Lok Sabha Question No. 5196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Smart Classes in North East Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Agatha K. Sangma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## Smart Classes in North East Schools

## 5196.  KUMARI AGATHA K. SANGMA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  audits  on  the  coverage,  status  and functionality of Smart Classes in rural India;
- (b) if so, the details when such an audit was last conducted and whether the report of the same can be accessed and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has made any special provision in budgetary allocations, approvals,  and  utilizations  for  Smart  Classes  under  various  schemes,  for  North  Eastern Region and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (c): Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments.

Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education prepared 'The India Report on Digital Education' which shows the digital and remote learning initiatives through  the  use  of  digital  technology  across  the  country.  These  digital  initiatives  of  the DoSE&L  and  the  State  and  UT  Governments  have  helped  approximately  25  Crore students in learning. Link for accessing the report is given below:

## The India Report on Digital Education 2020:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/India\_Report\_Digital\_Education \_0.pdf

## The India Report on Digital Education 2021:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/irde\_21.pdf

The  ICT  Labs/Smart  Class  Rooms  are  approved  in  schools  under  the  centrally sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  to  all  the  States/UTs  including  North  Eastern States. State/UT wise, details of financial allocation/ approval & utilisation, year-wise for years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) under the scheme are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS(a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP KUMARI AGATHA K. SANGMA REGARDING SMART CLASSES IN NORTH EAST SCHOOLS

Statement showing State/UT-wise Approval and Expenditure of ICT and Smart Classrooms under Samagra Shiksha

