Lok Sabha Question No. 2378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-15
Subject: Implementation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana, Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Shri G M Harish Balayogi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378

ANSWERED ON 15/12/2025

## Implementation of Samagra Shiksha Scheme in Andhra Pradesh

Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu:

2378.   Shri G Lakshminarayana: Shri G M Harish Balayogi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  total  number  of  smart  classrooms  and  functional  Information  and  Communication Technology (ICT) labs sanctioned and established under  Samagra Shiksha Scheme during the last  five  years,  year-wise  and  State/UT-wise  across  the  country  including  Andhra  Pradesh, district-wise especially in Palnadu district;

(b)  the  amount  of  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilised  for  digital  infrastructure,  including provision of ICT equipment, smart boards, and e-learning resources and Digital Initiatives'component in the said State, during the said period, district-wise along with details of schools in Palnadu district approved under the scheme;

(c) whether all schools sanctioned under this component are fully functional and connected to the DIKSHA platform, if so, the details thereof;

(d)  the  number  of  Children  with  Special  Needs  covered  under  the  Inclusive  Education component of Samagra Shiksha during the last three  years, State/UT-wise and district-wise in Andhra Pradesh;

(e) the details of beneficiaries of therapeutic support, assistive devices, transportation allowance,  Braille  and  large-print  books,  and  stipends  for  girls  with  special  needs  under Inclusive Education component in Palnadu district during the last three years, year-wise;

(f) the amount of funds allocated, released, utilised for the Inclusive Education component in the said State during the said period, district-wise;

(g) whether any States or Union Territories have reported delays or non-utilisation of ICT funds due to procurement or connectivity issues, if so, the details thereof; and

(h) the steps being taken by the Government to bridge the digital divide between rural and urban schools and to ensure equitable access to digital learning facilities in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  State  Government  and  UT  Administration.  The

Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for School Education from 2018-19. Samagra Shiksha is an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims to ensure inclusive and  equitable  quality  education  at  all  levels  of  school  education  including  the  rural  areas. Samagra  Shiksha  is  implemented  in  partnership  with  all  the  States  and  UTs  and  financial assistance is provided to all States and UTs.

ICT  and  Digital  Initiatives  component  of  Samagra  Shiksha  covers  Government  and Aided Schools having classes VI to XII. Under this component financial assistance is provided for establishing  ICT Lab and Smart Classrooms in schools. The non- recurring/recurring grant under 'ICT and Digital Initiatives' is available to the States and UTs for following two options:

- i. Option I: Under this option schools which have not availed the ICT facility earlier can either opt for ICT or smart classrooms as per their requirement and need. In case of more than  700  enrolment,  an  additional  ICT  lab  can  also  be  considered.  States/UTs  have flexibility  to  procure  hardware  such  as  tablets/  laptops/notebooks/  integrated  teaching learning  devices  and  open  source  operating  system  as  well  as  Hardware,  Software, training  and  resource  support.  This  would  include  support  for  digital  boards,  smart classrooms, virtual classrooms and DTH channels on pro-rata basis for number of schools approved.
- ii. Option II : Under this option schools which have already availed the ICT facility earlier can avail smart classrooms/tablets as per the norms of the scheme.

## Financial Provisions:

ICT Lab: a non-recurring grant of up to Rs. 6.40 lakh per school and recurring grant of upto Rs. 2.40 lakh per school per annum for a period of 5 years.

From 2023-24, the scheme also offers step-wise funding based on school enrolment. (Strength < 100: Rs. 2.5 Lakhs, Strength between 100 - 250: Rs. 4.5 Lakhs, Strength between 250 - 700: Rs. 6.4 Lakhs)

Smart Classrooms: The  non-recurring  grant  for  Smart  Class  rooms  (2  smart  classrooms  per school)  is  of  Rs.  2.40  lakh  and  the  recurring  grant  is  Rs.  38,000/-  per  school  per  annum (including E Content and Digital Resources, Charges for Electricity.

