Lok Sabha Question No. 3602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Boarding Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3602 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Boarding Schools

## 3602.  SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  maintaining  the  statistics  of  the  boarding  schools  run  by  various organisations  across  the  country  and  mainly  in  boarding  school  hubs  like  Panchgani  and  Pune  in Mahrashtra, Bengaluru in Karnataka and Ooty in Tamilnadu and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there is a regulation on the fee limit of these boarding schools; and
- (c) whether the IB and IGCSE Syllabus incorporated by few of these schools will not be a hindrance for further studies of these students in our education system and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a): As per data of Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE +) of 2019-20, the total number of Residential Schools in the country is 37385, including 4311 in Maharashtra, 2144 in Karnataka and 822 in Tamil Nadu.

Under  Ministry  of  Education  (MoE),  there  are  two  kinds  of  residential  schools  namely,  Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNV) and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV).  Under Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme, 661 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas have been sanctioned in the 638 districts in the country as on 31.05.2014, except Tamil Nadu state which has not yet accepted the scheme.  There is one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in each of Satara (Panchgani) & Pune districts of Maharashtra state, Bengaluru Rural & Bengaluru Urban  districts  of  Karnataka  state.    Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalaya  (KGBV)  under  Samagra  Shiksha Scheme 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).  The  KGBVs  are  set  up  in  Educationally  Backward Blocks (EBBs) of a State/UT where the female rural literacy rate is below the national average.  A total of 5615 KGBVs have been sanctioned in the country with the enrolment of 6.50 lakh girls.

- (b): Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and schools, other than those owned / funded by Central Government, are under the jurisdiction of the State Governments. Thus, the matter relating to fees and its components in schools are regulated in terms of Rules and Instructions of the State Government concerned.
- (c): No Sir.  The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) has been given the mandate by MoE to give equivalence to the certificates awarded under the International Baccalaureate (IB) and International General Certificate  of  Secondary  Education  (IGCSE)  /  GCSE  Examinations  to  corresponding  school  certificates awarded by Education  Boards in  India,  on  fulfilling  specified  conditions  and  are  considered  by  the  Indian Universities for admission into under graduate programmes.

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