Lok Sabha Question No. 2762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Physical/Digital Infrasture of Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  MARCH, 2022

## Physical/Digital Infrasture of Schools

## †2762.  SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  provided  by  the  Government  for  the  development  of physical/digital infrastructure of schools and other activities during the last three years, State-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether the Government maintain the record of allocation of funds and if so, the fund  allocated  district-wise  including  Bhagalpur  district  during  the  last  three years; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  policy  regarding  the  number  of  posts  of teachers  in  primary,  secondary  and  senior  secondary  schools  and  if  so,  the details thereof State-wise including Bihar?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b): The State-wise details of funds released under Samagra Shiksha for the development  of  physical/digital infrastructure of schools  during last three  years including Bihar are at Annexure-I .  The funds are released State wise and not district wise.
- (c): The RTE Act, 2009 in its Schedule lays down Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both primary and upper primary schools. At primary level, the PTR norm is 30:1 and at the upper primary level it is 35:1. As per the Unified District Information System For Education Plus (UDISE+) 2019-20, the PTR at national level for all schools at Primary level  is  26,  Upper  Primary  level  is  18,  Secondary  level  is  18  and  Higher  Secondary

level  is  26.  The  State  wise  PTR  as  per  UDISE+  2019-20  at  various  levels  of  school education is at Annexure-II .

Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers come under the purview of the respective State and  Union  Territory  (UT)  Government.  The  recruitment  of  teachers  in  schools  is  a continuous process and the vacancies keep arising due to retirement, resignation and additional  requirements  on  account  of  enhanced  students'  strength/new  schools. However, Ministry of Education requests the States and UT Governments for filling-up the vacant posts of teachers and their rational deployment, through Review meetings and advisories from time to time. Further, the Central Government through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs for  deployment of additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of schooling.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.   2762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  MARCH, 2022 ASKED  BY  SHRI  AJAY  KUMAR  MANDAL  REGARDING  PHYSICAL/DIGITAL INFRASTURE OF SCHOOLS

Statement  showing  State-wise  details  of  funds  released  for  the  development  of physical/digital infrastructure of schools during last three years including Bihar (Rs. In lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |    2020-21 |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1         | A & N Islands     | 355.90    |    319.7  |    606.155 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh    | 10606.48  |  16438    |   2095.65  |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh | 1311.78   |   2912.44 |   3268.09  |
| 4         | Assam             | 5235.37   |   5244.76 |   9230.53  |
| 5         | Bihar             | 21478.70  |    685.05 |     68.95  |
| 6         | Chandigarh        | 105.79    |      4.2  |      5.975 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh      | 8162.43   |  16886    |    151.28  |
| 8         | Dadra & N. Haveli | 271.30    |    201.05 |     22.49  |
| 9         | Daman & Diu       | 0.00      |    194.87 |     22.49  |
| 10        | Delhi             | 2285.73   |   2874.71 |   1532.85  |
| 11        | Goa               | 59.97     |    117.35 |     80.41  |
| 12        | Gujarat           | 16082.15  |  16856    |   5871.53  |
| 13        | Haryana           | 8349.87   |   3023.66 |   7700.1   |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh  | 7077.89   |   3798.38 |   5962.01  |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir   | 38764.53  |  10180.6  |  12603.3   |
| 16        | Jharkhand         | 0.00      |    165.68 |   1619.93  |
| 17        | Karnataka         | 1512.41   |   5023.27 |      2.43  |
| 18        | Kerala            | 2676.40   |    900.36 |    899.19  |
| 19        | Ladakh            |           |   1861.12 |   2429.68  |
| 20        | Lakshadweep       | 34.43     |    149.22 |     15.7   |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh    | 47014.63  |  36652    |  10168.2   |
| 22        | Maharashtra       | 11366.50  |   6687.37 |   2613.91  |
| 23        | Manipur           | 6889.80   |   2332.23 |  11559     |
| 24        | Meghalaya         | 1490.84   |    651.05 |   1705.93  |
| 25        | Mizoram           | 247.57    |   1857.27 |   4081.33  |
| 26        | Nagaland          | 4624.75   |   1931.51 |   5708.78  |
| 27        | Odisha            | 20928.55  |  33140.1  |   3897.7   |
| 28        | Puducherry        | 107.96    |    136.62 |     72.495 |
| 29        | Punjab            | 9545.05   |   5071.17 |   6541.16  |
| 30        | Rajasthan         | 34379.14  |  66911.5  |  26309.6   |
| 31        | Sikkim            | 1451.53   |   2016.1  |   1115.18  |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu        | 18838.51  |  16642.9  |  18658.7   |
| 33        | Telangana         | 15920.50  |  28456.5  |      0     |
| 34        | Tripura           | 2250.09   |   3169.24 |  15719.5   |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh     | 15005.72  |  43001.7  |  39608.9   |
| 36        | Uttarakhand       | 432.18    |  13314.8  |  20139.9   |
| 37        | West Bengal       | 3478.29   |   4257.18 |   1003.42  |
|           | Total             | 318342.76 | 354066    | 223070     |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.   2762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  MARCH, 2022 ASKED BY SHRI AJAY  KUMAR  MANDAL  REGARDING  PHYSICAL/DIGITAL  INFRASTURE  OF SCHOOLS

