Lok Sabha Question No. 1647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-13
Subject: Set up of JNVs in Tribal Areas/Special Education Schemes for Aspirational Districts
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1647 ANSWERED ON 13.02.2023

## Set up of JNVs in Tribal Areas/Special Education Schemes for Aspirational Districts

†1647. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the plan to set up Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in the tribal dominated areas is under consideration along with the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the education related schemes being implemented in tribal areas;
- (c) whether  any  special  scheme  related  to  education  in  Aspirational  districts  is under consideration along with the details thereof; and
- (d) whether any new schemes are proposed for Khargone and Badwani Parliamentary Constituencies along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) The Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme  envisages opening of one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in  each  district  of  the  country  including  tribal  dominated areas.  All  the  638  districts  as  on  31 st   May,  2014  of  the  States/UTs  which  have accepted the scheme (other than 6 districts which have 100% urban population) have been covered under this scheme. Further, the Government has sanctioned additional second JNVs in 10 Scheduled Tribe (ST) concentrated districts of the country.

Opening of new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is a continuous process which  depends  on  the  willingness  of  the  concerned  State  Government  to  make available requisite suitable land free of cost for construction of the permanent building and making available required temporary building, free of rent, to run the Vidyalaya till the permanent building is constructed. Sanction and opening of new JNV depends on approval by the competent authority.

(b) Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is being implemented as a Central Sector scheme to provide quality education to ST students (Class 6 th  to 12 th ) in remote areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to bring them at  par  with  the  general  population.  National  Education  Society  for  Tribal  Students (NESTS), an autonomous organization, has been created to manage and implement the  scheme  of  EMRS.  Government of India  has  decided  to  establish  one  EMRS  in every  block  with  more  than  50%  ST  population  and  at  least  20,000  tribal  persons, subject  to  availability  of  suitable  land  to  be  provided  by  the  concerned  State Government.

(c) The Aspirational Districts Programme aims to quickly and effectively transform 112  under-developed  districts across the country. The  broad  contours  of the programme are convergence (of Central & State Schemes), Collaboration (of Central, State level 'Prabhari' Officers & District Collectors), and Competition among districts through monthly delta ranking; all driven by a mass movement. Education is also one of the 5 broad socio-economic themes of the Aspirational Districts Programme.

(d) At present, there is no such proposal to introduce new scheme especially for the  Khargone  and  Badwani  Parliamentary  Constituencies.  However,  it  is  constant endeavour  of  the  Government  to  improve  the  educational  standard  in  the  tribal dominated areas of the country.

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