Lok Sabha Question No. 2019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: Literacy Rate among Muslim Community
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2019

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## LITERACY RATE AMONG MUSLIM COMMUNITY

†2019. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the male and female literacy rate among Muslim community in the country as on date; (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more girls hostels and model degree  colleges  in  the  various  districts  of  the  country  particularly  in  the minority dominated districts to increase their literacy rate; (c) if so, the details thereof, State/district-wise; and (d) the time by when these hostels and degree colleges are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) : The literacy data in the country is collected through decennial census operation  conducted  by  the  Registrar  General  of  India.  The  last  census  was conducted in 2011. As per the Census 2011, the country's literacy rate among Muslim Community was 68.54% (Male : 74.73% and Female : 62.04%).

Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of Education  is  implementing  the  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha,  effective  from 2018-19,  for  universalization  of  quality  education  throughout  the  country  in coordination with the States and UTs. It 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. Samagra Shiksha envisages the 'school' as a continuum from Preschool,  primary,  upper  primary,  secondary  to  Senior  Secondary  levels  and supports States and Union Territories in implementation of the RTE Act, 2009.

Bridging gender and social category gaps at all levels of school education is one of the major objectives of the scheme.

To  reduce  gender  gaps  at  all  levels  of  school  education,  there  is  a provision  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  under  Samagra Shiksha.  KGBVs  are  residential  schools  from  class  VI  to  XII  for  girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty  Line  (BPL).  The  KGBVs  are  set  up  in  Educationally  Backward Blocks (EBBs) of a State/UT where the female rural literacy rate is below the national average. Proposals for sanctioning of new KGBVs are submitted by the  respective  States/UTs  in  Annual  Work  Plan  &  Budget,  which  are scrutinized and approved by the Project Approval Board. Central Government approves KGBVs  on the basis of the proposal received from State Government.  The  matters  related  to  operationalization  and  functioning  of KGBVs come under the purview of concerned State/UT Governments. As on 31.12.2022, status of KGBVs is as under:

|                  |                  | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment   | Enrolment    | Enrolment            |
|------------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|----------------------|
| KGBVs Sanctioned | KGBVs Functional | SC Girls    | ST Girls    | BPL Girls   | OBC Girls   | Muslim Girls | Total Girls Enrolled |
| 5,646            | 4,996            | 1,85,969    | 1,77,082    | 46,037      | 2,41,777    | 26,076       | 6,76,941             |

(Source: Prabandh)

## KGBV status in Muslim Concentration Districts :

818  KGBVs  have  been  sanctioned  in  88  Muslim  Concentration  Districts having  20%  and  above  Muslim  population  and  select  urban  areas,  out  of which 657 are functional.

Further,  267  KGBVs  have  been  upgraded  up  to  class  X/XII  in  88  Muslim Concentration Districts.

Support for setting up of Model Degree Colleges (MDCs) is provided to States/ UTs under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA). The selection of districts under RUSA is finalised as per the proposals  submitted  by  the  States  and  in  consultation  with  them  based  on schematic guidelines.

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