The  State/UT-wise  details  of  ICT  Labs  sanctioned  to  States/UTs  and  functional  from 2020-21  to  2025-26  are  at Annexure-I .  The  State/UT-wise  details  of  Smart  Classrooms sanctioned  to  States/UTs  and  functional  from  2020-21  to  2025-26  are  at Annexure-II. '  The district-wise details of functional ICT labs and Smart Classrooms in the State of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-III. The details of the funds approved to Andhra Pradesh and expenditure done for ICT and Smart Classroom in last 5 years is as under:

| ICT              | ICT              | ICT              | ICT              | ICT              | ICT              |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2025-26          | 2024-25          | 2023-24          | 2022-23          | 2021-22          |
| Approved         | 273.9            | 3228.2           | 2192.0           | 4544.0           | 5868.8           |
| Expenditure*     | 0.0              | 0.0              | 19652.7          | 4400.6           | 2725.1           |
| Smart Classrooms | Smart Classrooms | Smart Classrooms | Smart Classrooms | Smart Classrooms | Smart Classrooms |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2025-26          | 2024-25          | 2023-24          | 2022-23          | 2021-22          |
| Approved         | 3607.2           | 1405.2           | 7552.8           | 1044.0           | 2630.4           |
| Expenditure*     | 0.0              | 33.6             | 10377.6.         | 849.6            | 0.0              |

Source: PRABANDH

* Expenditure includes Spillover

DIKSHA- One Nation, One Digital platform: Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) the Nation's digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content for school education in States/UTs and QR coded Energized Textbooks (ETBs) for all grades. As a participant in DIKSHA, States/UTs/ABs  have  generated  and  contributed  over  3.7  lakh  content  in  mother  local/regional languages enabling multilingualism. Overall, 565.28 crore learning sessions have been completed on DIKSHA by students, teachers and other stakeholders. The stakeholders have access to more than 450  Virtual  Labs  and  100  Virtual  skill  labs  (50  each  in  Hindi  and  English)  on  DIKSHA.  Each State/UT  leverages  the  DIKSHA  Platform  uniquely  and  has  the  autonomy  to  adopt  its  varied capabilities and solutions to implement programs for teachers, learners, and administrators. DIKSHA is  openly  accessible  to  students,  teachers,  parents  and  educators  across  the  country.    About  99.4 percent of the schools in Andhra Pradesh are having internet Connectivity.

- (d) The  number  of  Children  with  Special  Needs  covered  under  the  Inclusive  Education component of Samagra Shiksha during the last three years State/UT-wise is at Annexure-IV

Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  has  been  providing  free education to all Children with Special Needs from pre-primary to senior secondary level as per the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.  The number of Children with Special Needs covered under the Inclusive Education component of Samagra Shiksha during the last three in State of Andhra Pradesh District-wise is at Annexure-V

(e) Government of Andhra Pradesh has been also providing School Readiness Programme, Transport Allowance, Escort Allowance, Stipend for CwSN Girls, Home-Based Education, Aids and  Appliances,  Medical  Assessment,  Sports  and  Games,  Physiotherapy  Services,  promoting digital education by providing tabs and improving learning outcomes by appointing Psychotherapists  at  the  elementary  level  and  School  Assistants  in  Special  Education  at  the secondary level etc for the welfare of Children with Special Needs in Palnadu District. Details of the beneficiaries in Palnadu District is at Annexure-VI.

(f) The  details of the funds  allocated, released, utilised for  the  Inclusive  Education Component of Samagra Shiksha in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last three years, districtwise is at Annexure-VII.

(g) The  key  challenges  or  limitation  faced  in  implementing  digital  interventions  such  as Smart  Class  are  of  Capacity  Building  of  teachers,  Infrastructure  setup,  Uninterrupted  internet connectivity etc.

Based  on  the  UDISE+  data  and  funds  approved  in  Project  Approval  Board's  (PAB) meetings  to  States/UTs  for  the  year  2025-26,  there  were  gaps  identified  in  saturating  smart classrooms and ICT Labs in Secondary and Senior Secondary Schools in States/UTs. To address this gap, a supplementary PAB was conducted on 10 th June, 2025 wherein, 20,553 ICT Labs and 29,910 Smart Classrooms in 32 States/UTs, including Andhra Pradesh were approved for the saturation  of  these  facilities.  Further,  to  saturate  all  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas (KGBVs) 3,564 ICT Labs and 3,655 Smart Classrooms were approved in the PAB held on 8 th November, 2024 for the year 2024-25.

The Government of India, in the Budget 2025-26, has announced provision of broadband connectivity to all Government Secondary Schools in rural areas, under the 'BharatNet' project to enhance digital infrastructure in remote areas by BSNL.

The State/UT Governments have been advised to act based on the situation prevailing at every place to meet the demands of students and teachers for providing them with the digital access required for teaching learning digitally.

The National Education Policy 2020 calls for investment in digital infrastructure, online teaching  platforms  and  tools,  virtual  labs,  digital  repositories,  online  assessments,  technology and pedagogy for online teaching-learning etc., for which various initiatives have been taken. For school education, digital literacy programs have been extended to students, teachers and all stakeholders with necessary funding mechanisms under Samagra Shiksha for all States/UTs, in alignment with NEP 2020.