## (Rs in Crore)

| Sl. No   | State/UT                         | Approval   | Approval   | Approval   | Approval          | Approval   | Approval          | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   | Expenditure       | Expenditure               | Expenditure               |
|----------|----------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sl. No   | State/UT                         | 2018-19    | 2019-20    | 2020-21    | 2020-21           | 2021-22    | 2021-22           | 2018- 19      | 2019- 20      | 2020-21       | 2020-21           | 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) | 2021-22 (till 31.01.2022) |
| Sl. No   | State/UT                         | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab    | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab       | ICT Lab       | ICT Lab       | Smart Class room* | ICT Lab                   | Smart Class room*         |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands        | 4.7        | 0.7        | 2.7        | 4.1               | 3.0        | 0.0               | 1.0           | 3.5           | 3.6           | 4.0               | 2.2                       | 0.0                       |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                   | 30.0       | 48.5       | 33.1       | 0.0               | 59.3       | 26.9              | 0.0           | 24.3          | 0.0           | 0.0               | 26.4                      | 0.0                       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                | 2.3        | 2.1        | 4.4        | 0.0               | 5.6        | 0.0               | 0.0           | 8.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.5                       | 0.0                       |
| 4        | Assam                            | 18.1       | 40.5       | 71.0       | 0.0               | 155.0      | 87.4              | 22.0          | 43.3          | 40.2          | 0.0               | 16.8                      | 0.0                       |
| 5        | Bihar                            | 46.2       | 30.8       | 11.9       | 0.0               | 0.0        | 65.7              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 6        | Chandigarh                       | 1.0        | 0.5        | 0.7        | 0.0               | 0.3        | 2.1               | 0.9           | 0.8           | 0.7           | 0.0               | 0.2                       | 0.0                       |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                     | 24.2       | 0.0        | 1.0        | 63.0              | 13.8       | 70.9              | 3.3           | 27.7          | 0.5           | 36.7              | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 8        | Daman & Diu Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.4        | 0.0        | 0.9        | 0.0               | 2.2        | 2.0               | 0.3           | 0.0           | 0.6           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 9        | Delhi                            | 1.4        | 0.0        | 10.0       | 0.9               | 0.0        | 21.5              | 18.2          | 10.0          | 9.2           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 10       | Goa                              | 0.0        | 14.8       | 0.2        | 0.0               | 0.2        | 0.0               | 0.3           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 11       | Gujarat                          | 0.3        | 0.0        | 0.0        | 43.5              | 0.0        | 104.0             | 0.0           | 10.8          | 10.2          | 0.0               | 19.5                      | 0.0                       |
| 12       | Haryana                          | 32.0       | 22.8       | 0.0        | 36.5              | 18.3       | 29.0              | 17.0          | 0.0           | 39.5          | 29.9              | 2.0                       | 1.2                       |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                 | 59.3       | 0.0        | 55.6       | 0.0               | 35.7       | 39.2              | 57.1          | 40.0          | 10.3          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                  | 49.1       | 45.3       | 26.1       | 0.0               | 51.8       | 12.4              | 26.7          | 12.6          | 56.0          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 15       | Jharkhand                        | 51.0       | 24.4       | 73.1       | 0.0               | 79.1       | 12.5              | 15.2          | 31.2          | 25.9          | 0.0               | 6.1                       | 0.0                       |
| 16       | Karnataka                        | 15.1       | 50.8       | 76.2       | 0.0               | 63.7       | 0.0               | 33.4          | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 17       | Kerala                           | 47.6       | 12.5       | 0.0        | 0.0               | 0.0        | 2.8               | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 18       | Ladakh                           | 0.0        | 0.0        | 4.4        | 0.0               | 2.1        | 0.5               | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 5.9                       | 0.0                       |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                      | 1.2        | 0.0        | 0.3        | 0.0               | 0.3        | 0.2               | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                   | 9.7        | 0.0        | 0.0        | 0.0               | 28.2       | 16.8              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 21       | Maharashtra                      | 110.7      | 154.9      | 35.0       | 0.0               | 0.0        | 21.3              | 110.7         | 42.1          | 34.5          | 0.0               | 4.7                       | 0.0                       |
| 22       | Manipur                          | 7.8        | 12.3       | 15.6       | 0.0               | 10.0       | 7.4               | 6.5           | 13.5          | 23.1          | 0.0               | 3.3                       | 0.0                       |
| 23       | Meghalaya                        | 0.0        | 2.8        | 12.4       | 0.0               | 5.7        | 0.0               | 3.3           | 0.1           | 5.0           | 0.0               | 2.1                       | 0.0                       |
| 24       | Mizoram                          | 0.9        | 0.0        | 3.3        | 0.0               | 0.8        | 4.8               | 0.8           | 0.0           | 2.6           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 25       | Nagaland                         | 0.9        | 0.5        | 0.0        | 11.4              | 0.0        | 2.7               | 0.9           | 0.0           | 0.4           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 7.7                       |
| 26       | Odisha                           | 233.0      | 98.8       | 120.2      | 9.2               | 43.4       | 107.3             | 131.1         | 148.1         | 150.1         | 9.2               | 30.0                      | 0.0                       |
| 27       | Puducherry                       | 4.8        | 2.5        | 3.4        | 0.0               | 1.1        | 2.4               | 6.7           | 2.5           | 4.3           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 28       | Punjab                           | 6.6        | 0.0        | 12.5       | 0.0               | 37.5       | 68.9              | 6.6           | 42.1          | 19.3          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 29       | Rajasthan                        | 69.1       | 36.4       | 42.5       | 39.9              | 38.1       | 66.1              | 50.8          | 33.8          | 48.2          | 0.1               | 48.1                      | 3.3                       |
| 30       | Sikkim                           | 6.7        | 4.1        | 3.6        | 0.0               | 8.9        | 5.7               | 2.2           | 5.9           | 3.2           | 0.0               | 4.2                       | 3.7                       |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                       | 0.0        | 104.3      | 54.3       | 0.0               | 149.9      | 20.8              | 214.4         | 77.8          | 53.1          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 32       | Telangana                        | 52.7       | 40.5       | 13.5       | 0.0               | 39.1       | 72.2              | 26.7          | 0.0           | 70.0          | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
| 33       | Tripura                          | 0.0        | 5.7        | 4.5        | 0.0               | 22.8       | 6.0               | 0.0           | 0.0           | 18.4          | 0.0               | 3.2                       | 0.0                       |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                    | 37.4       | 1.1        | 0.0        | 50.4              | 0.0        | 13.0              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0 6.0                   | 0.0                       |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                      | 0.0        | 1.3        | 12.0       | 27.4              | 34.6       | 17.0              | 0.0           | 33.0          | 10.3          | 9.6               |                           | 0.0                       |
| 36       | West Bengal                      | 0.0        | 0.0        | 8.0        | 0.0               | 93.3       | 47.2              | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0           | 0.0               | 0.0                       | 0.0                       |
|          | Total                            | 924.2      | 759.1      | 712.6      | 286.2             | 1003.8     | 956.8             | 756.0         | 611.1         | 639.0         | 89.7              | 181. 0                    | 16.0                      |

Source: PRABANDH

*Provision for Smart Classrooms introduced in Samagra Shiksha in 2020-21.

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