proportion to its population and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the action plan formulated/ proposed to be formulated by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) State/UT-wise number of Government primary schools / Government schools with primary sections in the country without drinking water facility, toilets and buildings is at Annexure.

(b) and (c) The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, mandates the appropriate Government to provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. In pursuance of Section 6 of the Act, the Central RTE Rules has notified the area or limits of neighbourhood as one kilometre, within which a primary school has to be established. The States have notified area or limits of their neighbourhood norms in their state RTE Rules, factoring in their State specific condition, for opening of schools.

As reported by States/UTs in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget, 2020-21, 97.49% of habitations in the country are covered by primary schools. The habitations that remain uncovered are mostly small or sparsely populated in difficult areas where opening of school is not feasible.

The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha w.e.f. 2018-19, which subsumes the three erstwhile Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Under the erstwhile scheme of SSA and Samagra Shiksha, 2.04 lakh primary schools have been approved for ensuring universal availability of schooling facilities. For the remaining habitations, there is a provision of giving transport and escort facility, and opening of residential schools and hostels under the Samagra Shiksha scheme.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 963 FOR 08.02.2021 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI VIJAY KUMAR REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Statement showing State/UT-wise number of Government primary schools / Government schools with primary sections without drinking water facility, toilets and buildings

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   Number of primary schools /schools with primary sections without Drinking water facility |   Number of primary schools /schools with primary sections without Toilet |   Number of primary schools /schools with primary sections without Building |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                                                                                          1 |                                                                         0 |                                                                           4 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                                                                                       6575 |                                                                       865 |                                                                         610 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                                                                                       1327 |                                                                       621 |                                                                          15 |
| 4        | Assam                     |                                                                                       2427 |                                                                       805 |                                                                         664 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                                                                                        261 |                                                                       376 |                                                                        2065 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                           2 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                                                                                        299 |                                                                       300 |                                                                         372 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                           1 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                           0 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                          28 |
| 11       | Goa                       |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                          24 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |                                                                                          6 |                                                                        47 |                                                                         431 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |                                                                                         30 |                                                                        39 |                                                                          64 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          |                                                                                         11 |                                                                        83 |                                                                          54 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           |                                                                                       1167 |                                                                      1053 |                                                                        2529 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |                                                                                       1017 |                                                                       202 |                                                                         147 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |                                                                                        595 |                                                                       712 |                                                                         420 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |                                                                                         50 |                                                                        37 |                                                                         146 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                           4 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |                                                                                       2712 |                                                                      1021 |                                                                         991 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |                                                                                       1238 |                                                                       741 |                                                                        1356 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                                                                                        398 |                                                                       323 |                                                                          60 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |                                                                                       3642 |                                                                       680 |                                                                         555 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                                                                                        106 |                                                                        70 |                                                                           5 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                                                                                        713 |                                                                       127 |                                                                           3 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                                                                                          0 |                                                                         0 |                                                                         226 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                                                                                          1 |                                                                         0 |                                                                           4 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                                                                                         18 |                                                                         8 |                                                                         118 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                                                                                       4694 |                                                                      1458 |                                                                        1674 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                                                                                          2 |                                                                         2 |                                                                          15 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                |                                                                                       1749 |                                                                         5 |                                                                         402 |
| 32       | Telangana                 |                                                                                       2341 |                                                                       685 |                                                                         749 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                                                                                        910 |                                                                       128 |                                                                          13 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |                                                                                       2702 |                                                                      1708 |                                                                        1756 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                                                                                        904 |                                                                       171 |                                                                         142 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                                                                                        634 |                                                                        48 |                                                                        1889 |
| Total    | Total                     |                                                                                      36530 |                                                                     12315 |                                                                       17538 |

Source: UDISE+ 2018-19 (Provisional)