(h) To achieve the objectives of NEP 2020 and to bridge the digital divide in education, a comprehensive  initiative  called  PM  e-VIDYA  is  in  place  which  unifies  all  efforts  related  to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education, with a target to benefit nearly  25  crore  school  going  children  across  the  country  including  Andhra  Pradesh.  The  key components  of  this  initiative  are  DIKSHA  -  the  nation's  digital  infrastructure,  200  PM  eVIDYA DTH TV Channels to provide supplementary education in various Indian languages for classes 1-12, ePathshala initiative to disseminate Digital Books and eContents, eJaadui Pitara is a digital app to supplement and a complement to the physical Jaadui Pitara, a vertical on Virtual Labs  created  on  DIKSHA  platform  where  Virtual  Labs  for  Science  and  Mathematics  for subjects Class 6 th to 12 th have been made available.

The above digital initiatives of  Department of School Education &  Literacy  especially 'ICT  and  Smart  Classroom  component'  provide  basic  infrastructure  to  the  students  and transform the classroom into tech-driven class. The  students increase  engagement  with multimedia  content  and  interactive  activities,  while  availing  wider  range  of  resources.  This fosters  deeper  understanding,  collaboration,  and  digital  literacy  for  students,  enriching  their overall educational experience.

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The State/UT-wise details of ICT Labs sanctioned to States/UTs and functional from 2021-22 to 2025-26

| Year              | 2025-26   | 2025-26      | 2024-25   | 2024-25     | 2023-24   | 2023-24     | 2022-23   | 2022-23     | 2021-22   | 2021-22     |
|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| State             | Appro val | Functio nal* | Appro val | Functi onal | Appro val | Functi onal | Appr oval | Functi onal | Appr oval | Functi onal |
| A&N Islands       | 16        | 1            | 3         | 3           | 6         | 6           | 8         | 8           | 2         | 2           |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 69        | 0            | 562       | 0           | 405       | 405         | 710       | 710         | 917       | 917         |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 162       | 0            | 92        | 66          | 114       | 0           | 39        | 27          | 43        | 43          |
| Assam             | 1414      | 0            | 83        | 0           | 0         | 0           | 645       | 645         | 1859      | 1859        |
| Bihar             | 1459      | 555          | 627       | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Chandigarh        | 16        | 32           | 32        | 0           | 1         | 1           | 0         | 0           | 2         | 2           |
| Chhattisgarh      | 3188      | 0            | 1436      | 0           | 352       | 352         | 0         | 0           | 67        | 67          |
| DND - DNH         | 10        | 11           | 12        | 0           | 24        | 24          | 25        | 24          | 28        | 28          |
| Delhi             | 778       | 0            | 249       | 0           | 0         | 0           | 7         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Goa               | 0         | 0            | 0         | 0           | 3         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Gujarat           | 67        | 21           | 35        | 249         | 479       | 1           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Haryana           | 1097      | 32           | 72        | 20          | 255       | 4           | 113       | 0           | 232       | 8           |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 561       | 0            | 3         | 3           | 12        | 0           | 282       | 0           | 480       | 0           |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 534       | 0            | 598       | 0           | 172       | 0           | 203       | 202         | 220       | 220         |
| Jharkhand         | 125       | 21           | 286       | 8           | 1447      | 1174        | 504       | 485         | 896       | 887         |
| Karnataka         | 759       | 4            | 454       | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 764       | 501         |
| Kerala            | 79        | 0            | 1         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Ladakh            | 13        | 1            | 17        | 2           | 46        | 46          | 16        | 15          | 6         | 6           |
| Lakshadwee p      | 0         | 0            | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 3899      | 105          | 889       | 37          | 879       | 879         | 0         | 0           | 441       | 441         |
| Maharashtra       | 921       | 0            | 331       | 0           | 309       | 309         | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Manipur           | 169       | 30           | 42        | 0           | 52        | 52          | 34        | 33          | 28        | 28          |
| Meghalaya         | 79        | 0            | 55        | 43          | 29        | 29          | 28        | 28          | 25        | 25          |
| Mizoram           | 131       | 0            | 311       | 0           | 217       | 217         | 62        | 62          | 0         | 0           |
| Nagaland          | 51        | 0            | 22        | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |

