Lok Sabha Question No. 1106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-10
Subject: Low GER  at Secondary Level Schools in Rampur, U.P.
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Mohibbullah

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO1106

ANSWERED ON- 10/02/2025

## LOW GER AT SECONDARY LEVEL SCHOOLS IN RAMPUR, U.P.

1106. Shri Mohibbullah: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  low  Gross  Enrollment  Ratio  (GER)  at  the secondary level in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh; (b)  if  so,  the  initiatives  being  undertaken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  low  Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in the above district; (c) the details of the secondary and senior secondary schools upgraded during the last five years in the above district; and (d) the details of school-wise enrollment and  teacher  availability  in  Government  and Government-aided secondary and senior secondary schools in the district that have been

- upgraded during the last five years?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a)  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  maintains  Unified  District  Information System for  Education  Plus  (U-DISE+)  as  Management  Information  Systems(MIS).  U-DISE+ collects information from all the schools (government, aided and private) annually on various educational indicators including Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) across all States and UTs. GER is the total enrolment in a specified level of school education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population in the official age group corresponding to that level in a given school year. The population figures used for the calculation are derived from the Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections (TGPP-July 2020), published by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW).

Since  the  calculation  requires  population  as  the  denominator,  and  the Report  of  the TGPP does not provide district-wise population estimates, therefore the district-wise GER is not maintained in the UDISE +.

(b)  This  Department  is  implementing  an  integrated  centrally  sponsored  scheme  for  School education-  Samagra  Shiksha.  The  scheme  treats  school  education  holistically,  without segmentation from pre-primary to class XII and has been aligned with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.  The Scheme aims 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  Samagra  Shiksha,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States  and  UTs  for undertaking  various  activities  for  Universalization  of  School  Education  including  increasing Gross  Enrolment  Ratio  which  includes  opening/strengthening  of  new  schools  upto  senior secondary level, construction of school buildings and additional classrooms, development/strengthening  of  school  infrastructure  in  northern  border  areas  under  Vibrant Village Programme,  setting up, up-gradation and  running of Kasturba Gandhi  Balika Vidyalayas,  construction  of  hostels  for  PVTGs  under  PM-JANMAN  ,  setting  up  of  Netaji Subhash  Chandra  Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas,  construction  of  hostels  under  Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh  Abhiyan  for  unsaturated  ST  population,  free  uniforms  to  eligible children  and  free  text  books  at  elementary  level,  transport  allowance  and  undertaking enrolment and retention drives. 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 including support to complete their education through NIOS/SIOS. 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.

(c) and (d) As per norms of Samagra Shiksha, annual plans are prepared by the States and UTs  as  per  their  requirements/  priority  (including  upgradation  of  schools)  and  the  same  is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) Proposals. These plans are then appraised and approved 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.  No proposal for upgradation of school(s) in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh during the period 2020-21 to 2024-25 has been received.

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