Lok Sabha Question No. 3065 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: Steps taken to Educate Street Children and Migrant Labourers
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod, Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO3065

ANSWERED ON- 20/03/2023

## STEPS TAKEN TO EDUCATE STREET CHILDREN AND MIGRANT LABOURERS

## 3065. SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD:

## SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to educate the street children and migrant labourers;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of expenditure in this regard during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (c): Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools come under the purview of the respective State and UT Governments.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, mandates the respective State and Union Territory Government- which are the appropriate Government, to provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school.

Also,  Section  10  of  the  RTE  Act  states  that  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  parent  or guardian to admit or cause to be admitted his or her child or ward, as the case may be, for elementary education in the neighbourhood school.

The Department of School Education and Literacy, through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha provides financial assistance to the States and UTs for carrying out various interventions to provide equitable and qualitative education, including up-gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, setting up of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, free uniforms to eligible children and free text books at elementary level, transport allowance and undertaking enrolment & retention drives. Further, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children and residential as well as non-residential training  for  older  children,  seasonal  hostels  /  residential  camps,  special  training  centres  at worksites, transport/ escort facility are also supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. The norms for special training is  ₹ 6000/- per child per annum for non-residential training and  ₹ 20,000/- per child per annum for residential training. Since 2021-

22,  financial  assistance  upto  Rs.  2000  per  annum  is  being  provided  for  supporting  Out  of School Children including migrant children of age group of 16-19 years, belonging to socio economically disadvantaged groups, for completing their education through NIOS/SIOS, for accessing course materials and certification.

Under 'Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman' (PM POSHAN) scheme one hot cooked meal in Government and Government aided schools is provided to students at the elementary level of education, including Balvatika.

The financial assistance is based on the annual plans prepared by the States and UTs as per  their  requirements/  priority  and  is  reflected  in  their  respective  Annual  Work  Plan  and Budget (AWP&B) Proposals. These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated by the Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  in  the  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  in consultation  with  the  States  and  UTs  as  per  the  programmatic  and  financial  norms  of  the scheme and physical and financial progress of the State for the interventions approved earlier.

As  per  the  information  provided  by  the  State/UT  Government  in  their  respective Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B), the information of expenditure for the education to Out of School Children of migrant labourers is at Annexure.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3065 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH  MARCH, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MPs SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD AND SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI REGARDING STEPS TAKEN TO EDUCATE STREET CHILDREN AND MIGRANT LABOURERS

## Status of Education to Out of School Children of Migrant labourers

| No.         | State          |   (Rs. in Lakh) Expenditure 2019-20 |
|-------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Andhra Pradesh |                              207.22 |
| 2.          | Assam          |                              259.94 |
| 3.          | Gujarat        |                             2956.87 |
| 4.          | Madhya Pradesh |                               38.2  |
| 5.          | Maharashtra    |                             1264.89 |
| 6.          | Odisha         |                             1137.95 |
| 7.          | Rajasthan      |                               15.33 |
| 8.          | Tamil Nadu     |                               29.15 |
| 9.          | Telangana      |                              138.39 |
| 10.         | Tripura        |                              148.9  |
| 11.         | Uttarakhand    |                                9.35 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    |                             6206.19 |

|             |                   | (Rs. in Lakh) Expenditure 2020-21   |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|
| S. No.      | State             |                                     |
| 1.          | Andhra Pradesh    | 15.19                               |
| 2.          | Assam             | 159.91                              |
| 3.          | Bihar             | 8.25                                |
| 4.          | Gujarat           | 87.39                               |
| 5.          | Jammu&            | 1005.12                             |
| 6.          | Kashmir Jharkhand | 14.02                               |
| 7.          | Karnataka         | 48.77                               |
| 8.          | Maharashtra       | 2692.69                             |
| 9.          | Tamil Nadu        | 5.91                                |
| 10.         | Telangana         | 6.06                                |
| 11.         | Tripura           | 161.80                              |
| 12.         | Uttarakhand       | 1.20                                |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       | 4206.31                             |

2478.80

| No.   | State          |   (Rs. in Lakh) Expenditure 2021-22 |
|-------|----------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh |                              42.65  |
| 2.    | Assam          |                             142.67  |
| 3.    | Chhattisgarh   |                             163.59  |
| 4.    | Gujarat        |                             836.31  |
| 5.    | Jammu &Kashmir |                             809.56  |
| 6.    | Karnataka      |                             165.23  |
| 7.    | Maharashtra    |                              36.903 |
| 8.    | Odisha         |                               9.57  |
| 9.    | Tamil Nadu     |                              54.42  |
| 10.   | Tripura        |                             206.37  |
| 11.   | Uttarakhand    |                              11.5   |
|       | Grand Total    |                            2478.8   |

Source: AWP&B

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