| Odisha        |   1672 |   0 |    95 |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   302 |   302 |
|---------------|--------|-----|-------|-----|-------|------|------|------|-------|-------|
| Puducherry    |     82 |   0 |     0 |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |     6 |     6 |
| Punjab        |   1093 |   2 |   125 |   0 |   719 |    0 |  559 |    0 |   435 |     0 |
| Rajasthan     |   2657 |   0 |   998 |   0 |   937 |    0 |  412 |  403 |   398 |   398 |
| Sikkim        |      0 |   0 |    10 |   0 |     3 |    0 |    0 |    0 |    82 |    82 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   2166 |   0 |  1078 |   0 |  3536 | 3536 | 2211 | 2211 |  1893 |  1893 |
| Telangana     |   1242 |   0 |   562 | 332 |   640 |    0 |   94 |   93 |     0 |     0 |
| Tripura       |    341 |   0 |    91 |  76 |   105 |  105 |  294 |  294 |   239 |   239 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   9278 |   0 |  2353 |  12 |  3669 |    6 |  289 |    0 |     0 |     0 |
| Uttarakhand   |    215 |   0 |    28 |   0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |   240 |     0 |
| West Bengal   |      0 |   0 |   160 |   0 |    63 |    0 |    0 |    0 |  1173 |     0 |
| Total         |  34343 | 815 | 11712 | 851 | 14474 | 7146 | 6535 | 5240 | 10778 |  7954 |

Source :

PRABANDH

*Functional for the year 2025-26 including Spill over progress as on 10 th

December 2025

ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The State/UT-wise details of Smart Classrooms sanctioned to States/UTs and functional from 202122 to 2025-26

| Year              | 2025-26   | 2025-26      | 2024-25   | 2024-25     | 2023-24   | 2023-24     | 2022-23   | 2022-23     | 2021-22   | 2021-22     |
|-------------------|-----------|--------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
| State             | Appro val | Functi onal* | Appr oval | Functi onal | Appr oval | Functi onal | Appr oval | Functi onal | Appr oval | Functi onal |
| A&N Islands       | 49        | 0            | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 1503      | 0            | 659       | 14          | 3147      | 3147        | 435       | 434         | 1096      | 1096        |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 102       | 0            | 34        | 34          | 102       | 0           | 107       | 107         | 0         | 0           |
| Assam             | 665       | 475          | 897       | 152         | 1701      | 1           | 240       | 240         | 3643      | 3643        |
| Bihar             | 6113      | 0            | 627       | 0           | 1981      | 0           | 126       | 126         | 2739      | 2701        |
| Chandigarh        | 0         | 0            | 1         | 1           | 1         | 1           | 95        | 95          | 89        | 89          |
| Chhattisgarh      | 332       | 0            | 4582      | 0           | 519       | 519         | 0         | 0           | 2714      | 2714        |
| DND - DNH         | 0         | 0            | 37        | 0           | 18        | 0           | 53        | 53          | 84        | 84          |
| Delhi             | 4577      | 0            | 0         | 0           | 90        | 0           | 45        | 45          | 906       | 895         |
| Goa               | 63        | 0            | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 0         | 0           | 24        | 24          |
| Gujarat           | 0         | 0            | 521       | 444         | 447       | 447         | 0         | 0           | 4372      | 4372        |
| Haryana           | 0         | 0            | 211       | 0           | 424       | 306         | 342       | 342         | 1154      | 1154        |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 596       | 0            | 14        | 0           | 0         | 0           | 616       | 616         | 1632      | 1632        |
| Jammu and         | 1001      | 0            | 1703      | 0           | 372       | 0           | 834       | 834         | 518       | 518         |

| Kashmir        |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |       |       |       |
|----------------|-------|------|-------|------|-------|------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
| Jharkhand      |  1140 |  259 |   337 |    0 |   342 |  342 |   121 |   121 |   519 |   519 |
| Karnataka      |  2136 |    0 |    95 |    0 |   100 |    0 |  1768 |   437 |     0 |     0 |
| Kerala         |   242 |    0 |    23 |    0 |   115 |    1 |   257 |   257 |   115 |   115 |
| Ladakh         |    33 |    1 |    66 |   56 |    20 |   20 |     8 |     8 |    38 |    38 |
| Lakshadwee p   |     0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| Madhya Pradesh |  4042 |  384 |  3716 |  189 |  3457 | 2471 |   658 |   658 |   700 |   700 |
| Maharashtra    |  2463 |    0 |    42 |    0 |   209 |    0 |  2405 |  2233 |   887 |    24 |
| Manipur        |    21 |   19 |    36 |    0 |    57 |   57 |   140 |   140 |   311 |   311 |
| Meghalaya      |     0 |    0 |     3 |    3 |     0 |    0 |    14 |    14 |     0 |     0 |
| Mizoram        |     4 |    0 |    11 |    0 |     0 |    0 |    28 |    28 |   201 |   201 |
| Nagaland       |     0 |    0 |    63 |    0 |    13 |   13 |    47 |    47 |    74 |    74 |
| Odisha         |  4121 |    0 |   681 |    0 |     0 |    0 |  2119 |  2119 |  4471 |  4470 |
| Puducherry     |     7 |    0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |    45 |    45 |   100 |   100 |
| Punjab         |    43 |    1 |    18 |    0 |   300 |    0 |   664 |   664 |  2903 |  2903 |
| Rajasthan      |  3834 |    0 |   430 |    0 |  3420 |    5 |   408 |   408 |  5509 |  3910 |
| Sikkim         |     0 |    0 |    27 |   27 |     0 |    0 |    32 |    32 |   238 |   238 |
| Tamil Nadu     |  2683 |    0 |  6284 |    0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |   865 |   865 |
| Telangana      |  2036 |    0 |   505 |  275 |   697 |  697 |     0 |     0 |  3010 |  3010 |
| Tripura        |   261 |    0 |    47 |   32 |    42 |   42 |   563 |   563 |   249 |   249 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |  6727 |    0 |  4590 |    0 |  4229 |   16 | 18444 | 18444 |   543 |     0 |
| Uttarakhand    |   307 |    0 |    11 |    0 |    78 |    0 |   195 |   102 |   709 |     0 |
| West Bengal    |    79 |    0 |   502 |    0 |     0 |    0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |     0 |
| Total          | 45180 | 1139 | 26773 | 1227 | 21881 | 8085 | 30809 | 29212 | 40413 | 36649 |

