Lok Sabha Question No. 1796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Establishment of Educational Institutes under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in Tamil Nadu and Odisha
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dhanush M Kumar, Manjulata Mandal, Ganesan Selvam, C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1796 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## Establishment of Educational Institutes under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in Tamil Nadu and Odisha

## 1796.   SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR:

## SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

SHRI SELVAM G.:

SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  number  of  schools  and  educational  institutions  established  under  Samagra  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) during the last three years and the current year in Tamil Nadu and Odisha;
- (b)  the details of the amount allocated/released to these States for this purpose during the said period and also the amount utilized by them;
- (c)   whether the Government is providing financial assistance to them to upgrade the primary Schools into multidisciplinary schools under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether the Government is planning to set up many more schools and education centres in them and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)   whether the Government has launched any new Mission in the country under this scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)   the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  standard  of  education  and  school infrastructure in rural India?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Education is in the concurrent List of the Constitution and most of the schools are under jurisdiction of concerned States and UTs. State and UT Governments are the appropriate Governments under Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and have responsibility and mandate to provide school infrastructure in schools in accordance with the norms laid down in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and as per respective RTE rules.

The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education is implementing Samagra Shiksha from 2018-19 to support States and UT,  for ensuring equity and inclusion  at  all  levels  of  schools  education.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  States  and  UTs  are supported for strengthening of existing government schools, and for creation and augmentation of  infrastructure  facilities  based  on  the  gaps  determined  from  Unified  District  Information System for Education (UDISE+) and proposals received from respective State/UT. The need for schools  and  also  the  infrastructural  facilities  in  schools  are  worked  out  every  year  by  the respective State/Union Territory on incremental basis depending on their need and priority and reflected in their Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B). These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated  by  the  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  in  the  Department  of  School Education and Literacy in consultation with the States and UTs.

In  Tamil  Nadu,  3  schools  were  upgraded  from  2019-20  to  2022-23  at  an  Estimated Budget of Rs 480.1 lakh. In Odisha, 62 schools were upgraded from 2019-20 to 2022-23 at an Estimated Budget of Rs 5801 lakh.

## (e) The following initiatives have been taken by this Ministry under Samagra Shiksha: -

## (i) Mission  of  Ameliorating  the  Performance  of  10  Low  Performing  Districts  of  the Country:-

The  ministry  has  launched  the  mission  of  ameliorating  the  performance  of  Low Performing  Districts  (LPDs)  of  the  country  in  school  education  on  22 nd January,  2022.  10 districts have been identified under this mission. Mission aims at uplifting the performance of these  district  regarding  learning  outcome  of  children  in  Grades  3  and  5  at  least  up  to  the State/National average.

## (ii) NIPUN BHARAT initiatives:-

As per the recommendation of NEP 2020, under Samagra Shiksha, a dedicated mission 'National  Initiative  for  Proficiency  in  Reading  with  Understanding  and  Numeracy'  (NIPUN Bharat) was launched by the government on 5 th July 2021, for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy by Grade 3 by 2026-27. For this purpose, a curricular framework for foundational stage, engaging teaching-learning material both for  teachers  and  students  (online  and  offline),  defined  and  measurable  learning  outcomes, teacher capacity building programme, assessment techniques including tracking the achievement of  learning  outcomes,  addressing  the  needs  of  children's  health  and  well-being  including nutrition  etc.  has  been  developed  to  take  it  forward  in  a  systematic  fashion  through  a  5-tier implementation mechanism developed.

So  far,  the  major  initiatives  have  been  taken  under  NIPUN  Bharat  Mission  includes constitution of National Steering Committee for the implementation of NIPUN Bharat Mission; development of Vidya Pravesh Guidelines and Module for Grade I,  launch of NISHTHA-FLN for teachers and school heads of preschool to Grade V, launch of NISHTHA ECCE for-master trainers/resource  persons  for  training  of  preschool  teachers/Anganwadi  workers;  conduct  of Foundational  Learning Study (FLS); creation of DIKSHA FLN portal for availability of FLN resources;  conduct  of  100  Days  Reading  Campaign;  development  of  Guidelines  for  Parent Participation  in  Home-based  Learning  during  School  Closure  and  Beyond;  development  of document having good practices for Community Engagement in Foundational Learning; training of  Academic  Task  Force  (ATF)  and  District  Task  Force  Members  (DTFs);  organization  of National  Conference  on  Initiatives  in  Foundational  Learning:  Voices  from  the  Ground  to exchange  best  practices,  share  status  and  understand  challenges;  and  continuous  tracking  and monitoring of the mission implementation in all the states and UTs.

## (iii) Rejuvenation of basic infrastructure in Government Schools: -

The  ministry  has  approved  a  project  on  Rejuvenation  of  basic  infrastructure  under  Samagra Shiksha in about 1.2 lakh in Govt. Schools across the country with an overall budget estimate of Rs 4590 crore. The interventions covered under the project are major/minor repairs, functional toilets  (boys/girls),  electricity  connections,  functional  drinking  water  facility  and  boundary walls.

(f) The Government is committed to provide quality education by enhancing the standard of education and school infrastructure in the country including rural India.

The  following  initiatives  have  been  taken  by  Government  of  India  to  improve  the standard of school education at all levels:

(i) The Centrally Sponsored Scheme  of Samagra Shiksha has been aligned to the recommendations of NEP 2020. Samagra Shiksha is an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for  school  education extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable  quality  education  at  all  levels  of  school  education.  Samagra  Shiksha  focuses  on improvement  in  quality  of  education  by  providing  support  for  different  interventions  like  inservice training of teachers and school heads, conduct of achievement surveys, composite school grant to every school for providing a conducive learning environment, grants for library, sports and physical activities, etc. Under the scheme, financial assistance is also provided to States and UTs  for  undertaking  various  activities  to  ensure  universal  access  to  education  including opening/strengthening  of  new  schools  upto  senior  secondary  level,  construction  of  school buildings  &  additional  classrooms,  up-gradation  and  running  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika Vidyalayas, setting up of residential schools/hostels.

(ii) National  Initiative  for  Proficiency  in  Reading  with  Understanding  and  Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) has been launched under Samagra Shiksha for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, and e-content for the same has been released in DIKSHA platform.

(iii) Integrated In-service teacher training programme - NISHTHA 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 has been introduced under Samagra Shiksha for different stages of school education for Teachers, Head Teachers/Principals and other stakeholders in Educational Management.

(iv) Learning Outcomes for the Secondary level have been notified.

(v) National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 has been conducted on 12 th  November 2021 to assess children's learning competencies as an indicator of the health of the education system, to take appropriate steps for remedial actions at different levels.

(vi) A 70 indicator based matrix Performance Grading  Index (PGI) has been developed to grade  the  States/UTs.  District  level  Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI)  has  been  prepared  for grading of Districts.

(vii) The Structured Assessment for Analysing Learning levels (SAFAL) framework has been developed  by  CBSE  and  launched  for  Competency-based  assessment  for  grades  3,  5  and  8 focusing on core concepts, application- based questions and higher-order thinking skills.

(viii)   VIDYA  PRAVESH-Guidelines  for Three-month Play-based School Preparation Module,  has  been  released  to  ensure  that  all  children  are  exposed  to  a  warm  and  welcoming environment when they enter Grade-I.

(ix) Introduction  of  Indian  Sign  Language  as  a  subject  at  secondary  level  by  National Institute of open Schooling (NIOS).

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