Lok Sabha Question No. 5085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Hostels for Students
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar, Ashok Kumar Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO5085

ANSWERED ON- 03/04/2023

## HOSTELS FOR STUDENTS

## †5085. SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR YADAV:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  hostels  constructed for  the students  belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and girls across the country during the year 2020-21, State-wise;

(b) the total number of hostels constructed in Madhubani and Darbhanga districts of Bihar and the number of hostels allotted till date;

- (c)  whether  there  is  acute  shortage  of  hostels  for  Scheduled  Caste/Other  Backward  Class students including girl students in Bihar and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  the  number  of  proposals  received  from  the  State  Governments  including  Bihar  for  the construction of buildings for the said students and pending with the Union Government during the  last  five  years  along  with  the  total  funds  required  for  the  implementation  of  the  said proposals; and
- (e) the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved/implemented?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of the respective State Government and Union Territory Administration which are the appropriate Government for implementation of the provision of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  implementing  an  Integrated Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  School  Education-  Samagra  Shiksha  since  2018-19.  The scheme  has  now  been  redesigned  and  aligned  with  the  recommendations  of  the  National

Education Policy, 2020. It aims 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 the States and UTs for carrying out  various  interventions  to  provide  equitable  and  qualitative  education,  including  upgradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, setting up of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas(NSCBAV).

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) are residential schools from class VI to XII for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL). The KGBVs are set up in Educationally Backward Blocks.

Further, Samagra Shiksha provides financial assistance to states and UTs for opening and running of Residential Schools and Hostels in hilly terrain, small and sparsely populated areas for children who are in need of shelter and care, in addition to the provision of regular schools.  These residential hostels have been renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Awasiya Vidyalayas.

The financial assistance is based on the annual plans prepared by the States and UTs (including the State of Bihar) 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 total number of hostels (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Awasiya Vidyalayas) across the country during the year 2020-21 is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5085 ANSWERED ON 3 RD  APRIL, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MPs SHRI ARUN KUMAR SAGAR AND SHRI ASHOK KUMAR YADAV REGARDING HOSTELS FOR STUDENTS

State Wise No. of Hostels Constructed in 2020-2021

|   Sl no. | Name of State     |   NSCBAV and KGBV |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Jammu and Kashmir |                52 |
|        2 | Rajasthan         |                17 |
|        3 | Nagaland          |                 5 |
|        4 | Tripura           |                 4 |
|        5 | Assam             |                 2 |
|        6 | Jharkhand         |                46 |
|        7 | Gujarat           |                29 |
|        8 | Maharashtra       |                 3 |
|        9 | Telangana         |               153 |
|       10 | Ladakh            |                 8 |
|       11 | Punjab            |                 1 |
|       12 | Haryana           |                 2 |
|       13 | Uttar Pradesh     |                 6 |
|       14 | Tamil Nadu        |                 3 |
|       15 | Arunachal Pradesh |                 1 |
|       16 | Andhra Pradesh    |                35 |