## Source : PRABANDH

*Functional for the year 2025-26 including Spill over progress as on 10 th December 2025

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

Districts-wise Details of Digital Infrastructure available in Schools of Andhra Pradesh.

| District Wise (Andhra Pradesh) ICT &Smart Classroom - 2024-25   | District Wise (Andhra Pradesh) ICT &Smart Classroom - 2024-25   | District Wise (Andhra Pradesh) ICT &Smart Classroom - 2024-25   | District Wise (Andhra Pradesh) ICT &Smart Classroom - 2024-25   | District Wise (Andhra Pradesh) ICT &Smart Classroom - 2024-25   | District Wise (Andhra Pradesh) ICT &Smart Classroom - 2024-25   |
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|                                                                 | Districts                                                       | Total Number of Schools in District                             | Number                                                          | Number                                                          | Number                                                          |
|                                                                 | Districts                                                       | Total Number of Schools in District                             | Internet                                                        | ICT or Computer Lab                                             | Smart Classroom                                                 |
|                                                                 | ANAKAPALLI                                                      | 411                                                             | 411                                                             | 191                                                             | 313                                                             |
|                                                                 | ANANTAPUR                                                       | 541                                                             | 527                                                             | 150                                                             | 416                                                             |
|                                                                 | ANNAMAYYA                                                       | 476                                                             | 474                                                             | 150                                                             | 329                                                             |
|                                                                 | ASR                                                             | 393                                                             | 372                                                             | 137                                                             | 275                                                             |
|                                                                 | BAPATLA                                                         | 296                                                             | 296                                                             | 96                                                              | 225                                                             |
|                                                                 | CHITTOOR                                                        | 537                                                             | 537                                                             | 170                                                             | 371                                                             |
|                                                                 | EAST GODAVARI                                                   | 281                                                             | 281                                                             | 63                                                              | 211                                                             |
|                                                                 | ELURU                                                           | 434                                                             | 432                                                             | 90                                                              | 320                                                             |
|                                                                 | GUNTUR                                                          | 220                                                             | 220                                                             | 67                                                              | 166                                                             |
|                                                                 | KADAPA                                                          | 410                                                             | 410                                                             | 140                                                             | 319                                                             |
|                                                                 | KAKINADA                                                        | 351                                                             | 351                                                             | 121                                                             | 281                                                             |
|                                                                 | KONASEEMA                                                       | 313                                                             | 313                                                             | 70                                                              | 244                                                             |
|                                                                 | KRISHNA                                                         | 360                                                             | 360                                                             | 154                                                             | 292                                                             |
|                                                                 | KURNOOL                                                         | 478                                                             | 478                                                             | 80                                                              | 434                                                             |
|                                                                 | MANYAM                                                          | 296                                                             | 296                                                             | 121                                                             | 220                                                             |
|                                                                 | NANDYAL                                                         | 397                                                             | 397                                                             | 91                                                              | 323                                                             |
|                                                                 | NELLORE                                                         | 554                                                             | 553                                                             | 137                                                             | 423                                                             |
|                                                                 | NTR                                                             | 297                                                             | 292                                                             | 88                                                              | 224                                                             |
|                                                                 | PALNADU                                                         | 389                                                             | 389                                                             | 140                                                             | 328                                                             |
|                                                                 | PRAKASAM                                                        | 563                                                             | 563                                                             | 220                                                             | 445                                                             |
|                                                                 | SRI SATYASAI                                                    | 505                                                             | 490                                                             | 150                                                             | 370                                                             |
|                                                                 | SRIKAKULAM                                                      | 725                                                             | 725                                                             | 189                                                             | 546                                                             |
|                                                                 | TIRUPATI                                                        | 471                                                             | 471                                                             | 120                                                             | 355                                                             |
|                                                                 | VISAKHAPATNAM                                                   | 150                                                             | 150                                                             | 62                                                              | 122                                                             |
|                                                                 | VIZIANAGARAM                                                    | 488                                                             | 485                                                             | 140                                                             | 474                                                             |
|                                                                 | WEST GODAVARI                                                   | 310                                                             | 310                                                             | 71                                                              | 237                                                             |
|                                                                 | Total                                                           | 10646                                                           | 10583                                                           | 3208                                                            | 8263                                                            |

