Lok Sabha Question No. 3529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Loan for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Girish Bhalchandra Bapat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3529 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  August, 2022

## Loan for Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

## 3529.   DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: SHRI GIRISH BHALCHANDRA BAPAT:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Union Government proposes to raise loan from the Asian Development Bank to fund the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan in the country;

(b)  if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c)  whether the Union Government have scrapped the budget allocation of the Padhna Likhna Abhiyan,  a  scheme  to  promote  basic  literacy  to  nil  even  when  the  goal  of  basic  literacy  is severely hampered by the pandemic and if so, the details thereof;

(d)    the  reasons  for  scrapping  the  budget  of  the  National  Scheme  for  Incentive  to  Girls,  a scheme to enable the girls from SC/ST communities to enroll in Secondary Schools, minimize dropout rates, and assure their retention until they reach the age of 18;

(e)  the  reasons  for  a  35  per  cent  decline  in  the  allocation  under  the  digital  India  e-learning programme; and

(f)  the timeline for setting up the Digital University as mentioned in the Budget documents?

## A N S W E R

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

(a)  &  (b):  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  had  launched  an  Integrated Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  School  Education  effective  from  the  year  2018-19.  The revamped Samagra Shiksha scheme has been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 and has been continued for a period of five years with effect from 01.04.2021 to 31.03.2026. Under Samagra Shiksha, the fund sharing pattern is in the ratio of 60:40 between Centre and State for all States and Union Territories with Legislature except for the 8 North-Eastern States viz. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura and  2  Himalayan  States  viz.  Himachal  Pradesh  and  Uttarakhand  and  UT  of  Jammu  and Kashmir,  where  it  is  90:10.  It  is  100%  centrally  sponsored  for  Union  Territories  without Legislature.

(c): The Padhna Likhna Abhiyan (PLA); a centrally  sponsored scheme was approved for implementation  for  one  year  i.e.  FY  2020-21  by  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of Finance to provide basic literacy to 57 lakh non-literates for making them as certified literates in  the  country.  As  the  implementation  of  the  programme  was  hampered  by  the  Covid19 pandemic,  the  implementation  period  of  PLA  was  extended  for  a  period  of  one  year  upto 31.03.2022 with the approval of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance within the budget and target of learners as approved for financial year 2020-21.

(d): National Scheme of Incentives to Girls for Secondary Education (NSIGSE) scheme has been discontinued w.e.f. the year 2018-19  due  to inherent issues in the design and implementation  of  the  scheme.  However,  this  Ministry  remains  strongly  committed  to  the education  of  girl  child,  especially  those  belonging  to  SC  and  ST  and  other  disadvantaged groups.  Education  of  girl  child  is  a  critical  component  in  various  interventions  of  the Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy.  Several  measures  for  education  of  girls  are being implemented through the flagship scheme of Samagra Shiksha.

(e): Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the constitution and majority of schools come under  the  purview  of  the  State  and  UT  Governments.  Under  the  Integrated  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, funds are provided to the States & UTs for setting up ICT labs and Smart Classrooms in schools, as per appraisal of the proposals received from the States/UTs in their Annual Work Plan.

The  details  of  the  sanction  approved  for  ICT  and  Smart  Classrooms  for  the  year  2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 has been mentioned in the table given below:

| Particulars      |   2020-21 (in Crore) |   2021-22 (in Crore) |   2022-23 (in Crore) |
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| ICT              |                704.6 |               1003.8 |                988.2 |
| Smart Classrooms |                231.8 |                909.6 |                787.4 |

(f): Government  of  India  in  its  Budget  2022-23  has  announced  establishment  of  Digital University to provide  access to students across the country  for  world-class  quality universal education with personalised learning experience at their doorsteps in different Indian languages and ICT formats. For establishment of Digital University, a Committee of Experts has been constituted with the members from UGC/AICTE/IGNOU  and  other eminent Higher Educational Institutes.