Lok Sabha Question No. 3633 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Accommodation for Students
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3633 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## Accommodation for Students

## 3633. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has data regarding students displaced during COVID-19 have restarted in their respective education centres or corresponding areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  accommodation  problems  of  students  across  the country;
- (d) whether the Government has plans of creating student housing centres or accommodation nearby education centres; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and  (b):  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of  Education  has developed the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) system to record data  on  enrolment  of  students  in  schools  provided  by  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories.  As  per UDISE+, management wise enrolment of students for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 is as under:

| Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   | Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary) - Management wise for the year 2019-20 and 2020-21 ( in Crores)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Total                                                                                                          | Total                                                                                                          | Government                                                                                                     | Government                                                                                                     | Government Aided                                                                                               | Government Aided                                                                                               | Private Unaided Recognized                                                                                     | Private Unaided Recognized                                                                                     | Others                                                                                                         |
| 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2019-20                                                                                                        | 2020-21                                                                                                        |
| 26.45                                                                                                          | 26.44                                                                                                          | 13.09                                                                                                          | 13.49                                                                                                          | 2.74                                                                                                           | 2.68                                                                                                           | 9.82                                                                                                           | 0.79                                                                                                           | 0.75                                                                                                           |

(c) to (e): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain  of  respective  State  and  UT  Governments.  Centre  helps  States  and  UTs  under  the  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, which is an overarching scheme of school education covering all levels from pre-primary to senior secondary. Financial assistance is provided to the States and UTs for various activities, which include strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school  infrastructure,  setting  up,  up  gradation  and  running  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas (KGBV)  upto  class  12,  setting  up  of  residential  schools/hostel  named  Netaji  Subhas  Chandra  Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, seasonal hostels/residential camps, etc.

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