Lok Sabha Question No. 3344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: School Enrollment Rate of SC/ST/OBC Girls
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3344

ANSWERED ON 16/12/2024

## School Enrollment Rate of SC/ST/OBC Girls

3344. Shri Dineshbhai Makwana:

Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of current enrollment rate of SC/ST/OBC girls at primary level education especially in NCT of Delhi;
- (b)  whether  any  progress  has  been  made  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  enrollment  rate  of  such students; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government for the upliftment of such students?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) : 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. As per UDISE+, social category wise Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of girls at primary level education in Delhi and all India for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 is given below:
- (b)  and  (c):  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of  Education  is implementing the scheme of Samagra Shiksha for universalization of quality education throughout the country in coordination with the States and UTs including NCT of Delhi. Bridging gender and social gaps  at  all  levels  of  school  education  is  one  of  the  major  objectives  of  the  Samagra  Shiksha.  Under Samagra  Shiksha,  various  facilities  are  being  provided  for  promoting  girls  education.  These  include opening of schools in the neighbourhood as defined by the State, free uniform and text-books to girls up to Class VIII, provision of gender segregated toilets in all schools, provision of self-defence training to girls  from  classes  VI  to  XII,  stipend  to  CWSN girls  from  class  I  to  Class  XII,  among  others,  special State specific projects for equity such as life skills, awareness programmes, incinerators, sanitary pad vending machines etc., and vocationalization of secondary education.

|                       | 2021-22   | 2021-22   | 2020-21   | 2020-21   |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Social category       | All India | Delhi     | All India | Delhi     |
| All category          | 104.8     | 120.1     | 104.5     | 119.5     |
| Scheduled Castes (SC) | 114.9     | 63.3      | 115.3     | 62.0      |
| Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 106.7     | -*        | 106.6     | -*        |

In addition, to increase the enrolment of Girls at all levels of school education, under Samagra Shiksha,  there  is  a  provision  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  in  the  Educationally Backward  Blocks  where  rural  female  literacy  rate  is  below  the  national  average.  KGBVs  are residential schools from class VI to XII for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL).

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