Statement showing State wise PTR at various levels of school education

| Sl. No.   | State /UT                   |   Primary (1 to 5) |   Upper Primary (6-8) |   Secondary (9-10) |   Higher Secondary (11-12) |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
|           | India                       |               26.5 |                  18.5 |               18.5 |                       26.1 |
| 1         | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |               12.8 |                   9.6 |                8.6 |                        8.3 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              |               24.4 |                  16.8 |               15.9 |                       39.8 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh           |               12.8 |                   8.8 |               11.1 |                       15.1 |
| 4         | Assam                       |               21.6 |                  13.6 |               11   |                       16   |
| 5         | Bihar                       |               55.4 |                  19.4 |               51.8 |                       59.3 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                  |               25.1 |                  14.7 |               10.8 |                       24.3 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                |               19.3 |                  17.8 |               17.2 |                       14.2 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |               27.6 |                  20.5 |               26.7 |                       30.1 |
| 9         | Daman and Diu               |               29.7 |                  22.5 |               14.1 |                       15.2 |
| 10        | Delhi                       |               32.7 |                  29.3 |               27.6 |                       17.9 |
| 11        | Goa                         |               27.3 |                  17.6 |                9.9 |                       17.3 |
| 12        | Gujarat                     |               29.8 |                  23.3 |               32.6 |                       27.9 |
| 13        | Haryana                     |               23.3 |                  16.9 |               12.2 |                       12.3 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh            |               15.3 |                   8.5 |                7.5 |                        9.5 |
| 15        | Jammu and Kashmir           |               15.4 |                   8.5 |               12.1 |                       20.2 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                   |               30.6 |                  22   |               33.7 |                       54.5 |
| 17        | Karnataka                   |               20.9 |                  16.3 |               16.1 |                       32.1 |
| 18        | Kerala                      |               25.9 |                  20.3 |               14.8 |                       21.5 |
| 19        | Ladakh                      |               10.3 |                   4.1 |                7.2 |                       12.5 |
| 20        | Lakshadweep                 |                9.5 |                   5.9 |                5.1 |                        9   |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh              |               27.5 |                  17.2 |               29.2 |                       34.6 |
| 22        | Maharashtra                 |               25.7 |                  26.2 |               20.3 |                       37   |
| 23        | Manipur                     |               13.2 |                  10.3 |                9.5 |                       15.5 |
| 24        | Meghalaya                   |               19.5 |                  13.3 |               11.5 |                       20   |
| 25        | Mizoram                     |               16.1 |                   7.5 |                9.7 |                       13.3 |
| 26        | Nagaland                    |               12.5 |                   7.8 |               10   |                       18.1 |
| 27        | Odisha                      |               16   |                  14.9 |               17.6 |                       66.1 |
| 28        | Puducherry                  |               17.2 |                  13.2 |                9.5 |                       15.3 |
| 29        | Punjab                      |               25   |                  22.3 |               13.9 |                       16.1 |
| 30        | Rajasthan                   |               24.8 |                  12   |               11.4 |                       15.1 |
| 31        | Sikkim                      |                6.7 |                   8.6 |               10.9 |                       10.7 |
| 32        | Tamil Nadu                  |               20.1 |                  15.1 |               12.6 |                       20.3 |
| 33        | Telangana                   |               22.7 |                  13.1 |                9.9 |                       21.8 |
| 34        | Tripura                     |               14.7 |                  17   |               16   |                        9.6 |
| 35        | Uttar Pradesh               |               30.6 |                  24.4 |               28.7 |                       40.5 |
| 36        | Uttarakhand                 |               18.5 |                  17.9 |               13.8 |                       18.4 |
| 37        | West Bengal                 |               29.5 |                  27.6 |               18.3 |                       27   |