Lok Sabha Question No. 3377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Education for all Citizens
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dayanidhi Maran

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  AUGUST, 2021

## Education for all Citizens

3377. SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  consulted  with  stakeholders  or  civil  society during the course of pandemic period to identify issues faced by underprivileged students;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken by the Government to solve these issues;
- (c)  the  details  of  different  schemes  to  promote  education  in  the  country,  funds allocated and utilised and number of beneficiaries, State-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure access to education for all citizens?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  &  (b):  During  COVID-19  Pandemic,  Government  of  India  has  held  various consultations with the States and UTs at different levels. Also, a brain storming session was held with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)  in January, 2021 for taking their views/ perspectives to assess and to bridge the learning gap in the Covid-19 pandemic period. Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. However, to ensure  that  every  student  gets  continued  access  to  education,  a  multi-pronged

approach  has  been  adopted.  A  comprehensive  initiative  called  PM  e-VIDYA  has been  initiated  as  part  of  Atma  Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyan  on  17 th   May,  2020,  which unifies  all  efforts  related  to  digital/online/on-air  education  to  enable  multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes:

- DIKSHA (one nation, one digital platform) is the nation's digital infrastructure for providing  quality  e-content  for  school  education  in  states/UTs  and  QR  coded Energized Textbooks for all grades are available on it. 35 of the 36 states and UTs have on boarded on DIKSHA platform and contextualised the content as per the local need.
- One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from Class 1 to 12 (one class, one channel).
- Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani.
- Special  e-content  for  visually  and  hearing  impaired  developed  on  Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.

Besides, the Ministry has undertaken a proactive initiative, named, 'MANODARPAN' covering a wide range of activities to provide psychosocial support to students, teachers and families for Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing during the COVID outbreak and beyond.

The Central Government is constantly advising States/UTs through guidelines  and  meetings  with  respect  to  interventions  for  reducing  impact  of pandemic on education. The guidelines issued so far are given below:

|   S. No . | Interventions                                                            | Links of Guideline                                                                           |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Guidelines for Children of Migrant Labourers                             | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/Migrant%20labour%20guideline.pdf |
|         2 | Guidelines for Out of School Children and Mitigation of Loss of Learning | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/guidelines_oosc.pdf              |
|         3 | PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education                                 | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/pragyata-guidelines_0.pdf        |

|   4. | Learning Enhancement Guidelines for Continuous Learning                 | https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/announcement/Learning_%2 0Enhancement_Guidelines.pdf                                                                                                                                                                        |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    5 | Covid-19 Related Health and Safety Sop/Guidelines for School Re-Opening | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/SOP_Guidelines_for_reopening_schools.pdf                                                                                                                                                 |
|    6 | Covid Action Plan for School Education                                  | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/Covid_Action_Plan.pdf                                                                                                                                                                    |
|    7 | Alternate Academic Calendar                                             | Secondary- https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/Academic%20Calender%20- %20Secondary%20-%20Eng.pdf Primary- - https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/Eight_Weeks_AAC_Primary_%28English%2 9%5B1%5D_0.pdf |
|    8 | Guidelines for JNV - Residential Schools                                | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAc4iKQTqTJkN VDGc5glEDsrDGdAXwC8/view                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    9 | Guidelines for parents on Home Based Education                          | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/m hrd/files/MoE_Home_Learning_Guidelines.pdf                                                                                                                                                         |
|   10 | Guidelines for orphaned Children                                        | In this regard, a joint DO letter No. 13-10/2021-IS- 11 dated 16.06.2021 from Secretary DoSEL, MoE and Secretary, MWCD has been issued to all States and UTs.                                                                                        |
|   11 | Guidelines for developing E-content for CWSN                            | https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhr d/files/CWSN_E-Content_guidelines.pdf                                                                                                                                                            |
|   12 | CBSE competency- based assessment framework                             | http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Manuals/ Safal_handbook.pdf                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|   13 | NCTE Guidelines for TEIs                                                | https://ncte.gov.in/WebAdminFiles/RecentAnnounc ement/0_20_08_2020_637335320672297662.pdf                                                                                                                                                            |

(c) & (d): The  details  of  the  major  schemes  to  promote  education  in  the country implemented by the Government of India are as follows:

(I) Samagra Shiksha :  The Government of India launched Samagra Shiksha-an Integrated  Scheme  for  school  education,  w.e.f  2018-19,  as  an  overarching programme for the  school  education  sector  extending  from  pre-school  to  class XII, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education, across the country including the rural areas. The scheme has now been aligned to NEP, 2020 recommendations and extended till 2025-26. The scheme provides support to States and UTs for strengthening of infrastructure in schools, universal access, bringing gender equality, promoting inclusive education,  quality  of  education,  financial  support  for  teachers'  salary,  digital initiatives,  entitlements  under  the Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 including uniforms and textbooks, pre-school education, vocational education, sports and physical education and strengthening of teacher education institutions.

