Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas

## 210. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL: SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY: DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned a large number of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) to be opened in the country under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme with an aim to reduce educational backwardness;
- (b) if  so,  the  number of present functional KGBVs along with newly sanctioned KGBVs, Statewise and district-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) the  number  of  new  KGBVs  sanctioned  for  Assam  especially  for  districts  Dhubri,  Goalpara, South Salmara and Mankachar;
- (d) the time frame by when above KGBVs are likely to be made functional; and
- (e) the  number  of  schools  upgraded  from  Class  6-8  to  Class  6-12  as  is  envisaged  under  the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan ?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) & (b): Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Department  of  School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) from classes  VI  to  XII  have  been  sanctioned  in  Educationally  Backward  Blocks  (EBBs)  to  promote education of girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL). As on 13.07.2022, a total of 4982 KGBVs are operational in the country. The State/UT-wise  list  of  operational  KGBVs  is  at  Annexure-I.  Further,  31  new  KGBVs  have  been sanctioned in the year 2022-23. The State/UT-wise and district-wise list of new KGBVs sanctioned in 2022-23 is at Annexure-II.

(c)  &  (d):  No  new  KGBVs  have  been  sanctioned  for  the  State  of  Assam  in  the  year  2022-23. However, a total of 126 KGBVs are operational in Assam of which 13 KGBVs are in Dhubri, 07 in Goalpara and 03 in South Salmara and Mankachar. (e): The task of up-gradation of the KGBVs was started in the year 2018-19 and till the year

2022-23, a total of 2010 KGBVs have been approved for up-gradation to Type-III (class 6-12).

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022 ASKED BY SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL, SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA  REDDY  &  DR.  BEESETTI  VENKATA  SATYAVATHI,  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  'SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA  ABHIYAN  AND  KASTURBA  GANDHI  BALIKA VIDYALAYAS'.

State/UT-wise list of operational KGBVs

| Sl. No.   | State Name        |   No. of KGBVs functional |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh    |                       499 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh |                        65 |
| 3         | Assam             |                       126 |
| 4         | Bihar             |                       595 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh      |                       121 |
| 6         | DNH-DD            |                         2 |
| 7         | Gujarat           |                       165 |
| 8         | Haryana           |                        67 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh  |                        14 |
| 10        | Jammu &Kashmir    |                        90 |
| 11        | Jharkhand         |                       203 |
| 12        | Karnataka         |                       145 |
| 13        | Kerala            |                         0 |
| 14        | Ladakh            |                        10 |
| 15        | Madhya Pradesh    |                       408 |
| 16        | Maharashtra       |                        86 |
| 17        | Manipur           |                        12 |
| 18        | Meghalaya         |                        10 |
| 19        | Mizoram           |                         2 |
| 20        | Nagaland          |                        20 |
| 21        | Odisha            |                       249 |
| 22        | Punjab            |                        29 |
| 23        | Rajasthan         |                       316 |
| 24        | Sikkim            |                         1 |
| 25        | Tamil Nadu        |                       105 |
| 26        | Telangana         |                       696 |
| 27        | Tripura           |                        15 |
| 28        | Uttar Pradesh     |                       757 |
| 29        | Uttarakhand       |                        48 |
| 30        | West Bengal       |                       126 |
| Total     | Total             |                      4982 |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022 ASKED BY SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL, SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA  REDDY  &  DR.  BEESETTI  VENKATA  SATYAVATHI,  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF PARLIAMENT  REGARDING  'SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA  ABHIYAN  AND  KASTURBA  GANDHI  BALIKA VIDYALAYAS'.

State/UT-wise and District-wise list of KGBVS sanctioned in 2022-23

| S. No.   | State             | District         |   No. of KGBVs Approved |
|----------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Arunachal Pradesh | Upper Subansiri  |                       1 |
| 2        | West Bengal       | Birbhum          |                       2 |
| 2        | West Bengal       | Dakshin Dinajpur |                       1 |
| 2        | West Bengal       | Malda            |                       2 |
| 2        | West Bengal       | Murshidabad      |                       1 |
| 2        | West Bengal       | Uttar Dinajpur   |                       4 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Adilabad         |                       1 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Jagitial         |                       2 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Karimnagar       |                       2 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Mahabubabad      |                       1 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Mahbubnagar      |                       1 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Medak            |                       4 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Nizamabad        |                       2 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Sangareddy       |                       5 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Siddipet         |                       1 |
| 3        | Telangana         | Vikarabad        |                       1 |
|          | Total             | Total            |                      31 |

(Source: PRABANDH)

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