Lok Sabha Question No. 2052 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Educational Schemes/Projects in the Country
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Girish Chandra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2052

ANSWERED ON- 13/03/2023

## Educational Schemes/Projects in the Country

2052. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  schemes/projects  being  run  by  the  Government  to  promote education in the country especially in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  action  plan  formulated  in  the  year  2022-23  to  develop infrastructure  like  smart  board  and  online  education  through  applications  for  basic education in rural areas and to improve the quality of education being imparted by teachers in the rural schools, State-wise;
- (c) the amount of budget allocated for the said purpose by the Government; and
- (d) the steps proposed to be taken by the Government to provide online education to the students of all Government schools in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): 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 National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to ensure that all children have access to qualitative and an equitable education. The scheme is being implemented in partnership with all the States and UTs including the State of Uttar Pradesh.  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 financial assistance is based on the annual plans prepared by the States and UTs as per their requirements/ priority and is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) Proposals. These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated by the Project Approval Board (PAB) in the Department of School Education & Literacy in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and physical and financial progress of the State for the interventions approved earlier.

The estimated outlay approved for ICT and Digital initiatives and for NISHTHA for the year 2022-23 is at Annexure I and Annexure II respectively.

The  ICT  and  Digital  Initiatives  component  of  Samagra  Shiksha  covers Government  and  Government  aided  Schools  having  classes  VI  to  XII  as  per  the following provisions:

## 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 ₹ 6.40 lakh per school and recurring grant of upto ₹ 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 ₹ 2.40 lakh and the recurring grant is ₹ 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.

Further, this Department has launched a National Mission to improve Learning Outcome at elementary level through an integrated teacher training Programme called NISHTHA- National Initiatives for School Heads and Teachers' Holistic Advancement. NISHTHA  is  being  provided  in  online  mode  on  various  aspects  including  ICT  in teaching-learning.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2052 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA REGARDING EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES/PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY

Estimated outlay for ICT and Digital initiatives for the year 2022-23 (₹ in Lakhs)

| S. No       | State                       |   Financial |
|-------------|-----------------------------|-------------|
| 1.          | Andaman And Nicobar Islands |      345.14 |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh              |     7208.38 |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh           |      701.99 |
| 4.          | Assam                       |    12089.1  |
| 5.          | Bihar                       |    18912.8  |
| 6.          | Chandigarh                  |       74.89 |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh                |      581.4  |
| 8.          | Delhi                       |      152.8  |
| 9.          | Dnd - Dnh                   |      472.45 |
| 10.         | Goa                         |       21.6  |
| 11.         | Gujarat*                    |        0    |
| 12.         | Haryana                     |     4135.34 |
| 13.         | Himachal Pradesh            |     5126.32 |
| 14.         | Jammu And Kashmir           |     8307.28 |
| 15.         | Jharkhand                   |     9891.44 |
| 16.         | Karnataka                   |     4243.2  |
| 17.         | Kerala                      |      635.8  |
| 18.         | Ladakh                      |      349.17 |
| 19.         | Lakshadweep                 |       33.6  |
| 20.         | Madhya Pradesh              |     1936.02 |
| 21.         | Maharashtra                 |     5772    |
| 22.         | Manipur                     |     1629.58 |
| 23.         | Meghalaya                   |      890.38 |
| 24.         | Mizoram                     |      673.19 |
| 25.         | Nagaland                    |      121.73 |
| 26.         | Odisha                      |     5085.6  |
| 27.         | Puducherry                  |      108    |
| 28.         | Punjab                      |     6097.6  |
| 29.         | Rajasthan                   |     6831.41 |
| 30.         | Sikkim                      |      616.9  |
| 31.         | Tamil Nadu                  |    18783.7  |
| 32.         | Telangana                   |     1960.6  |
| 33.         | Tripura                     |     4782.64 |
| 34.         | Uttar Pradesh               |    46115.2  |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand                 |     2872.84 |
| 36.         | West Bengal*                |        0    |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 |   177560    |

Source: PRABANDH

* No proposal by the State in its Annual Work Plan & Budget.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2052 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MP SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA REGARDING EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES/PROJECTS IN THE COUNTRY

## Estimated Outlay of  In-service Teacher Training under Samagra Shiksha

(₹ In lakhs)

| Sl.No   | State & UT        |   Financial |
|---------|-------------------|-------------|
| 1       | A & N Islands     |        5.45 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |      105.8  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |       14.9  |
| 4       | Assam             |       80.06 |
| 5       | Bihar             |     1163.42 |
| 6       | Chandigarh        |        7.68 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh      |      717    |
| 8       | Delhi             |      386.11 |
| 9       | Dnd - Dnh         |       42.46 |
| 10      | Goa               |       44.42 |
| 11      | Gujarat           |      200.1  |
| 12      | Haryana           |      729.57 |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh  |      142.4  |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir   |      107.82 |
| 15      | Jharkhand         |      643.56 |
| 16      | Karnataka         |      175.35 |
| 17      | Kerala            |      158.27 |
| 18      | Ladakh            |        5.96 |
| 19      | Lakshadweep       |        1.35 |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh    |     2473.41 |
| 21      | Maharashtra       |      526.38 |
| 22      | Manipur           |       88.28 |
| 23      | Meghalaya         |       15.37 |
| 24      | Mizoram           |       10.31 |
| 25      | Nagaland          |        6.1  |
| 26      | Odisha            |       60.28 |
| 27      | Puducherry        |        9.79 |
| 28      | Punjab            |      166.08 |
| 29      | Rajasthan         |      589.05 |
| 30      | Sikkim            |        1.33 |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu        |      462.67 |
| 32      | Telangana*        |        0    |
| 33      | Tripura           |       46.41 |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh     |     3004.71 |
| 35      | Uttarakhand       |      519.8  |
| 36      | West Bengal       |      624.26 |
| Total   | Total             |    13335.9  |

Source: PRABANDH (Progress estimated as on March 2023)

Note: Including Training for FLN Classes 1 to V 'Capacity building of Teachers of Grades I to V (New)

* No proposal by the State in its Annual Work Plan & Budget.