The number of beneficiaries, details of funds allocated and utilised, State-wise, during last year 2020-21 under the Scheme is at Annexure-I . (II) Mid-Day-Meal  (MDM): Mid-Day  Meal  Scheme  (MDMS)  is  an  on-going Centrally-Sponsored Scheme which provides nutritional supplement to all school children studying in Classes I-VIII of Government, Government-Aided  schools,  Special  Training  Centres  including  Madarsas  and Maqtabs. The State-wise details of funds released under the Scheme during 2020-21 is  given  at Annexure-II .  The  number  of  beneficiaries  under  the  scheme  are included in Annexure-I. (III) Padhna  Likhna  Abhiyan :    A  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Adult Education  namely,  'Padhna  Likhna  Abhiyan  (PLA)'  was  implemented  during 2020-21  with  a  physical  target  of  imparting  functional  literacy  to  57  lakh  adult illiterates in the age group of 15 and above under basic literacy programme. The scheme was extended upto 31.07.2021. A  statement indicating the number of beneficiaries and the central share released  to  States/  UTs,  state-wise,  under  the  scheme  during  2020-21  is  at

Annexure-III .

(IV) Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RUSA) :  Rashtriya  Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) is an overarching scheme, operating in mission mode for funding the State Government Universities and colleges to achieve the aims of equity, access and excellence.The funding to states being made on the basis of critical appraisal of State  Higher  Education  Plans,  which  describe  each  state's  strategy  to  address issues of equity, access and excellence in higher education.

A statement indicating the central share released to States/UTs, state-wise under RUSA scheme during 2020-21 is at Annexure-IV.

Further,  in  order  to  improve  the  education  standards  in  the  country,  the Government has taken several steps:-

1.  Central RTE Rules have been amended on 20 th  February, 2017 to include reference  on  class-wise,  subject-wise  Learning  Outcomes  at  Elementary level.
2.  National Achievement Survey (NAS) is conducted to enable States/UTs to identify gaps in learning outcomes, and take remedial steps.
3.  A  70  indicator  based  matrix  Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI)  has  been developed to grade the States/UTs.
4.  NISHTHA  (National  Initiative  for  School  Heads  and  Teachers  Holistic Advancement),  an  Integrated  Teacher  Training  Programme  has  been introduced.
5.  Learning Outcomes for Secondary level have been notified.
6.  The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) was entrusted to conduct teachers training through ODL (Open Distance Learning) mode, which has been completed by about 9.58 lakh teachers.

Also, the National Education Policy, 2020 focuses on improving the standard  of  education  through  various  measures  such  as  introduction  of  New pedagogical  and  curricular  structure,  Early  Childhood  Care  and  Education, Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy,  Transforming  Assessment  for  Student Development, Experiential and Competency based Learning etc.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.21 ASKED BY SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN REGARDING EDUCATION FOR ALL CITIZENS

Number of Beneficiaries, central share allocated, funds utilised under Samagra Shiksha during 2020-21

