Lok Sabha Question No. 2822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod, Ajay Nishad, Chandan Singh, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2822 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas

2822. SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD:

SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

SHRI CHANDAN SINGH:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is providing residential schools under Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  for  the  girl  students  from  Scheduled  Castes/Scheduled  Tribes/Other Backward  Castes,  Minority  Communities  and  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  families  in educationally backward blocks;

- (b) if so, the number of students provided such educational facilities during the last five years and the current year State/UT-wise;
- (c) the norms/criteria adopted for opening of KGBVs in the country along with the objectives for setting up such Vidyalayas;
- (d) the number of KGBVs functioning along with number of teachers in these Vidyalayas at present, State/UT-wise;
- (e)  whether  the  female  literacy  rate  in  rural  areas  was  below  national  average  and  if  so, whether  the  KGBVs  has  been  able  to  improve  the  rural  literacy  rate  in  educationally backward blocks; and

(f) whether the Government is considering to open more KGBVs in the country, particularly in all the Educationally Backward Blocks of the country so as to improve female literacy rate and if so, details thereof State-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) & (b) : Yes  sir.  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalaya  (KGBV)  is  a  provision  under Samagra  Shiksha,  a  flagship  scheme  of  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy, Ministry  of  Education.  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 10.03.2022, a total of 5627 KGBVs have been sanctioned in the country. Out of

- it, 5018 KGBVs are operational with the enrolment of 665130 girls. Category-wise enrolment of girls in KGBVs is as under:

| Total KGBVs Functional   | Enrollment   | Enrollment   | Enrollment   | Enrollment   | Enrollment   | Enrollment   |
|--------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|                          | SC Girls     | ST Girls     | OBC Girls    | Muslim Girls | BPL Girls    | Total Girls  |
| 5018                     | 183091       | 172837       | 236352       | 26438        | 46412        | 665130       |

(

Source : Prabandh )

State/UT-wise list of KGBVs with the number of girls enrolled during the last five years and in the current year is at Annexure-I.

- (c) : KGBVs are setup in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of the country where female rural literacy rate is below  the  national  average i.e. 46.13% as per Census 2001 with the objective to ensure access and quality education to girls belongs to disadvantaged groups and to reduce gender gaps at all levels of school education.

Initially, the  EBBs  were  defined as  blocks  where  rural  female  literacy rate  is below    the    national    average  i.e.  46.13%    as    per    Census    2001    and  Gender    Gap    in Literacy    being    above  the    national    average    of    21.59%.    Both  these  criteria  had  been earmarked by the Registrar General of India (RGI). Further, the definition of EBBs has been revised  in  2010  to  include  blocks  where  female  rural  literacy  rate  is  below  the  national average i.e. 46.13% as per Census 2001.

- (d) : State/UT-wise  list  of  functioning  KGBVs  along  with  number  of  teachers  as  on 10.03.2022 is at Annexure-II.
- (e) : The  female  rural  literacy  rate  has  increased  from    46.13%  as  per  Census  2001  to 57.93% as per Census 2011.
- (f) : Presently, all the EBBs are covered with KGBVs.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2822  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.03.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD, SHRI AJAY NISHAD,  SHRI  CHANDAN  SINGH,  SHRIMATI  SUPRIYA SULE, SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA, DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S., SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE,  DR.  AMOL  RAMSING  KOLHEREGARDING  'KASTURBA  GANDHI  BALIKA VIDYALAYAS'.

State/UT-wise list of KGBVs with the number of girls enrolled during the last five years and in the current year