Source: UDISE+ 2024-25

## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The number of Children with Special Needs covered under the Inclusive Education component of Samagra Shiksha during the last three years State/UT-wise

| State/Uts                      |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| ANDAMAN&NICOBAR ISLANDS        |       595 |       527 |       741 |       724 |       772 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                 |     88252 |     92262 |     88502 |     76620 |     89608 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH              |      3289 |      3038 |      3006 |      3007 |      3089 |
| ASSAM                          |     59596 |     55243 |     58890 |     56841 |     56454 |
| BIHAR                          |    141314 |    177989 |    163322 |    165343 |    181200 |
| CHANDIGARH                     |      3492 |      3755 |      3891 |      4050 |      3602 |
| CHHATTISGARH                   |     67768 |     77249 |     79619 |     83719 |     73645 |
| DADRA&NAGARHAVELIANDDAMAN& DIU |      2493 |      1178 |      1137 |      1126 |      1201 |
| DELHI                          |     29178 |     27026 |     22530 |     35877 |     38384 |
| GOA                            |      2099 |      3779 |      4538 |      4341 |      4571 |
| GUJARAT                        |     81616 |     73912 |     67072 |     62121 |     61569 |
| HARYANA                        |     25828 |     25718 |     22418 |     19352 |     21625 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH               |      6751 |      6864 |      6463 |      5984 |      6170 |
| JAMMU &KASHMIR                 |     22736 |     19867 |     19054 |     17993 |     20534 |
| JHARKHAND                      |     53118 |     51665 |     35765 |     49346 |     50126 |
| KARNATAKA                      |     98371 |     98961 |    100482 |     88701 |     85872 |
| KERALA                         |    139443 |    138413 |    134223 |    123877 |    123600 |
| LADAKH                         |       572 |      1052 |       630 |       622 |       626 |
| LAKSHADWEEP                    |       267 |       208 |       194 |       198 |       190 |
| MADHYAPRADESH                  |    121475 |    139258 |    143560 |    146932 |    153821 |
| MAHARASHTRA                    |    280574 |    260251 |    243496 |    234489 |    233791 |
| MANIPUR                        |      4451 |      4759 |      4183 |      4065 |      4265 |
| MEGHALAYA                      |      4975 |      4601 |      3888 |      3252 |      3421 |
| MIZORAM                        |      4195 |      3976 |      4057 |      3874 |      3828 |
| NAGALAND                       |      2280 |      4084 |      2458 |      1667 |      1744 |
| ODISHA                         |    103058 |    146512 |     97030 |     93467 |     91631 |
| PUDUCHERRY                     |      1675 |      2288 |      1543 |      1219 |      1235 |
| PUNJAB                         |     67483 |     66776 |     61302 |     51415 |     53761 |
| RAJASTHAN                      |     84059 |     80910 |     80790 |     69591 |     70200 |
| SIKKIM                         |      1555 |      1320 |      1130 |      1025 |       998 |

| TAMILNADU     |   163570 |   156359 |   140842 |   142697 |   140803 |
|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| TELANGANA     |    43680 |    40014 |    33063 |    81240 |    72672 |
| TRIPURA       |     3700 |     3914 |     3949 |     3243 |     3318 |
| UTTAR PRADESH |   317212 |   327385 |   322969 |   316406 |   333862 |
| UTTARAKHAND   |     5285 |     5080 |     4680 |     4645 |     5209 |
| WEST BENGAL   |   155193 |   160599 |   145795 |   155041 |   151861 |
|               |   219119 |   226679 |   210721 |   211411 |   214925 |
| Grand Total   |        8 |        2 |        2 |        0 |        8 |

