Lok Sabha Question No. 2663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: Quality Education under SSA
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 2663 ANSWERED ON - 17/03/2025

## Quality Education under SSA

2663. Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has implemented the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) to improve school education in the country, especially in Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has ensured the effective implementation of the scheme in the districts of Katni, Panna and the town of Khajuraho in the Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency; (c) if so, the details thereof and the measures taken by the Government to improve the quality
- of education under the scheme;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to address the issue?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  implementing  an  integrated centrally sponsored scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha throughout the country including Madhya Pradesh  (all districts) covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII. The  scheme  treats  school  education  as  a  continuum  and  is  in  accordance  with  Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4). The scheme provides support for the implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The Scheme has been aligned with the recommendations of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and 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 including Madhya Pradesh and the districts of Katni, Panna and the town of Khajuraho in the Khajuraho Lok  Sabha  constituency  for  providing  various  facilities  to  the  children  which  include  free uniform to  eligible  children  at  elementary  level,  teaching  learning  materials,  transport/escort facility up to secondary level, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children  and  residential  as  well  as  non-resindential  training  for  older  children,  seasonal hostels/residential camps, special training centres, age-appropriate residential and  non- residential  training,  support  to  Out  of  School  Children  (16  to  19  years)  for  completion  of education through NIOS/SIOS, Holistic Progress Card, bilingual teaching material and books, support to Children with Special Needs (CWSN).

Also,  under  the  Scheme  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  for Universalization  of  School  Education  including  opening/strengthening  of  new  schools  upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & 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,  reimbursement  under  RTE  Act,  various  qualitative components,  strengthening  of  teacher  education  and  strengthening  of  DIETs/BRCs/CRCs, provision of ICT and digital interventions.

Under Samagra Shiksha, Annual Plans are prepared by the respective States and UTs based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan  and  Budget  (AWP&B)  proposals.  These  plans  are  then  appraised/approved  by  Project Approval Board (PAB) in the Department of Schools 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.

Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the Constitution, majority of the schools and teachers in the country are under the administrative control of the State Governments and UT Administrations. The States/UTs play pivotal role in conceptualization, implementation and realization of such schemes at the grass root level.

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