| Sr. No   | States                   |   No. of beneficiaries |   Central Share Released |      Utilization |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1        | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS |                  50082 |           4037.43        |   4466.32        |
| 2        | ANDHRA PRADESH           |                4272541 |          86975.1         | 108556           |
| 3        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        |                 227225 |          33964.5         |  28533.2         |
| 4        | ASSAM                    |                5249793 |         159429           | 189296           |
| 5        | BIHAR                    |               19766100 |         282823           | 518978           |
| 6        | CHANDIGARH               |                 153416 |           7115.42        |   8680.96        |
| 7        | CHHATTISGARH             |                4242079 |          35068.4         | 106813           |
| 8        | DNH&D&D                  |                  89265 |           3493.77        |   4190.87        |
| 9        | DELHI                    |                2528391 |          14926.4         |  36788.8         |
| 10       | GOA                      |                 247604 |           1788.38        |   2718.32        |
| 11       | GUJARAT                  |                7287749 |          97632.8         | 179497           |
| 12       | HARYANA                  |                2133902 |          74570.7         | 122299           |
| 13       | HIMACHAL PRADESH         |                 825468 |          49230.5         |  41213.4         |
| 14       | JAMMU &KASHMIR           |                1196370 |          38557.4         | 118457           |
| 15       | JHARKHAND                |                5045183 |          86561.2         | 144325           |
| 16       | KARNATAKA                |                6824387 |          61010           |  88580.2         |
| 17       | KERALA                   |                4138992 |          23838.6         |  43631           |
| 18       | LADAKH                   |                  23997 |           5806.39        |   2042.92        |
| 19       | LAKSHADWEEP              |                  11409 |            254.63        |    261.64        |
| 20       | MADHYA PRADESH           |                9895226 |         246219           | 430852           |
| 21       | MAHARASHTRA              |               16095633 |          63559.6         | 100542           |
| 22       | MANIPUR                  |                 219680 |          32364.8         |  32954.5         |
| 23       | MEGHALAYA                |                 712111 |          28355.7         |  40517.6         |
| 24       | MIZORAM                  |                 140283 |          18855           |  18739.3         |
| 25       | NAGALAND                 |                 134179 |          21347.1         |  17667           |
| 26       | ODISHA                   |                6082181 |         130146           | 276837           |
| 27       | PUDUCHERRY               |                 102776 |            972.44        |   2326.1         |
| 28       | PUNJAB                   |                2596753 |          53143.1         | 127385           |
| 29       | RAJASTHAN                |                9223188 |         225944           | 425874           |
| 30       | SIKKIM                   |                  87447 |           6451.72        |   9115.62        |
| 31       | TAMIL NADU               |                6894818 |         162154           | 271493           |
| 32       | TELANGANA                |                2933955 |          34807.4         | 105953           |
| 33       | TRIPURA                  |                 587087 |          40371.2         |  31565           |
| 34       | UTTAR PRADESH            |               21656102 |         457186           | 667843           |
| 35       | UTTARAKHAND              |                1282800 |          54149.3         |  58187.3         |
| 36       | WEST BENGAL              |               14893751 |         132743           | 191443           |
|          | Total                    |              157851923 |              2.77585e+06 |      4.55862e+06 |

## Annexure-II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.21 ASKED BY SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN REGARDING EDUCATION FOR ALL CITIZENS

The State-wise details of the Central Assistance/funds released  under the Mid-Day-Meal, during 2020-21

(Rs. In lakh)

| S.No.   | States/UTs        | 2020-21 Central Assistance/ Funds Released   |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh    | 37510.17                                     |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh | 2917.87                                      |
| 3.      | Assam             | 75703.77                                     |
| 4.      | Bihar             | 139248.01                                    |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh      | 38080.87                                     |
| 6.      | Goa               | 1709.34                                      |
| 7.      | Gujarat           | 52871.83                                     |
| 8.      | Haryana           | 15572.73                                     |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh  | 10500.11                                     |
| 10.     | Jammu &Kashmir    | 15960.26                                     |
| 11.     | Jharkhand         | 35203.74                                     |
| 12.     | Karnataka         | 51553.53                                     |
| 13.     | Kerala            | 27688.82                                     |
| 14.     | Madhya Pradesh    | 82754.74                                     |
| 15.     | Maharashtra       | 100250.03                                    |
| 16.     | Manipur           | 3900.45                                      |
| 17.     | Meghalaya         | 8733.94                                      |
| 18.     | Mizoram           | 2313.45                                      |
| 19.     | Nagaland          | 2744.38                                      |
| 20.     | Odisha            | 58301.22                                     |
| 21.     | Punjab            | 21769.15                                     |
| 22.     | Rajasthan         | 71100.05                                     |
| 23.     | Sikkim            | 840.58                                       |
| 24.     | Tamil Nadu        | 49221.67                                     |
| 25.     | Telangana         | 4524.22                                      |
| 26.     | Tripura           | 6220.56                                      |
| 27.     | Uttarakhand       | 13024.30                                     |
| 28.     | Uttar Pradesh     | 207166.14                                    |
| 29.     | West Bengal       | 134330.72                                    |
| 30.     | A&N Island        | 648.71                                       |
| 31.     | Chandigarh        | 1338.56                                      |
| 32.     | D&N Haveli        | 1307.94                                      |
| 33.     | Daman &Diu        |                                              |
| 34.     | Delhi             | 11297.29                                     |
| 35.     | Lakshadweep       | 32.62                                        |
| 36.     | Ladakh            | 555.79                                       |
| 37.     | Puducherry        | 503.45                                       |
|         | TOTAL             | 1287401.01                                   |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.21 ASKED BY SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN REGARDING EDUCATION FOR ALL CITIZENS

