Lok Sabha Question No. 1766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Enhance Education among Tribals
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1766

ANSWERED ON-31/07/2023

## ENHANCE EDUCATION AMONG TRIBALS

1766. MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the various schemes of the Government to enhance education among tribals;
- (b) the percentage of tribal population having graduation degree; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  fund  allocated  and  spent  for  promoting  education  in  tribal  areas particularly in the Odisha, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

- (a) The initiative of Government to enhance education of Scheduled Tribe (ST) students has facilitated an appreciable increase in the enrolment of ST students to 24.1 Lakh in 2020-21 from 16.41 Lakh in 2014-15. The steps taken by the Government inter-alia include:
- i. Government  is implementing  various fellowship and scholarship schemes  for providing financial assistance to students including tribal students. The details of these schemes are available in the following websites:
- ii. Ministry of Tribal Affairs is  administering the Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) to provide quality  upper  primary,  secondary,  and  senior  secondary  level education (Class 6th to 12th) to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in remote tribal areas to enable them to access the best opportunities in education and to bring them at par

|   Sl. No. | Ministry/Department                       | Website links                                                    |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Department of Higher Education            | https://www.education.gov.in/pm-usp-scholarships-ed ucation-loan |
|         2 | University Grants Commission              | https://frg.ugc.ac.in                                            |
|         3 | All India Council for Technical Education | https://www.aicte-india.org/bureaus/rifd/Scholarship-S chemes    |
|         4 | Ministry of Social Justice &Empowerment   | https://socialjustice.gov.in/scheme-cat                          |
|         5 | Ministry of Tribal Affairs                | https://tribal.nic.in/ScholarshiP.aspx                           |

with the general population.

- iii. Providing  remedial  Coaching  to  Students  in  Higher  Education,  including  tribal students, to improve their knowledge, academic skills and linguistic proficiency.
- iv. Providing  certain  relaxations  in  eligibility  conditions  in  UGC-Junior  Research Fellowship.
- v. Conducting Special Coaching Classes for National Eligibility Test/State Eligibility Test.
- vi. Established two Central Tribal Universities namely the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Central  Tribal  University  of  Andhra  Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh with a view to provide avenues of Higher Education and research facilities, primarily for the tribal population of the country.
- vii. Hostels  are  constructed  for  SC/ST  students  under  the  AICTE  scheme  of  Campus Accommodation & Facilities Enhancing Social Experience (CAFES).
- viii. Examinations like JEE, NEET etc are being conducted in 13 Indian languages.
- ix. Textbooks for professional courses like Engineering and Law are being translated in Indian languages. Some Universities have started imparting Engineering courses in Indian languages.
8. (b) As per the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), 4.43 Lakh Scheduled Tribe students have graduated in the year 2020.
9. (c)     Rs. 7131.53 Crore has been released under Tribal Sub Plan of the Ministry of Education for  the  year  2022-23.  Fund  released  under  Tribal  Sub  Plan  for  major  schemes  of  the Ministry is as under:

| Scheme         |   All India (Rs. in crore) |   Odisha (Rs. in crore) |
|----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| PM Poshan      |                    1337.37 |                  168.11 |
| Samgra Shiksha |                    3401.09 |                  413.7  |

Ministry of Tribal Affairs has-reported the following released under Centrally Sponsored Scheme for year 2022-23:

| Scheme                                  |   All India (Rs. in crore) |   Odisha (Rs. in crore) |
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| Pre-Matric Scholarship for ST Students  |                     357.3  |                   93.97 |
| Post-Matric Scholarship for ST Students |                    1964.65 |                  171.33 |

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