Lok Sabha Question No. 18 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Schemes for Promotion of Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad, S.R. Parthiban

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 18 ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Schemes for Promotion of Education

## 18. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD: SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R.:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the schemes/projects being run to promote education in the country especially in rural areas of Bihar and Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the  details  of  the  action  plan  formulated  in  the  year  2021-22  and  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 by the Government for the said purpose; and
- (d) the steps proposed to be taken by Government to provide online education to the students of all Government schools?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under domain of respective State and UT Government. Samagra Shiksha, an overarching programme for the  school  education  sector  extending  from  pre-school  to  class  XII,  is  running  in  the  country including the rural  areas  in  the  State  of  Bihar  and  Tamil  Nadu  since  2018-19.  The  vision  of  the scheme is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education in accordance with the Sustainable Development  Goal  (SDG)  for  Education  and  vision  of  National  Education  Policy  2020.    Under Samagra  Shiksha,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  all  States  and  UTs  for  implementation  of various  interventions  like  opening  /  strengthening  of  schools,  provision  of  free  textbooks  and uniforms,  setting  up  and  running  of  residential  schools  and  hostels  including  Kasturba  Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Awasiya Vidyalaya, provisions for inclusive education of Children with Special Needs (CWSN), transport & escort facility, in-service training of teachers, sports and physical education, vocational education and other activities.
- (b) and (c): Under Samagra Shiksha financial assistance is provided to States/UTs including rural areas inter-alia for various ICT and Digital initiatives for setting up of ICT labs, smart classrooms including support for digital boards etc. The State/UT wise details of the approval of ICT labs and Smart Classrooms is given at Annexure.
- (d):  In  order  to  ensure  that  every  student  including  those  residing  in  rural  and  educationally backward districts of the country, gets continues access educational, a multi-pronged approach has been adopted by the Dept. of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education.

A comprehensive  initiative  called  PM  e-Vidya  has  been  started  as  part  of  Atma  Nirbhar Bharat  Abhiyan  on  17 th May,  2020,  which  unifies  all  efforts  related  to  digital/online/on-air education  to enable  multi-mode  access  to  education.  The  initiative includes the  following components:

-  DIKSHA the nation's digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content for school education in  States/UTs:  and  QR  coded  Energized  Textbooks  for  all  grades  (one  nation,  one  digital platform)
-  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

Where  the  digital  facility  (mobile  device/DTH  television)  is  not  available,  Ministry  of Education has taken many initiatives like Community Radio Stations and a podcast called Shiksha Vani of CBSE, Textbooks, worksheet supplied to residence of learners etc...

Further, an Alternate Academic Calendar has been prepared for learning solutions including self-assessment for grade 1 to 12 for both children with and without device. Bridge Course Modules have  also  been  developed  for  bridging  the  learning  gaps  of  Out  of  School  children  studying  in special  training  centres  (STC)  under  the  provisions  of  RTE  Act,  2009.  Also,  PRAGYATA guidelines were issued to the States/UTs to facilitate continued education through various modes. The guidelines inter-alia include situation where internet connectivity is not available or available with very less bandwidth, resources are shared through various platforms like television, radio etc. that do not depend on internet. Similarly, Students Learning Enhancement Guidelines were released in 2020 to support learning of children during COVID-19. Guidelines for development of e-content for  children  with  special  needs  have  been  released.  Guidelines  for  parent  participation  in  Homebased learning during school closure and beyond have also been released in 2021.

Besides,  the  Ministry  has  undertaken  a  proactive  initiative,  named,  'MANODARPAN' covering  a  wide  range  of  activities  to  provide  psychosocial  support  to  students,  teachers  and families for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing during the COVID outbreak and beyond.

The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education has prepared 'The India Report on Digital Education' which shows the digital and remote learning initiatives through the use of digital technology across the country.  Link for accessing the report is given below:

## The India Report on Digital Education 2020:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/India\_Report\_Digital\_Education\_0.pdf

## The India Report on Digital Education 2021:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/irde\_21.pdf

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) AND (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  18  ANSWERED  ON  18.07.2022  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF PARLIAMENT SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD AND SHRI PARTHIBAN S.R. REGARDING SCHEME FOR PROMOTION OF EDUCATION

Statement showing State/UT-wise approval of ICT and Smart Classrooms under Samagra Shiksha for the year 2021-22 and 2022-23

