Lok Sabha Question No. 1915 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: School Children Involved as Domestic Helps
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1915

ANSWERED ON 13/03/2023

## School Children Involved as Domestic Helps

## † 1915. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any data on school going children who are employed as domestic helps;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of children engaged as domestic helps who do not go to school due to said reason;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  allow  such  children  to  continue  as  domestic  helps partially or to send them back to school by compensating their families; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (e): 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.  In  the UDISE+,  DoSEL  collects  data  on  schools,  teachers  and  students,  management-wise  and  school category wise. UDISE+ only captures data on school going children.

Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Government. To reduce number of Out of School Children system, the Department of School Education and Literacy with effect from 2018-19 has launched an Integrated  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  School  Education-  Samagra  Shiksha.  However,  the scheme has now been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have  access  to  quality  education  with  an  equitable  and  inclusive  classroom  environment  which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.

Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for undertaking various activities to reduce number of Out of School Children (OoSC) including opening/strengthening of new schools upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & additional classrooms, setting  up,  up-gradation  and  running  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas,  setting  up  of  Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, free uniforms, free text books, 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. Further, under the student oriented  component  for  the  children  with  special  needs,  financial  assistance  is  provided  for identification and assessment of children with special needs, aids and appliances, braille kits and books, appropriate teaching learning material and stipend to girl students with disability etc

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