| S. No   | State Name        | Girls enrolled   | Girls enrolled   | Girls enrolled   | Girls enrolled   | Girls enrolled   | Girls enrolled             |
|---------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------------------|
|         |                   | 2016-17          | 2017-18          | 2018-19          | 2019-20          | 2020-21          | 2021-22 (as on 10.03.2022) |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    | 43636            | 43636            | 77906            | 89863            | 94586            | 95662                      |
| 2       | Arunachal         | 5483             | 5483             | 5528             | 5646             | 7422             | 7433                       |
| 3       | Pradesh Assam     | 3000             | 3000             | 6723             | 8077             | 9776             | 10084                      |
| 4       | Bihar             | 50569            | 49949            | 54017            | 54545            | 57175            | 59291                      |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      | 9284             | 9283             | 16681            | 16528            | 16745            | (as on 15906               |
| 6       | Dadra And Nagar   | 44               | 33               | 116              | 117              | 84               | 10.03.2022)) 100           |
| 7       | Haveli Gujarat    | 6577             | 6385             | 15175            | 16016            | 17706            | 18176                      |
| 8       | Haryana           | 2536             | 2536             | 3390             | 3826             | 4362             | 5407                       |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh  | 481              | 492              | 757              | 783              | 795              | 795                        |
| 10      | Jammu And Kashmir | 4147             | 4253             | 4075             | 4173             | 4171             | 4258                       |
| 11      | Jharkhand         | 26083            | 26083            | 77207            | 65167            | 70377            | 70377                      |
| 12      | Karnataka         | 8133             | 8210             | 12567            | 13170            | 12405            | 12626                      |
| 13      | Kerala            | 0                | 0                | 0                | 0                | 0                | 0                          |
| 14      | Ladakh            | 0                | 0                | 0                | 0                | 799              | 799                        |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    | 28715            | 28715            | 49956            | 50141            | 49749            | 51593                      |
| 16      | Maharashtra       | 4281             | 4018             | 5362             | 5996             | 6471             | 6953                       |
| 17      | Manipur           | 1113             | 1113             | 1628             | 1493             | 2156             | 2165                       |
| 18      | Meghalaya         | 500              | 500              | 500              | 500              | 500              | 500                        |
| 19      | Mizoram           | 100              | 100              | 132              | 132              | 150              | 150                        |
| 20      | Nagaland          | 1100             | 1100             | 1100             | 1118             | 1600             | 1800                       |
| 21      | Odisha            | 18249            | 18400            | 20443            | 27500            | 29256            | 30969                      |
| 22      | Punjab            | 1593             | 1559             | 2604             | 2496             | 2731             | 2803                       |
| 23      | Rajasthan         | 19578 119        | 19984 159        | 37322 206        | 38419 210        | 40474 210        | 40022                      |
| 24      | Sikkim            |                  |                  |                  |                  |                  | 210                        |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        | 4534             | 4465             | 8585             | 8816             | 9171             | 9162                       |
| 26      | Telangana         | 44698            | 44698            | 99445            | 118600           | 121933           | 123806                     |
| 27      | Tripura           | 800              | 800              | 1530             | 1516             | 1634             | 1670                       |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     | 73203            | 73203            | 74881            | 76203            | 78398            | 78820                      |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       | 1357             | 1335             | 2998             | 3261             | 3430             | 3496                       |
| 30      | West Bengal       | 7937             | 7937             | 10129            | 10129            | 10097            | 10097                      |
|         | Total             | 367850           | 367429           | 590963           | 624441           | 654363           | 665130                     |

(Source: Prabandh)

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2822  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.03.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RATANSINH  MAGANSINH RATHOD,  SHRI  AJAY  NISHAD,  SHRI  CHANDAN  SINGH,  SHRIMATI  SUPRIYA  SULE,  SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA, DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S., SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE, DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHEREGARDING 'KASTURBA GANDHI BALIKA VIDYALAYAS'.

State/UT-wise list of functioning KGBVs along with number of teachers

| S. No.   | State            |   No. of KGBVs Functional |   Teachers* |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------|-------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                       499 |        5095 |
| 2        | Ar. Pradesh      |                        65 |         606 |
| 3        | Assam            |                       122 |        1111 |
| 4        | Bihar            |                       644 |        2403 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh     |                       121 |         867 |
| 6        | D &NHaveli       |                         2 |           6 |
| 7        | Gujarat          |                       164 |         843 |
| 8        | Haryana          |                        66 |         224 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh |                        13 |          55 |
| 10       | J&K              |                        89 |         703 |
| 11       | Jharkhand        |                       203 |        2315 |
| 12       | Karnataka        |                       144 |         791 |
| 13       | Kerala           |                         0 |           0 |
| 14       | Ladakh           |                        14 |          85 |
| 15       | Madhya Pradesh   |                       408 |        1832 |
| 16       | Maharashtra      |                        86 |         393 |
| 17       | Manipur          |                        12 |         118 |
| 18       | Meghalaya        |                        10 |          90 |
| 19       | Mizoram          |                         2 |           7 |
| 20       | Nagaland         |                        20 |          65 |
| 21       | Odisha           |                       243 |         792 |
| 22       | Punjab           |                        29 |         157 |
| 23       | Rajasthan        |                       316 |        1539 |
| 24       | Sikkim           |                         1 |           9 |
| 25       | Tamil Nadu       |                       105 |         641 |
| 26       | Telangana        |                       696 |        6755 |
| 27       | Tripura          |                        15 |          42 |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh    |                       760 |        5282 |
| 29       | Uttarakhand      |                        48 |         139 |
| 30       | West Bengal      |                       121 |         775 |
|          | Grand Total      |                      5018 |       33740 |

(Source: Prabandh)