Lok Sabha Question No. 1155 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-06
Subject: Digital Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1155

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## Digital Education

## 1155.  SHRI MANOJ KOTAK: SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  started  Smart  Class  System  emergence  of  digital technologies from school to higher education;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the  details  of  'Smart  Class  System  Scheme'  in  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs);

(d) the number of classes for which this system has been set up under the said scheme, in the States of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

(e) whether the Government proposes to set up smart class system in all the classrooms and if so, the details of the target set for this purpose?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b):  Samagra  Shiksha  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.  Under  the  Information  &  Communication Technology (ICT) component of the Scheme, there is a provision to impart computer literacy and computer enabled learning to children, by developing and deploying curriculum based interactive  multimedia,  digital  books,  virtual  labs  etc.  across  the  country.  It  supports establishment of smart classrooms, and ICT labs in schools, including support for hardware, educational software and e-content for teaching. It envisages covering all Government/Government-aided schools with classes VI to XII.

(c): Government  accords  high  priority  to  promotion  of  smart  classrooms  in  schools  all over the country including Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. In the Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya  Vidyalayas, Smart class systems (e-classrooms)

facilities  have  been  set  up  in  the  form  of  desktop/Tablet  based  system,  interactive  board displays, etc.

- (d): The number of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms for Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh has been mentioned in the table below:
- (e): Setting up of smart class system is a continuous process which depends upon various factors  such  as  physical  &  financial  progress  of  earlier  approvals,  availability  of  electricity, Internet connectivity, etc.

| No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   | No. of Schools Approved for Smart Classrooms   |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Sl.                                            | State                                          | 2021-22                                        | 2021-22                                        | 2021-22                                        | 2020-21                                        | 2020-21                                        | 2020-21                                        |
| No.                                            |                                                | Elementary                                     | Secondary                                      | Total                                          | Elementary                                     | Secondary                                      | Total                                          |
| 1                                              | Maharashtra                                    | 663                                            | 224                                            | 887                                            | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 2                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                  | 0                                              | 543                                            | 543                                            | 5043                                           | 0                                              | 5043                                           |

Source: PRABANDH:1.12.2021  (Number of two smart classrooms approved per school)

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