Lok Sabha Question No. 2144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: STARS Scheme
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky, Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2144 ANSWERED ON - 05/08/2024

## STARS Scheme

- 2144 Shri Mahendra Singh Solanky:

Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind:

Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  objectives  of  the  Strengthening  Teaching-Learning  and  Results  for  States  (STARS) scheme launched by the Government in the year 2020;

(b) whether the Government has taken any steps for the implementation of this scheme, if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  details  of  number  of  schools,  students  and  teachers  covered under the STARS scheme in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, if so, details thereof; and

(d) whether any schools from Dewas in Madhya Pradesh, Balasore in Odisha, Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh are included under this scheme, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

(a  &  b):  Strengthening  Teaching-Learning  and  Results  for  States  (STARS)  Program  is  being implemented  as  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme in  six  states namely Himachal  Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Kerala over  a  period  of  5  years, i.e., from F.Y. 2020-21 to F.Y. 2024-25. The project envisages improving student outcomes in the  selected  States  and  the  governance  of  school  education  the  selected  States.  The  targeted beneficiaries of the project are the children from the age of 3 to 18 years (pre-school to class XII) Education institutions and Teachers.

STARS  is  being  implemented  in  coordination  with  the  6  States.  While  role  of  Central Government is to provide policy guidelines, release Central Share as per norms of the Scheme and overall monitoring of the Scheme. States are responsible for actual implementation of the Scheme, provide their share of funds for the Scheme and own and monitor its implementation on  ground.  With  a  view  to  help  the  States  in  effective  implementation,  guidelines  have  been devised  for  implementing  various  interventions  of  the  Scheme.  In  addition,  Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) have been devised for every component. Review meetings are held by Union  Ministry  of  Education  with  the  States  from  time  to  time  to  monitor  and  review implementation of the Scheme.

Further,  the  Scheme  has  an  inbuilt  monitoring  and  evaluation  mechanism  to  ensure  effective implementation of interventions viz. Joint Review Mission (JRM) of the World Bank with the objective of reviewing status of progress and implementation. Other mechanisms for effective implementation include Project Appraisal, Budgeting Achievements and Audit Mechanism.

(c  &  d):   STARS  scheme  supplements  the  efforts  of  Samagra  Shiksha  scheme  for  the  school education  sector.  It  encompasses  students  as  beneficiaries  from  pre-primary  to  12th  Standard and Teachers. The details of no. of schools, students and teachers covered in the State of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh under STARS scheme are given in the table below.

|                |   Odisha |   Madhya Pradesh | Uttar Pradesh      |
|----------------|----------|------------------|--------------------|
| No of schools  |    54398 |            92222 | Not Applicable, as |
| No of Students |  6085945 |          8519859 | the Scheme is not  |
| No of teachers |   241106 |           315633 | in Uttar Pradesh.  |

All  Government  Schools  in  the  State  of  Odisha  including  the  district  of  Balasore  and  all Government schools in the State of Madhya Pradesh including the district of Dewas are covered under the STARS Scheme.  In so far as the State of Uttar Pradesh is concerned, it is not a part of the STARS Scheme of Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education.