(Rs. in Crore)

| State/UT                    | ICT Lab   | ICT Lab   | ICT Lab   | ICT Lab   | Smart Classroom   | Smart Classroom   | Smart Classroom   | Smart Classroom   |
|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| State/UT                    | Physical  | Physical  | Financial | Financial | Physical          | Physical          | Financial         | Financial         |
| State/UT                    | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2021-2022         | 2022-2023         | 2021-2022         | 2022-2023         |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 2         | 8         | 3.0       | 3.5       | 0                 | 0                 | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 917       | 710       | 59.3      | 60.5      | 1096              | 435               | 26.9              | 11.6              |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 43        | 39        | 5.6       | 7.0       | 0                 | 107               | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| Assam                       | 1859      | 645       | 155.0     | 108.2     | 3643              | 240               | 87.4              | 12.7              |
| Bihar                       | 0         | 2454      | 0.0       | 180.9     | 2739              | 126               | 65.7              | 8.2               |
| Chandigarh                  | 2         | 0         | 0.3       | 0.2       | 89                | 95                | 2.1               | 0.6               |
| Chhattisgarh                | 67        | 0         | 13.8      | 0.0       | 2714              | 0                 | 70.9              | 5.8               |
| DND- DNH                    | 28        | 25        | 2.2       | 3.2       | 84                | 51                | 2.0               | 1.5               |
| Delhi                       | 0         | 7         | 0.0       | 0.5       | 895               | 45                | 21.5              | 1.1               |
| Goa                         | 0         | 0         | 0.2       | 0.2       | 0                 | 0                 | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| Gujarat                     | 0         | 0         | 0.0       | 0.0       | 4335              | 0                 | 104.0             | 0.0               |
| Haryana                     | 232       | 113       | 18.3      | 23.0      | 1154              | 342               | 29.0              | 18.4              |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 480       | 282       | 35.7      | 32.2      | 1632              | 616               | 39.2              | 19.1              |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 220       | 203       | 51.8      | 60.5      | 518               | 834               | 12.4              | 22.6              |
| Jharkhand                   | 896       | 504       | 79.1      | 95.2      | 519               | 121               | 12.5              | 3.7               |
| Karnataka                   | 764       | 0         | 63.7      | 0.0       | 0                 | 1768              | 0.0               | 42.4              |
| Kerala                      | 0         | 0         | 0.0       | 0.0       | 115               | 257               | 2.8               | 6.4               |
| Ladakh                      | 6         | 16        | 2.1       | 3.4       | 38                | 8                 | 0.5               | 0.1               |
| Lakshadweep                 | 0         | 0         | 0.3       | 0.3       | 0                 | 0                 | 0.2               | 0.0               |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 441       | 0         | 28.2      | 0.0       | 700               | 658               | 16.8              | 19.4              |
| Maharashtra                 | 0         | 0         | 0.0       | 0.0       | 887               | 2405              | 21.3              | 57.7              |
| Manipur                     | 28        | 34        | 10.0      | 11.5      | 311               | 140               | 7.4               | 4.8               |
| Meghalaya                   | 25        | 28        | 5.7       | 8.5       | 0                 | 14                | 0.0               | 0.4               |
| Mizoram                     | 0         | 62        | 0.8       | 5.7       | 201               | 28                | 4.8               | 1.1               |
| Nagaland                    | 0         | 0         | 0.0       | 0.0       | 74                | 47                | 2.7               | 1.2               |
| Odisha                      | 302       | 0         | 43.4      | 0.0       | 4471              | 2119              | 107.3             | 50.9              |
| Puducherry                  | 6         | 0         | 1.1       | 0.0       | 100               | 45                | 2.4               | 1.1               |
| Punjab                      | 435       | 559       | 37.5      | 45.4      | 2872              | 649               | 68.9              | 15.6              |
| Rajasthan                   | 398       | 412       | 38.1      | 55.4      | 5509              | 408               | 66.1              | 12.9              |
| Sikkim                      | 82        | 0         | 8.9       | 4.6       | 238               | 32                | 5.7               | 1.6               |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 1893      | 2211      | 149.9     | 185.4     | 865               | 0                 | 20.8              | 2.5               |
| Telangana                   | 0         | 94        | 39.1      | 19.6      | 3010              | 0                 | 72.2              | 0.0               |
| Tripura                     | 239       | 294       | 22.8      | 32.8      | 249               | 563               | 6.0               | 15.1              |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 0         | 289       | 0.0       | 18.5      | 543               | 18444             | 13.0              | 442.7             |
| Uttarakhand                 | 240       | 0         | 34.6      | 22.1      | 709               | 195               | 17.0              | 6.6               |
| West Bengal                 | 1173      | 0         | 93.3      | 0.0       | 0                 | 0                 | 0.0               | 0.0               |
| Total                       | 10778     | 8989      | 1003.8    | 988.2     | 40310             | 30792             | 909.6             | 787.4             |

Source: PRABANDH