Lok Sabha Question No. 4139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Education Schemes
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Education Schemes

## †4139. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether any scheme for new schools has been approved by the Government in Madhya Pradesh  so  that  tribal  areas  could  get  maximum  benefits  particularly  Khargone  Barwani Parliamentary Constituency and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether the Government is considering a scheme to set up new schools in aspirational districts and if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which this scheme is likely to be implemented; and

(c) the schemes approved in the aspirational districts of Madhya Pradesh by the Government?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (c):   As per the provisions of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, it is the duty of the respective State and Union Territory Government which is the appropriate Government under the RTE Act to provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. In pursuance of Section 6 of the RTE Act, the respective State and Union Territory (UT) Government have notified areas or limits of their neighbourhood norms in their State RTE Rules, factoring in their State specific condition, for opening of schools.

The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, through integrated centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha  provides support to the States and UTs  for implementing the various provisions of the RTE  Act, including opening/ strengthening  of  schools.  On  the  basis  of  the  Annual  Work  Plan  &  Budget  received  from State Government for various activities, Project Approval Board (PAB) approves opening of new  schools  to  the  State  Government  for  implementation  of  Samagra  Shiksha.  As  on 15.03.2022, status of new/upgraded schools under Samagra Shikhsa in the State of Madhya Pradesh is as below:

| New/Upgraded Schools   |   Primary |   Primary to Upper Primary |   Secondary |
|------------------------|-----------|----------------------------|-------------|
| No. of Schools         |     27910 |                      17851 |        1856 |

(Source: Prabandh)

Further, under Samagra Shiksha, there is a provision of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs), which are residential schools for girls from class VI to XII 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.

The status of functional KGBVs, KVs and JNVs in the State of Madhya Pradesh is as under:

| Type of Schools                             |   KGBVs |   KVs |   JNVs |
|---------------------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|
| Madhya Pradesh                              |     408 |   112 |     54 |
| Aspirational districts of Madhya Pradesh    |      86 |    13 |     08 |
| Khargone Barwani Parliamentary Constituency |      16 |    03 |     01 |

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