Lok Sabha Question No. 284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Construction of Classrooms under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 284

ANSWERED ON 5 TH  FEBRUARY, 2024

## Construction of Classrooms under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

†284. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Samagra Shiksha Yojana was implemented in far flung areas of the country and to add  more  classrooms  in  schools  in  remote  areas  and  also  to  provide  quality  education  to students therein;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  classrooms  constructed  there  under  in  Dharashiv  (Osmanabad) Parliamentary Constituency in Maharashtra;
- (c) whether the construction of new classrooms in place of dilapidated and unsafe classrooms have been discontinued and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of the policy and the role of the Government with regard to the construction of new rooms in place of dilapidated and unsafe class rooms under the said Abhiyan?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a)  to  (d):  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Education  is  implementing Samagra Shiksha from 2018-19 across the entire country.

As  reported by the State Government of Maharashtra, 1630 classrooms have been constructed in the Dharashiv (Osmanabad) Parliamentary Constituency from 2001-02 till 202324.

Education  is  a  subject  in  the  Concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  most  of  the schools come under jurisdiction of concerned States and UTs. State and UT Governments are the appropriate Governments under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and have the responsibility and mandate to provide infrastructure in schools, including classrooms, in accordance with the norms laid down in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and as per respective State RTE Rules. The Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education is implementing Samagra Shiksha from 2018-19 across the entire country. Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  States/UTs are supported for creation and augmentation of infrastructure facilities,  including additional class rooms to strengthen the existing govt school infrastructure.

The requirement of infrastructural facilities in schools, including classrooms, are worked out every year by the respective State/Union Territory on incremental basis depending on their need and priority and reflected in their Annual Work Plan & Budget (AWP&B). 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  Union  Territories  as  per  the programmatic  and  financial  norms  of  the  scheme,  physical  and  financial  progress  of  works sanctioned earlier and availability of budgetary resources.

Further,  the  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  has  approved  approximately 1.20 lakh Government schools across the country, including the schools of Maharashtra, with an overall budget estimate of Rs. 4590 crores under Samagra Shiksha scheme in 2022-23 for Rejuvenation  of  Basic  Infrastructure  and  overall  cleanliness  in  Government  schools.  The interventions  covered under the project are major/minor repairs, functional toilets (boys/girls), electricity connections, functional drinking water facility and boundary walls. The objective is to fill  up infrastructure gaps in government schools across the country through Samagra Shiksha and convergence with all relevant schemes of Government of India.

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