Source: UDISE+ 2024-25

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The number of Children with Special Needs covered under the Inclusive Education component of Samagra Shiksha during the last three years in Andhra Pradesh, District -wise

| S.No   |               | Year    | Year    | Year    |
|--------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|
| S.No   | Districts     | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
| 1      | ANAKAPALLI    | 2553    | 2708    | 2209    |
| 2      | ANANTAPUR     | 3395    | 3778    | 3151    |
| 3      | ANNAMAYYA     | 2807    | 2883    | 2351    |
| 4      | ASR           | 1324    | 1270    | 860     |
| 5      | BAPATLA       | 2552    | 2472    | 2089    |
| 6      | CHITTOOR      | 3178    | 3380    | 2742    |
| 7      | EAST GODAVARI | 2404    | 2460    | 2075    |
| 8      | ELURU         | 3681    | 3291    | 2804    |
| 9      | GUNTUR        | 2134    | 2801    | 2476    |
| 10     | KAKINADA      | 3156    | 3079    | 2612    |
| 11     | KONASEEMA     | 2287    | 2387    | 1963    |
| 12     | KRISHNA       | 2567    | 2612    | 2224    |
| 13     | KURNOOL       | 3759    | 3872    | 3283    |
| 14     | MANYAM        | 1564    | 1659    | 1327    |
| 15     | NANDYAL       | 3602    | 3705    | 3162    |
| 16     | NELLORE       | 3317    | 3410    | 2833    |
| 17     | NTR           | 2020    | 2056    | 1728    |
| 18     | PALNADU       | 3269    | 2974    | 2525    |
| 19     | PRAKASAM      | 3425    | 3362    | 2744    |
| 20     | SRI SATYASAI  | 3023    | 3136    | 2589    |
| 21     | SRIKAKULAM    | 3865    | 4584    | 3827    |
| 22     | TIRUPATI      | 3211    | 3095    | 2531    |
| 23     | VISAKHAPATNAM | 1419    | 1549    | 1340    |
| 24     | VIZIANAGARAM  | 3313    | 3347    | 2803    |
| 25     | WEST GODAVARI | 2701    | 2660    | 2245    |
| 26     | YSR KADAPA    | 3286    | 3183    | 2655    |

Source: Information received from State Government of Andhra Pradesh

## ANNEXURE-VI

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME  IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The details of beneficiaries of transportation allowance, Escort Allowance, CwSN Girls Stipend, Home Based  Allowances,  Reader  Allowance,  Aids  &  Appliances  of  CwSN  (Braille  Kits)  Braille  and Physiotherapy under Inclusive Education component of Samagra Shiksha  in Palnadu district during the last three years, year-wise:

| SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   | Beneficiaries of Allowances of CwSN   |
| S.No                                  | YEARS                                 | TRANSPORT ALLOWANCES                  | ESCORT ALLOWANCES                     | GIRLS STIPEND                         | HOME BASED                            | READER ALLOWANCE                      | Braille kits                          |
| 1                                     | 2022- 2023                            | 547                                   | 630                                   | 698                                   | 180                                   | 20                                    | 10                                    |
| 2                                     | 2023-2024                             | 847                                   | 712                                   | 1198                                  | 180                                   | 185                                   | 10                                    |
| 3                                     | 2024-2025                             | 728                                   | 641                                   | 1389                                  | 280                                   | Not proposed                          | 10                                    |
| 4                                     | 2025-2026                             | 267                                   | 332                                   | 674                                   | 217                                   | Not proposed                          | 10                                    |

Source: Information received from State Government of Andhra Pradesh

| SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT           | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT            | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA :: PALNADU DISTRICT   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S.No                                  | YEAR                                  | NO OF CWSNRECEIVING PHYSIOTHERAPY (PER MONTH) | NO OF CWSN RECEIVING PHYSIOTHERAPY (PER YEAR ) | NO OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS WORKING        |
| 1                                     | 2022- 2023                            | 153                                           | 1530                                           | 5                                     |
| 2                                     | 2023-2024                             | 153                                           | 1530                                           | 5                                     |
| 3                                     | 2024-2025                             | 194                                           | 1940                                           | 5                                     |
| 4                                     | 2025-2026                             | 241                                           | 2410                                           | 8                                     |

Source: Information received from State Government of Andhra Pradesh

## ANNEXURE-VII

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  G  LAKSHMINARAYANA,  SHRI LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU  AND  SHRI  G  M  HARISH  BALAYOGI REGARDING 'IMPLEMENTATION OF SAMAGRA  SHIKSHA SCHEME IN ANDHRA PRADESH'

The Details of the funds approved, released and utilised for the Inclusive Education component in the State of Andhra Pradesh during the last three years, district-wise:

