Lok Sabha Question No. 26 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: Gender Disparity in terms of Literacy Rate
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sandhya Ray, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, P.P. Chaudhary, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajbahadur Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 26 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## Gender Disparity in terms of Literacy Rate

26. SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether as per the NSSO report Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have the biggest gender divide in terms of literacy rate;
- (b) if so, the reasons thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any initiatives to curb the gender literacy divide in above States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether Gross Enrolment Ratio of females in schools and colleges has seen a decline in the past 3 years owing to the pandemic and if so, thereof; and
- (f) the district-wise data for enrolment of girls in schools in above mentioned States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a):  As  per    NSS  report  no.  585(75/25.2/1)  of  NSS  75 th   Round  survey  conducted  by Ministry  of  Statistics  and  Programme  Implementation  during  July  2017-June  2018, Literacy Rates of males and females in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are as under:

| State          |   Male |   Female |
|----------------|--------|----------|
| Uttar Pradesh  |   81.8 |     63.4 |
| Madhya Pradesh |   81.2 |     65.5 |
| Rajasthan      |   80.8 |     57.6 |

(b)  to  (d):    In  order  to  improve  the  literacy  rate  in  the  country,  the  scheme  of  Saakshar Bharat  was  implemented  in  the  rural  areas  of  410  districts  in  26  States  including  Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and one UT, that had adult female literacy rate of  50  per  cent  and  below  as  per  Census  2001,  with  special  focus  on  women  and  other disadvantaged groups. In addition, the Department of School Education and Literacy has launched  the  Samagra  Shiksha  -  an  Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  as  a Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  with  effect  from  the  year  2018-19.  This  programme subsumes the  three  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  and  Teacher  Education  (TE). Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.

(e): 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  indicators  of  school  education  provided  by  all  the  States  and  Union Territories. As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 201920 and as per All India Survey on Higher Education, the Gross Enrolment Ratio for Girls in the years 2019-20, 2018-19 and 2017-18 are as under:

## Gross Enrolment Ratio for Girls (All India)

| Year    |   Primary (I-V) |   Upper Primary (VI-VIII) |   Secondary (IX-X) |   Higher Secondary (XI-XII) |   Higher Education |
|---------|-----------------|---------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------|
| 2019-20 |          103.69 |                     90.46 |              77.83 |                       52.4  |               27.1 |
| 2018-19 |          107.78 |                     88.54 |              76.93 |                       50.84 |               26.3 |
| 2017-18 |          103.03 |                     89.34 |              76.23 |                       48.32 |               25.8 |

(f):  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  Plus  (UDISE+)  2019-20  the district-wise data for enrolment of girls in schools for the States of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan can be accessed from the web link https://dashboard.udiseplus.gov.in/#/reportDashboard/sReport Report No. 4004.

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