Lok Sabha Question No. 3514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Child Tracking System
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3514 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Child Tracking System

3514. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  as  per  a  recent  study,  the  number  of  schools  in  the  Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) has declined over the last few years; (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise during the last three years, year-wise along with reasons thereto; (c)  whether the Government has any plans for early implementation of the child tracking system envisaged in the National Education Policy (NEP); (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and (e) the details of the benefits likely to be accrued to the students studying in schools by
- introduction of a child tracking system?

## ANSWER

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

- (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. As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+),  total  number  of  schools  for  the  years  2017-18,  2018-19  and  2019-20,  State-

wise are at Annexure. (c) to (e): Under Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance to states and UTs for child tracking has been introduced.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  and  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3514  TO  BE  ANSWRED  ON  20.12.2021  ASKED  BY HONB'LE MP SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU REGARDING 'Child Tracking System'.

## Total number of Schools

| States/UTs                | 2017-18   | 2018-19   |   2019-20 |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 417       | 414       |       418 |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 63633     | 63621     |     63824 |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 4061      | 3793      |      3666 |
| Assam                     | 70078     | 66324     |     65907 |
| Bihar                     | 88233     | 89224     |     90275 |
| Chandigarh                | 225       | 229       |       229 |
| Chhattisgarh              | 56184     | 56274     |     56303 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 346       | 346       |       346 |
| Daman & Diu               | 143       | 140       |       137 |
| Delhi                     | 5723      | 5703      |      5669 |
| Goa                       | 1525      | 1486      |      1482 |
| Gujarat                   | 54141     | 54581     |     54629 |
| Haryana                   | 23235     | 23534     |     23699 |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 18295     | 18212     |     18185 |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 29335     | 29708     |     28863 |
| Jharkhand                 | 49530     | 45908     |     45596 |
| Karnataka                 | 77076     | 78233     |     77166 |
| Kerala                    | 17013     | 16701     |     16665 |
| Ladakh                    | NA        | NA        |      1054 |
| Lakshadweep               | 45        | 45        |        45 |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 153593    | 154064    |    133379 |
| Maharashtra               | 110315    | 109942    |    110229 |
| Manipur                   | 4812      | 4844      |      4663 |
| Meghalaya                 | 14736     | 14669     |     14730 |
| Mizoram                   | 3919      | 3913      |      3924 |
| Nagaland                  | 2839      | 2752      |      2758 |
| Odisha                    | 69209     | 68717     |     67020 |
| Puducherry                | 733       | 739       |       741 |
| Punjab                    | 28926     | 28637     |     28775 |
| Rajasthan                 | 105514    | 105883    |    106240 |
| Sikkim                    | 1300      | 1290      |      1277 |
| Tamilnadu                 | 58474     | 59152     |     58897 |
| Telangana                 | 42834     | 42355     |     42575 |
| Tripura                   | 4928      | 4945      |      4940 |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 275286    | 273235    |    254352 |
| Uttarakhand               | 24273     | 23559     |     23295 |
| West Bengal               | 97974     | 97828     |     95755 |
| All India                 | 1558903   | 1551000   |   1507708 |

Source:-Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 2017-18, Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) 2018-19 and 2019-20