## Number of beneficiaries  and  Central  Share  Released  under  Padhna  Likhna  Abhiyan Scheme

| S. No.   | Name of States/UTs                 | Target Number of Learners   | Total Amount Released   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 30,000                      | 94,50,000               |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 3,20,000                    | 4,44,60,000             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 44,000                      | 1,13,38,000             |
| 4        | Assam                              | 1,50,000                    | 3,26,25,000             |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 4,20,000                    | 5,78,00,000             |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 30,000                      | 95,00,000               |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 2,50,000                    | 3,51,00,000             |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 40,000                      | 1,16,50,000             |
| 9        | Goa                                | 44,000                      | 0                       |
| 10       | Gujarat                            | 1,50,000                    | 2,17,80,000             |
| 11       | Haryana                            | 1,00,000                    | 1,50,60,000             |
| 12       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 1,00,000                    | 2,25,90,000             |
| 13       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 40,000                      | 1,05,30,000             |
| 14       | Jharkhand                          | 2,00,000                    | 2,84,00,000             |
| 15       | Karnataka                          | 3,20,000                    | 4,44,60,000             |
| 16       | Kerala                             | 2,00,000                    | 2,84,23,200             |
| 17       | Ladakh                             | 10,000                      | 51,00,000               |
| 18       | Lakshadweep                        | 2,000                       | 32,06,000               |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 3,20,000                    | 4,45,00,000             |
| 20       | Maharashtra                        | 3,20,000                    | 0                       |
| 21       | Manipur                            | 44,000                      | 1,13,40,000             |
| 22       | Meghalaya                          | 44,000                      | 1,13,40,000             |
| 23       | Mizoram                            | 30,000                      | 85,49,000               |
| 24       | Nagaland                           | 44,000                      | 1,13,40,000             |
| 25       | NCT of Delhi                       | 20,000                      | 43,80,000               |
| 26       | Odisha                             | 2,00,000                    | 2,84,00,000             |
| 27       | Puducherry                         | 44,000                      | 75,56,880               |
| 28       | Punjab                             | 40,000                      | 70,20,000               |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          | 4,20,000                    | 5,78,28,000             |
| 30       | Sikkim                             | 10,000                      | 45,90,000               |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         | 3,10,000                    | 4,31,40,000             |
| 32       | Telangana                          | 2,20,000                    | 3,10,79,760             |
| 33       | Tripura                            | 44,000                      | 1,13,40,000             |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 4,20,000                    | 5,78,00,000             |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        | 2,00,000                    | 4,26,00,000             |
| 36       | West Bengal                        | 5,20,000                    | 0                       |
|          | Total                              | 57,00,000                   | 77,42,75,840            |

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.21 ASKED BY SHRI DAYANIDHI MARAN REGARDING EDUCATION FOR ALL CITIZENS

State-wise detail of the fund releases under RUSA Scheme in the year 2020-21 (Rs. in Crores)

| S.No   | Name of State/UT            |   2020-21 |
|--------|-----------------------------|-----------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh              |   34.11   |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh           |    0      |
| 3      | Assam                       |    0      |
| 4      | Bihar                       |    0      |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                |    0      |
| 6      | Goa                         |    0      |
| 7      | Gujarat                     |    5.66   |
| 8      | Haryana                     |    0      |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh            |    0.9    |
| 10     | Jammu &Kashmir              |    4.92   |
| 11     | Jharkhand                   |   12.42   |
| 12     | Karnataka                   |    0      |
| 13     | Kerala                      |    0      |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh              |    0      |
| 15     | Maharashtra                 |    0      |
| 16     | Manipur                     |   18.95   |
| 17     | Meghalaya                   |    5.85   |
| 18     | Mizoram                     |   10.0307 |
| 19     | Nagaland                    |    0      |
| 20     | Odisha                      |    5.04   |
| 21     | Punjab                      |    0      |
| 22     | Rajasthan                   |   12.3    |
| 23     | Sikkim                      |    0.44   |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                  |    0      |
| 25     | Telangana                   |   14.47   |
| 26     | Tripura                     |    0      |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh               |   17.36   |
| 28     | Uttarakhand                 |    2.2    |
| 29     | West Bengal                 |    8.28   |
| 30     | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |    0      |
| 31     | Chandigarh                  |   11      |
| 32     | Delhi                       |    0      |
| 33     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli         |    0      |
| 34     | Daman and Diu               |    0      |
| 35     | Puducherry                  |    0      |
| 36     | Ladakh                      |    0      |
|        | Total                       |  163.931  |