Lok Sabha Question No. 2438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Navodaya Vidyalaya in Tribal Areas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2438 ANSWERED ON 18.12.2023

## Navodaya Vidyalaya in Tribal Areas

## †2438. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Gadchiroli-Chimur  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Maharashtra  the country's largest tribal Parliamentary Constituency is quite backward in the field of education;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any  steps  to  set  up another Navodaya Vidyalaya in Gadhchiroli-Chimur; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of Education (MoE) is implementing two fully funded Central Sector Schemes namely Kendriya Vidyalaya Scheme and Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme across the country. Two  districts i.e.  Chandrapur  and  Gadchiroli  fall  under  the  Gadchiroli-Chimur Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Maharashtra.  Both  the  districts  have  already  been covered  under  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme.  There  are  03  Kendriya  Vidyalayas (KVs) in Chandrapur district. A KV was sanctioned in Gadchiroli in March, 2019 but could not be made functional as the requisite land and suitable rent free temporary accommodation,  as  per  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  norms,  has  not  yet  been transferred to KVS.

Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme envisages for opening of one Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district of the country. Opening of new JNVs is a continuous process  which  depends  on  the  willingness  of  the  concerned  State  Government/UT administration to make available requisite suitable land, free of cost, for construction of the permanent building and making available required temporary building, free of rent, to run the Vidyalaya till the permanent building is constructed. Sanction and opening of  new  JNVs  depend  on  approval  by  the  competent  authority  as  per  extant procedures.

DoSEL has also implemented Samagra Shiksha, a centrally sponsored scheme in  partnership with all the States and UTs and financial assistance is provided to all States and UTs under this scheme. Under Samagra Shiksha, there is a provision of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) residential schools from class VI to XII for girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty  Line  (BPL).  The  KGBVs  are  set  up  in  Educationally  Backward  Blocks.  10 KGBVs are presently functioning in Gadchiroli District, Maharashtra.

Ministry  of  Tribal  Affairs  (MoTA)  has  informed  that  they  are  implementing Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Eklavya  Model  Residential  School  (EMRS)  for  providing quality education to tribal students in their own environment with special facilities for preserving local art and culture. MoTA has sanctioned 7 EMRSs in Gadchiroli District and 01 EMRS in Chandrapur District in the State of Maharashtra and all these EMRSs are reported to be functional as on date.

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