Lok Sabha Question No. 1757 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: School Going Childern from Labourer’s Families
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1757 ANSWERED ON 13/02/2023

## School Going Childern from Labourer's Families

## 1757. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  of  school  going  children  who  are  also  involved  as labourers with their families and if so, the details thereof especially in Bihar;

(b) the number of children who could not attend the school due to above reason;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme  to  bring  these  children  back  to  school  either  by limiting their involvement as labourers with their families or by compensating their families; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) and (b): The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data  on  indicators  of  school  education  provided  by  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories.  In  the UDISE+,  DoSEL  collects  data  on  schools,  teachers  and  students,  management-wise  and  school category wise. Data on child laboures and their families are not being collected in UDISE+.

(c) and (d) Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Government. The Department of School Education and Literacy with effect from 2018-19 has launched an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School  Education-  Samagra  Shiksha.  However,  the  scheme  has  now  been  aligned  with  the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to ensure that all children have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.

Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for undertaking various activities to reduce number of Out of School Children (OoSC) including opening/strengthening of new schools upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & additional classrooms, setting  up,  up-gradation  and  running  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas,  setting  up  of  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, free uniforms, free text books, transport allowance and undertaking enrolment & retention drives. Further, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children and residential as well as non-residential training for older children, seasonal hostels / residential camps, special training centres at worksites, transport/ escort facility are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. Further, under the student oriented  component  for  the  children  with  special  needs,  financial  assistance  is  provided  for identification and assessment of children with special needs, aids and appliances, braille kits and books, appropriate teaching learning material and stipend to girl students with disability etc

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