Lok Sabha Question No. 1188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-28
Subject: Quality Education Infrastructure in Delhi
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Manoj Tiwari

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1188 ANSWERED ON-28/07/2025

## Quality Education Infrastructure in Delhi

## 1188.  Shri Manoj Tiwari:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  growing  population  and  increasing demand  for  quality  education  infrastructure  in  the  North  East  Delhi  Lok  Sabha constituency, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  assessment  or  survey  to  identify gaps  in availability  of  Kendriya  Vidyalayas,  Navodaya  Vidyalayas  and  higher education institutions in the region and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish new Central Government schools, skill  development  centres,  or  higher  educational  institutions  in  North  East  Delhi  to address the educational needs of students from economically weaker sections and if so,  the  details  and  timeline  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  steps  being  taken  to improve the quality of education?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools come  under  the  purview  of  the  respective  State  Government/UT  Administration. Matters related to infrastructure planning and other educational needs of the  State are thus primarily addressed at the State or UT level.

In addition to existing infrastructure, three new schools including a new school in double shift in (M block, Sunder Nagri having approximately 2500 students in each shift) have recently been opened to strengthen and enhance the existing educational facilities.

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  implementing  an integrated  centrally  sponsored  scheme  for  School  education-  Samagra  Shiksha  in the country from 2018-19, which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)  and  Teacher  Education  (TE).  Samagra  Shiksha  treats  school  education holistically,  in  a  continuum  from  pre-primary  to  class  XII  and  is  aligned  with  the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. It 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  North  East  Delhi  Lok  Sabha  Constituency  of  Delhi  for  providing  various facilities to  the  children  for  implementing  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. As per norms of the Samagra Shiksha, the annual plans are prepared by the States and UTs as per their requirements/ priority and the same is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) Proposals.  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 UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme and physical and financial progress of the State for the interventions approved earlier.

(b):  North  East  Delhi  Parliamentary  Constituency  comprises  of  3  districts  namely, Central Delhi, North East Delhi & Shahdara and out of these 3 districts, Navodaya Vidyalayas have been sanctioned in North East Delhi and Shahdara districts. All the 9  districts  of  Delhi  have  been  covered  under  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme  which have some rural population as per Census 2011.

At present, 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) including NIT Delhi are functioning as institutes of National Importance in the country.

(c):  The  Government  of  India  has  sanctioned  new  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  at  Khajuri Khas  in  North  East  Delhi  in  December  2024  which  will  be  made  functional  after completion of land transfer formalities and possession of Temporary Accommodation. Opening of new Kendriya Vidyalaya is a continuous process. There is no  proposal received  from the State Government/District Administration to establish new KV in North East Delhi. Kendriya Vidyalayas are not opened on the basis of economically weaker sections/ district/ region/State/Parliamentary Constituency-wise etc.

A Navodaya Vidyalaya has been sanctioned in North East Delhi District. Due to the unavailability of suitable land and temporary accommodation in Shahdara and North East Delhi districts, permission has been granted to open two additional NVs on the available space within the campus of the existing NV Mungeshpur, North West Delhi.

National Institutes of Technology (NITs) provide 100% tuition fee waiver from the  academic  year  2016-17  for  SC/ST/PH  undergraduate  students.  Besides,  the most  economically  backward  students  (whose  family  income  is  less  than  Rs.1.00 lakh per annum) gets full remission of the fee and the other economically backward students with family income between Rs.1.00 to Rs.5.00 lakh get 2/3 rd  fee remission.