Lok Sabha Question No. 2318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-01
Subject: Smart Schools in Rajasthan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2318 ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022

## Smart Schools in Rajasthan

## †2318.    SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Central Government has received any proposals from the States including from Rajasthan to set up Smart Schools;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has accorded administrative and financial approvals  for  the said proposals; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## ANSWER (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (d): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under  domain  of  respective  State  and  UT  Governments.  Department  of  School  Education  and Literacy  has  launched  the  Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  from 2018-19.  It  envisages  the  'school'  as  a  continuum  from  pre-school,  primary,  upper  primary, secondary  to  Senior  Secondary  levels.  It  is  an  overarching  programme  for  the  school  education sector  extending  from  pre-school  to  class  XII  and  aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and  equitable  quality education at all levels of school education. Samagra Shiksha is implemented in partnership with all the  States  and  UTs  and  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  all  States  and  UTs  for  various components including strengthening of ICT infrastructure in schools. Under Samagra Shiksha, ICT component  envisages  covering  all  Government  and  Aided  schools  from  classes  VI  to  XII  and Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs), subject to the availability of budgetary provision.

ICT component covers Government and Aided Schools having classes from VI to XII which will  enable  use  of  ICT  resources  from  younger  grades.  Based  on  the  proposal  received  from State/UT Governments including Rajasthan, ICT Labs were approved in Project Approval Board (PAB)  meetings  held  in  various  years.  Till  date  ICT  Labs  are  approved  in  120614  schools  and Smart classrooms are approved in 82120 schools. Total 1482565 TABs have been sanctioned to the teachers dealing primary classes. ICT Labs are already functional in 78863 Schools and Smart Class rooms  are  already  functional  in  9630  Schools.  The  State/UT-wise  approval  of  ICT  and  Smart Classrooms under Samagra Shiksha for the year 2021-22 and 2022-23 is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2318 ANSWERED ON 01.08.2022 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI RAHUL KASWAN REGARDING SMART SCHOOLS IN RAJASTHAN

Statement  showing  State/UT-wise  approval  of  ICT  and  Smart  Classrooms  under  Samagra Shiksha for the year 2021-22 and 2022-23

(Rs. in Crore)

| S.   |                          | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | Smart Classroom   | Smart Classroom   | Smart Classroom   | Smart Classroom   |
|------|--------------------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|      | State/UT                 | Physical   | Physical   | Financial  | Financial  | Physical          | Physical          | Financial         | Financial         |
| No.  |                          | 2021- 2022 | 2022- 2023 | 2021- 2022 | 2022- 2023 | 2021- 2022        | 2022- 2023        | 2021- 2022        | 2022- 2023        |
| 1    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 2          | 8          | 3.0        | 3.5        | 0                 | 0                 | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| 2    | Andhra Pradesh           | 917        | 710        | 59.3       | 60.5       | 1096              | 435               | 26.9              | 11.6              |
| 3    | Arunachal Pradesh        | 43         | 39         | 5.6        | 7.0        | 0                 | 107               | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| 4    | Assam                    | 1859       | 645        | 155.0      | 108.2      | 3643              | 240               | 87.4              | 12.7              |
| 5    | Bihar                    | 0          | 2454       | 0.0        | 180.9      | 2739              | 126               | 65.7              | 8.2               |
| 6    | Chandigarh               | 2          | 0          | 0.3        | 0.2        | 89                | 95                | 2.1               | 0.6               |
| 7    | Chhattisgarh             | 67         | 0          | 13.8       | 0.0        | 2714              | 0                 | 70.9              | 5.8               |
| 8    | D&D - D&NH               | 28         | 25         | 2.2        | 3.2        | 84                | 51                | 2.0               | 1.5               |
| 9    | Delhi                    | 0          | 7          | 0.0        | 0.5        | 895               | 45                | 21.5              | 1.1               |
| 10   | Goa                      | 0          | 0          | 0.2        | 0.2        | 0                 | 0                 | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| 11   | Gujarat                  | 0          | 0          | 0.0        | 0.0        | 4335              | 0                 | 104.0             | 0.0               |
| 12   | Haryana                  | 232        | 113        | 18.3       | 23.0       | 1154              | 342               | 29.0              | 18.4              |
| 13   | Himachal Pradesh         | 480        | 282        | 35.7       | 32.2       | 1632              | 616               | 39.2              | 19.1              |
| 14   | Jammu and Kashmir        | 220        | 203        | 51.8       | 60.5       | 518               | 834               | 12.4              | 22.6              |
| 15   | Jharkhand                | 896        | 504        | 79.1       | 95.2       | 519               | 121               | 12.5              | 3.7               |
| 16   | Karnataka                | 764        | 0          | 63.7       | 0.0        | 0                 | 1768              | 0.0               | 42.4              |
| 17   | Kerala                   | 0          | 0          | 0.0        | 0.0        | 115               | 257               | 2.8               | 6.4               |
| 18   | Ladakh                   | 6          | 16         | 2.1        | 3.4        | 38                | 8                 | 0.5               | 0.1               |
| 19   | Lakshadweep              | 0          | 0          | 0.3        | 0.3        | 0                 | 0                 | 0.2               | 0.0               |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh           | 441        | 0          | 28.2       | 0.0        | 700               | 658               | 16.8              | 19.4              |
| 21   | Maharashtra              | 0          | 0          | 0.0        | 0.0        | 887               | 2405              | 21.3              | 57.7              |
| 22   | Manipur                  | 28         | 34         | 10.0       | 11.5       | 311               | 140               | 7.4               | 4.8               |
| 23   | Meghalaya                | 25         | 28         | 5.7        | 8.5        | 0                 | 14                | 0.0               | 0.4               |
| 24   | Mizoram                  | 0          | 62         | 0.8        | 5.7        | 201               | 28                | 4.8               | 1.1               |
| 25   | Nagaland                 | 0          | 0          | 0.0        | 0.0        | 74                | 47                | 2.7               | 1.2               |
| 26   | Odisha                   | 302        | 0          | 43.4       | 0.0        | 4471              | 2119              | 107.3             | 50.9              |
| 27   | Puducherry               | 6          | 0          | 1.1        | 0.0        | 100               | 45                | 2.4               | 1.1               |
| 28   | Punjab                   | 435        | 559        | 37.5       | 45.4       | 2872              | 649               | 68.9              | 15.6              |
| 29   | Rajasthan                | 398        | 412        | 38.1       | 55.4       | 5509              | 408               | 66.1              | 12.9              |
| 30   | Sikkim                   | 82         | 0          | 8.9        | 4.6        | 238               | 32                | 5.7               | 1.6               |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu               | 1893       | 2211       | 149.9      | 185.4      | 865               | 0                 | 20.8              | 2.5               |
| 32   | Telangana                | 0          | 94         | 39.1       | 19.6       | 3010              | 0                 | 72.2              | 0.0               |
| 33   | Tripura                  | 239        | 294        | 22.8       | 32.8       | 249               | 563               | 6.0               | 15.1              |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh            | 0          | 289        | 0.0        | 18.5       | 543               | 18444             | 13.0              | 442.7             |
| 35   | Uttarakhand              | 240        | 0          | 34.6       | 22.1       | 709               | 195               | 17.0              | 6.6               |
| 36   | West Bengal              | 1173       | 0          | 93.3       | 0.0        | 0                 | 0                 | 0.0               | 0.0               |
|      | Total                    | 10778      | 8989       | 1003.8     | 988.2      | 40310             | 30792             | 909.6             | 787.4             |

Source: PRABANDH