Lok Sabha Question No. 580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: Consolidation of Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-580

ANSWERED ON 06/02/2023

## Consolidation of Schools

## 580. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of one-teacher schools as on date, State-wise;
- (b) the number of primary, secondary and senior secondary schools as on date, State-wise;
- (c) the list of States which have carried out the exercise of consolidation of schools, along with the number of schools closed down in the last three years, State-wise;
- (d) whether the ministry has issued any guidelines for rationalisation/consolidation of schools; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  weblink  of  the  webpage  where  these  guidelines  are available?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a):  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. As per data recorded in UDISE+, one-teacher schools for the year 2021-22 are at Annexure-I.
- (b) : As  per  data  recorded  in  UDISE+,  Primary,  Secondary  and  Senior  Secondary  schools  for  the year 2021-22 are at Annexure-II.
- (c) to (e): Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and the Consolidation of schools are within the purview of respective State Government and UT Administration. The Right of Children to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  provides  children's  access  to  elementary schools within the defined area or limits of neighbourhood. In pursuance to Section 6 of the RTE Act, all States have notified area or limits of their neighbourhood norms. Further, Section 8 of the RTE Act, 2009 also mandates that the appropriate government shall provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child and will ensure availability of neighbourhood schools. As per data recorded in UDISE+, total schools for the year 2019-20 to 2021-22 are as under:

| School Management/Year   |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|--------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Total schools            |   1507708 |   1509136 |   1489115 |

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 580 ASKED BY SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, HON'BLE MP, LOK SABHA TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023, REGARDING ' CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS '

Tota l number of one-teacher Schools for the year 2021-22 - State-wise

| Sr. no.   | Name of State/UT                   |   one-teacher Schools |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |                     4 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |                 12386 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                   769 |
| 4         | Assam                              |                  3361 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |                  5227 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |                     0 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |                  5480 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                     1 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |                    19 |
| 10        | Goa                                |                   243 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |                  1657 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |                   841 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |                  3039 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                  2448 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |                  7322 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |                  7848 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |                   310 |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |                    68 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |                     0 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |                 16630 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |                  5906 |
| 22        | Manipur                            |                   148 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |                  1320 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |                    61 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |                    29 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |                  3169 |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |                     0 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |                  2523 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |                 10878 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |                    43 |
| 31        | Tamilnadu                          |                  2702 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |                  6392 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |                   204 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                        |                  3455 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh                      |                  8040 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |                  4762 |
| India     | India                              |                117285 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 580 ASKED BY SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, HON'BLE MP, LOK SABHA TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023, REGARDING ' CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS '

Primary, Secondary and Senior Secondary schools for the year 2021-22 - State-wise

| Sr. no.   | Name of State/UT                   |   Primary |   Secondary |   Senior Secondary |
|-----------|------------------------------------|-----------|-------------|--------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           |       218 |          53 |                 69 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     |     38430 |       11877 |               3164 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  |      1847 |         319 |                164 |
| 4         | Assam                              |     40482 |        7290 |               2415 |
| 5         | Bihar                              |     42505 |        3855 |               8620 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         |        21 |          71 |                102 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       |     32723 |        2737 |               4610 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |       184 |          45 |                 54 |
| 9         | Delhi                              |      2594 |         357 |               1842 |
| 10        | Goa                                |       892 |         420 |                123 |
| 11        | Gujarat                            |     13827 |        4638 |               8126 |
| 12        | Haryana                            |      9716 |        3009 |               5578 |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   |     11085 |        1728 |               2538 |
| 14        | Jammu &Kashmir                     |     14824 |        3150 |               1266 |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          |     23706 |        3191 |               1757 |
| 16        | Karnataka                          |     24470 |       15385 |               5671 |
| 17        | Kerala                             |      6812 |        1941 |               2972 |
| 18        | Ladakh                             |       379 |         112 |                 50 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                        |        16 |           0 |                 13 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh                     |     62413 |        8306 |               9757 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                        |     51152 |       17741 |              10871 |
| 22        | Manipur                            |      2422 |         958 |                271 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                          |      9223 |        1462 |                386 |
| 24        | Mizoram                            |      1481 |         706 |                205 |
| 25        | Nagaland                           |      1157 |         576 |                198 |
| 26        | Odisha                             |     29326 |        9497 |               2419 |
| 27        | Puducherry                         |       275 |         190 |                197 |
| 28        | Punjab                             |     13536 |        4186 |               5337 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                          |     38983 |       10775 |              20631 |
| 30        | Sikkim                             |       685 |         150 |                117 |
| 31        | Tamilnadu                          |     35062 |        5499 |               8997 |
| 32        | Telangana                          |     20711 |       12045 |               2639 |
| 33        | Tripura                            |      2522 |         702 |                479 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand                        |     13404 |        1407 |               2578 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh                      |    138078 |       12783 |              20763 |
| 36        | West Bengal                        |     75299 |        3291 |               7419 |
| India     | India                              |    760460 |      150452 |             142398 |

Source: UDISE+

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