Lok Sabha Question No. 1312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Assessment of Vidyanjali Schemes
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1312

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## Assessment of Vidyanjali Schemes

## 1312.  SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted an assessment of the potential positive impact of the Vidyanjali schemes;
- (b) if so, the details of the findings and outcomes;
- (c) whether there is any proposal from the Government to revamp the scheme, specifically towards the inclusion of unaided private schools in it;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  introduce  incentives  or  rewards  to  volunteers  or organizations who are actively participating in the scheme; and
- (e) the details on the number of schools registered under the Vidyanjali 2.0 scheme across the country and the distribution of these registrations, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a) &  (b)  Vidyanjali-the  school  volunteer  initiative  was  launched  in  September  2021.  Regular interactive  sessions  in  physical  and  virtual  mode  are  held  with  States/UTs  to  assess  the performance  of  onboarding  of  government  and  government-aided  schools  on  the  Vidyanjali portal as well as on mobilisation of volunteers. Schools report the number of children benefitted on the portal after completion of the volunteer activity. As of December 6, 2023, around 60.61 lakh children have got benefited with volunteer support under Vidyanjali.
- (c)  Based on the feedback received from the stakeholders, the portal is constantly improved upon to make it more user friendly. Private Schools are allowed to participate in Vidyanjali as a mentor by mentoring nearby government and government aided schools. A separate module for CSR contributors has also been developed .
- (d) A digital certificate is provided to the volunteers upon successful completion of each activity under  Vidyanjali.  Volunteers  can  download  this  e-certificate  from  their  dashboard  on  the Vidyanjali portal. Further, a new feature of E-badges of different colours has been designed based on the number of completed volunteer activities on the portal and included in the revamped portal.
- (e) As on 6 th December, 2023, there are total 6,77,856 government and government aided schools registered on the Vidyanjali portal. The State-wise status of registered schools is at Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1312 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE SMT. SAJDA AHMED REGARDING ASSESSMENT OF VIDYANJALI SCHEMES

## Number of schools registered on Vidyanjali Portal

| S.No.   | State Name                         | Number of schools registered on portal   |
|---------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 320                                      |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh                     | 36977                                    |
| 3       | Army Public School                 | 133                                      |
| 4       | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 1135                                     |
| 5       | Assam                              | 43975                                    |
| 6       | Bihar                              | 62343                                    |
| 7       | Chandigarh                         | 122                                      |
| 8       | Chhattisgarh                       | 33766                                    |
| 9       | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 393                                      |
| 10      | Delhi                              | 2889                                     |
| 11      | Goa                                | 946                                      |
| 12      | Gujarat                            | 24115                                    |
| 13      | Haryana                            | 11109                                    |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh                   | 15154                                    |
| 15      | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 17695                                    |
| 16      | Jharkhand                          | 8749                                     |
| 17      | Karnataka                          | 50696                                    |
| 18      | Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan       | 1249                                     |
| 19      | Kerala                             | 27                                       |
| 20      | Ladakh                             | 145                                      |
| 21      | Lakshadweep                        | 27                                       |
| 22      | Madhya Pradesh                     | 55732                                    |
| 23      | Maharashtra                        | 58212                                    |
| 24      | Manipur                            | 180                                      |
| 25      | Meghalaya                          | 402                                      |
| 26      | Mizoram                            | 2678                                     |
| 27      | Nagaland                           | 1655                                     |
| 28      | Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti          | 627                                      |
| 29      | Odisha                             | 25                                       |
| 30      | Puducherry                         | 322                                      |
| 31      | Punjab                             | 11955                                    |
| 32      | Rajasthan                          | 65219                                    |
| 33      | Sikkim                             | 519                                      |
| 34      | Tamilnadu                          | 25                                       |
| 35      | Telangana                          | 23145                                    |
| 36      | Tripura                            | 31                                       |
| 37      | Uttar Pradesh                      | 132999                                   |
| 38      | Uttarakhand                        | 12127                                    |
| 39      | West Bengal                        | 38                                       |
| Total   |                                    | 6,77,856                                 |