Lok Sabha Question No. 2842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Upper Primary Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama, Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2842 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Upper Primary Schools

2842. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the total number of upper primary schools throughout the country, State-wise? (b) whether there is a shortage of upper primary schools across the country? (c) if so, whether the Government plans to build more upper primary schools; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a):  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education(UDISE+),  2019-20,  the State-wise upper primary schools throughout the country is at Annexure.

(b)  to  (d):  Education  is  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools come under the jurisdiction of respective State/ UT Governments- which are the appropriate Government under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education

- (RTE) Act, 2009.

As  reported  by  States/UTs  in  their  respective  Annual  Work  Plan  and  Budget, 2021-22, 97.01% of habitations in the country are covered under upper primary schools, as per their notified neighbourhood norms. The habitations that remain uncovered are mostly  small  or  sparsely  populated  in  difficult  areas  where  opening  of  school  is  not feasible for which there is a provision of giving transport and escort facility and opening of residential schools and hostels.

Under the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance is provided to the States and UTs for implementation of various interventions including upgradation/ opening of new schools. This 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.

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Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2842 FOR REPLY ON 21.03.2022 ASKED BY HON'BLE MPs SHRI RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA  AND  SHRI  MOHANBHAI  KALYANJI  KUNDARIYA REGARDING UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOLS

## Upper Primary Schools - 2019-20 (All Management)

| State/UTs                 |   Upper Primary Schools |
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                     192 |
| Andhra Pradesh            |                   22112 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         |                    1701 |
| Assam                     |                   18680 |
| Bihar                     |                   43461 |
| Chandigarh                |                     208 |
| Chhattisgarh              |                   18798 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |                     154 |
| Daman & Diu               |                      63 |
| Delhi                     |                    3005 |
| Goa                       |                     479 |
| Gujarat                   |                   32847 |
| Haryana                   |                   13879 |
| Himachal Pradesh          |                    6969 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           |                   13558 |
| Jharkhand                 |                   20341 |
| Karnataka                 |                   38278 |
| Kerala                    |                    8896 |
| Ladakh                    |                     570 |
| Lakshadweep               |                      26 |
| Madhya Pradesh            |                   59417 |
| Maharashtra               |                   54397 |
| Manipur                   |                    2123 |
| Meghalaya                 |                    4056 |
| Mizoram                   |                    1550 |
| Nagaland                  |                    1553 |
| Odisha                    |                   29481 |
| Puducherry                |                     451 |
| Punjab                    |                   14647 |
| Rajasthan                 |                   67275 |
| Sikkim                    |                     577 |
| Tamil Nadu                |                   23238 |
| Telangana                 |                   20146 |
| Tripura                   |                    2377 |
| Uttar Pradesh             |                  105703 |
| Uttarakhand               |                    8858 |
| West Bengal               |                   19452 |
| INDIA                     |                  659518 |

Source: UDISE+ 2019-20