Lok Sabha Question No. 2293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Shifting of Students from Private Schools to Government Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2293

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Shifting of Students from Private Schools to Government Schools

## 2293. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been a shift of students from private schools to Government schools due to pandemic-induced financial distress and closure of private school;
- (b)  if  so,  the  percentage  of  students  enrolled  in  private  and  Government  schools respectively from 2019 onwards;
- (c)  whether  this  has  further  increased  the  student-teacher  ratio  in  Government schools; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  steps  taken/  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  that  learning outcomes are not negatively impacted by increased numbers in schools?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(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 indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. The UDISE+ results are available up to 2019-20. As per UDISE+  2019-20,  the  percentage  of  students  enrolled  in  government,  government aided,  private  unaided  (recognized)  and  other  schools  from  pre-primary  to  higher secondary were 49.5%, 10.4%, 37.1% and 3.0% respectively. As per UDISE+ 201819,  the  percentage  of  students  enrolled  in  government,  government  aided,  private unaided (recognized) and other schools from pre-primary to higher secondary were 50.4%, 10.7%, 35.4% and 3.5% respectively.

(c)  and  (d):  As  per  UDISE+  2019-20,  the  pupil  teacher  ratio  (PTR)  in  Government schools in 2019-20 for primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary was 25.5,  20.4,  18.4  and  23.0  respectively.  As  per  UDISE+  2018-19,  the  PTR  in Government  schools  in  2018-19  for  primary,  upper  primary,  secondary  and  higher secondary was 26.3, 21.1, 20.8, 25.0 respectively. Thus, between 2018-19 and 201920, the student teacher ratio is government schools has decreased in all the levels of school education. Improving learning outcomes  is a continuous process that includes learners, teachers,  teaching  learning  process,  learning  environment,  curriculum,  pedagogy, learning  outcomes,  assessment, etc.  Samagra  Shiksha focuses on improvement in quality of education by providing support for different interventions to all States and UTs, like in-service training of teachers and school heads, conduct of achievement surveys  at  state  and  national  level,  composite  school  grant  to  every  school  for providing  a  conducive  learning  environment,  grants  for  library,  sports  and  physical activities, Support for Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, ICT and digital initiatives, School Leadership  development  programme,  remedial  teaching  for  academically  weaker students, support for Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.

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