Lok Sabha Question No. 682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-06
Subject: ICT under Samagra Shiksha Yojana
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hema Malini

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 682 ANSWERED ON 06/02/2023

## ICT under Samagra Shiksha Yojana

†682. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) component of the Samagra  Shiksha  Yojana,  provision  has  been  made  to  provide  computer  literacy  and computer-based  learning  to children by  preparing  and  implementing  curriculum-based interactive multimedia, digital books, virtual labs etc. across the country;

(b)  whether  smart  classes  and  ICT  labs.  are  being  set  up  in  the  schools  in  the  light  of  the above provision; and

(c) the number of schools where ICT labs. in smart classes have been approved, so far and the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the school are under the administrative control of respective State Government and UT Administration. The Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  with  effect  from  2018-19  has  launched  an Integrated Centrally Sponsored Scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha. The scheme has now been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have access  to  quality  education  with  an  equitable  and  inclusive  classroom  environment  which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, different academic abilities and  make  them  active  participants  in  the  learning  process.  Under  the  scheme,  financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for undertaking various activities for universalisation of school education including setting up of ICT Labs and Smart Class rooms.

The  ICT  and  Digital  Initiatives  component  of  Samagra  Shiksha  covers  Government Schools having classes VI to XII. The provisions regarding the same are as under:

## A. Budgetary provisions

The non- recurring/recurring  grant under  'ICT and Digital  Initiatives' for schools is available to the States and UTs for following two options:

Option I: Under this option, schools which have not availed the ICT facility earlier can either opt for ICT or smart classrooms as per their requirement and need. In case of more than 700 enrolments, an additional ICT lab can also be considered.

Option II: Under this option, schools which have already availed the ICT facility earlier can avail smart classrooms/tablets as per the norms of the scheme.

## B. Financial provisions

ICT Lab: A non-recurring grant of up to Rs. 6.40 lakh per school and recurring grant of upto Rs. 2.40 lakh per school per annum for a period of 5 years.

Smart Classrooms: The non-recurring grant for Smart Class rooms is of Rs. 2.40 lakh and the recurring grant is Rs. 0.38 lakh

To facilitate online education, a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA has been initiated as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan on 17th May, 2020, which unifies all efforts related  to  digital/online/on-air  education  to  enable  multi-mode  access  to  education.  The initiative includes:

- DIKSHA  (one  nation,  one  digital  platform)  is  the  nation's  digital  infrastructure  for providing  quality  e-content  for  school  education  in  states/UTs  and  QR  coded  Energized Textbooks for all grades are available on it.
- One  earmarked  Swayam  Prabha  TV  channel  per  class  from  1  to  12  (one  class,  one channel).
- Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani.
- Special  e-content  for  visually  and  hearing  impaired  developed  on  Digitally  Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.

(b) & (c):  The details of the ICT Labs and Smart Class rooms sanctioned State / UT wise are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (B) AND (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI REGARDING 'ICT UNDER SAMAGRA SHIKSHA YOJANA'

|   S. No. | Name of State/UT           |   Number of ICT Labs sanctioned |   Number of Smart Classroom sanctioned |
|----------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | ANDAMANAND NICOBAR ISLANDS |                             137 |                                      0 |
|        2 | ANDHRA PRADESH             |                            8635 |                                   1531 |
|        3 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH          |                             426 |                                    107 |
|        4 | ASSAM                      |                            6903 |                                   3883 |
|        5 | BIHAR                      |                            5310 |                                   2865 |
|        6 | CHANDIGARH                 |                             106 |                                    184 |
|        7 | CHHATTISGARH               |                            1989 |                                   5338 |
|        8 | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI     |                              55 |                                     99 |
|        9 | DELHI                      |                            1181 |                                   1029 |
|       10 | DND - DNH                  |                              52 |                                     38 |
|       11 | GOA                        |                             460 |                                     24 |
|       12 | GUJARAT                    |                            7199 |                                   6187 |
|       13 | HARYANA                    |                            4022 |                                   2921 |
|       14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH           |                            3317 |                                   2248 |
|       15 | JAMMUANDKASHMIR            |                            3037 |                                   1352 |
|       16 | JHARKHAND                  |                            3589 |                                    640 |
|       17 | KARNATAKA                  |                            8323 |                                   1768 |
|       18 | KERALA                     |                            2409 |                                    372 |
|       19 | LADAKH                     |                             124 |                                     46 |
|       20 | LAKSHADWEEP                |                              28 |                                      0 |
|       21 | MADHYA PRADESH             |                            2822 |                                   1358 |
|       22 | MAHARASHTRA                |                            9826 |                                   3292 |
|       23 | MANIPUR                    |                             734 |                                    451 |
|       24 | MEGHALAYA                  |                             382 |                                     22 |
|       25 | MIZORAM                    |                             507 |                                    229 |
|       26 | NAGALAND                   |                             738 |                                    636 |
|       27 | ODISHA                     |                            8317 |                                   6974 |
|       28 | PUDUCHERRY                 |                             176 |                                    145 |
|       29 | PUNJAB                     |                            4963 |                                   3567 |
|       30 | RAJASTHAN                  |                            8816 |                                   9207 |
|       31 | SIKKIM                     |                             372 |                                    274 |
|       32 | TAMIL NADU                 |                            9815 |                                    865 |
|       33 | TELANGANA                  |                            4975 |                                   3010 |
|       34 | TRIPURA                    |                            1245 |                                    812 |
|       35 | UTTAR PRADESH              |                            4798 |                                  18987 |
|       36 | UTTARAKHAND                |                             865 |                                   2433 |
|       37 | WEST BENGAL                |                            3961 |                                      0 |