Lok Sabha Question No. 1295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Reservation for EWS Children
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Reservation for EWS Children

†1295. SHRI SANJAY SETH: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  25%  seats  have  been  reserved  in  private  and  unaided schools for the students of Economically  Weaker  Section under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  private  and  unaided  schools  which  have  implemented  the  said scheme in Jharkhand district wise;
- (c) the details of the provisions made for enrolling children in such institutions along with the details of the system in place for ensuring that school administration do not violate enrolment rules; and
- (d) the details of the number of admissions done by various schools in Ranchi under the said Act during the last two years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, mandates  the  appropriate  Government  to  provide  free  and  compulsory  elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school.  The RTE Act is applicable throughout the country.

Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  RTE  Act,  2009  provides  for  admission  of  children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups in the schools specified in subclauses (iii) and (iv) of clause (n) of section 2 in Class I (or below) to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class.

Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of the respective State Government  and  Union  Territory Administration  which  are  the  appropriate  Government  for  implementation  of  the provision of  the  Act  and  are  required  to  notify  the  disadvantaged groups  and  weaker sections, per child cost and start admissions as per the laid down procedure and have a grievance redressal mechanism in place.

Ministry of Education has requested States/UTs to carry out a ground assessment of private unaided schools across the country to ensure compliance with the  provisions  of  Section  12  of  the  RTE  Act,  2009.  Further,  Ministry  of  Education,  in various meetings like State Education Secretaries Conference, Regional/State workshops,  Project  Approval  Board  Meetings,  has  been  advising/  guiding  State/  UT Governments on implementation of Section 12 of the RTE Act, 2009.

As per the information provided by State Government of Jharkhand, the District wise number of private and unaided schools which have implemented the said scheme in Jharkhand:-

|   Sl.No. | District   |   Number of schools | Sl.No.                                                                        | District                                                                      | Number of schools                                                             |
|----------|------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Bokaro     |                  39 | 13                                                                            | Koderma                                                                       | 7                                                                             |
|        2 | Chatra     |                   3 | 14                                                                            | Lohardagga                                                                    | 3                                                                             |
|        3 | Deoghar    |                  24 | 15                                                                            | Pakur                                                                         | 4                                                                             |
|        4 | Dhanbad    |                  52 | 16                                                                            | Palamau                                                                       | 8                                                                             |
|        5 | Dumka      |                  24 | 17                                                                            | Paschimi Singhbhum                                                            | 9                                                                             |
|        6 | Garhwa     |                  19 | 18                                                                            | Purbi Singhbhum                                                               | 64                                                                            |
|        7 | Giridih    |                  19 | 19                                                                            | Ramgarh                                                                       | 20                                                                            |
|        8 | Godda      |                   4 | 20                                                                            | Ranchi                                                                        | 97                                                                            |
|        9 | Gumla      |                   4 | 21                                                                            | Saraikela                                                                     | 24                                                                            |
|       10 | Hazaribag  |                  53 | 22                                                                            | Simdega                                                                       | 4                                                                             |
|       11 | Jamtara    |                  10 | Total                                                                         | Total                                                                         | 496                                                                           |
|       12 | Khunti     |                   5 | Two districts namely Latehar and Sahibganj has no schools under this category | Two districts namely Latehar and Sahibganj has no schools under this category | Two districts namely Latehar and Sahibganj has no schools under this category |

As  per  the  information  provided  by  State  Government  of  Jharkhand,  the  new admissions done in various private schools, of district Ranchi under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act in year 2020-21 and 2021-22 are 345 and 437 respectively.

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