(Amount in Rs.)

|      | Year                  | 2022-23         | 2022-23        | 2022-23      | 2023-24         | 2023-24        | 2023-24      | 2024-25         | 2024-25        | 2024-25     |
|------|-----------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
| S. N | District              | Budget Approved | Budget Release | Expenditu re | Budget Approved | Budget Release | Expenditu re | Budget Approved | Budget Release | Expenditure |
| o. 1 | Alluri Sita Rama Raju | 468,200         | 468,200        | 468,200      | 14,429,000      | 14,429,000     | 7,397,225    | 16,058,500      | 16,058,500     | 9,128,414   |
| 2    | Anakapalli            | 633,598         | 633,598        | 633,598      | 25,148,500      | 25,148,500     | 10,792,324   | 13,908,500      | 13,908,500     | 12,585,432  |
| 3    | Ananatapur            | 14,752,391      | 14,752,391     | 14,752,391   | 25,121,500      | 25,121,500     | 14,323,908   | 13,099,500      | 13,099,500     | 11,827,029  |
| 4    | Annamaya              | 457,370         | 457,370        | 457,370      | 22,721,500      | 22,721,500     | 9,044,974    | 6,743,000       | 6,743,000      | 5,558,348   |
| 5    | Bapatla               | 991,350         | 991,350        | 991,350      | 21,197,000      | 21,197,000     | 10,258,440   | 12,402,000      | 12,402,000     | 9,595,529   |
| 6    | West Godavari         | 589,998         | 589,998        | 589,998      | 19,076,000      | 19,076,000     | 9,802,289    | 10,208,000      | 10,208,000     | 8,935,556   |
| 7    | Chittoor              | 14,350,822      | 14,350,822     | 14,350,822   | 24,704,000      | 24,704,000     | 12,005,973   | 13,524,000      | 13,524,000     | 10,075,133  |
| 8    | Eluru                 | 16,002,751      | 16,002,751     | 16,002,751   | 26,802,500      | 26,802,500     | 12,603,276   | 15,430,500      | 15,430,500     | 12,653,554  |
| 9    | Guntur                | 14,857,561      | 14,857,561     | 14,857,561   | 16,108,500      | 16,108,500     | 6,831,482    | 7,852,500       | 7,852,500      | 9,588,179   |
| 1 0  | Kadapa                | 11,245,111      | 11,245,111     | 11,245,111   | 28,039,500      | 28,039,500     | 13,059,321   | 19,185,500      | 19,185,500     | 9,807,922   |
| 1 1  | Kakinada              | 12,118,220      | 12,118,220     | 12,118,220   | 19,685,500      | 19,685,500     | 10,795,705   | 10,604,500      | 10,604,500     | 9,474,925   |
| 1 2  | Konaseema             | 869,961         | 869,961        | 869,961      | 17,970,000      | 17,970,000     | 10,226,982   | 11,682,000      | 11,682,000     | 7,366,082   |
| 1 3  | Krishna               | 12,028,344      | 12,028,344     | 12,028,344   | 22,259,000      | 22,259,000     | 7,881,933    | 14,137,000      | 14,137,000     | 10,802,552  |
| 1 4  | Kurnool               | 10,812,550      | 10,812,550     | 10,812,550   | 28,327,500      | 28,327,500     | 12,893,526   | 14,805,500      | 14,805,500     | 8,958,155   |
| 1 5  | Manyam                | 257,910         | 257,910        | 257,910      | 15,321,000      | 15,321,000     | 6,572,301    | 8,826,000       | 8,826,000      | 9,496,400   |

|        | Year           | 2022-23         | 2022-23        | 2022-23      | 2023-24         | 2023-24        | 2023-24      | 2024-25         | 2024-25        | 2024-25     |
|--------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
| S. N   | District       | Budget Approved | Budget Release | Expenditu re | Budget Approved | Budget Release | Expenditu re | Budget Approved | Budget Release | Expenditure |
| o. 1 6 | Nandyal        | 530,055         | 530,055        | 530,055      | 27,937,000      | 27,937,000     | 13,352,304   | 17,269,000      | 17,269,000     | 12,138,634  |
| 1 7    | Nellore        | 7,023,316       | 7,023,316      | 7,023,316    | 29,232,500      | 29,232,500     | 13,212,655   | 18,874,000      | 18,874,000     | 10,762,900  |
| 1 8    | NTR            | 275,874         | 275,874        | 275,874      | 15,200,000      | 15,200,000     | 6,853,860    | 8,358,000       | 8,358,000      | 9,880,666   |
| 1 9    | Palnadu        | 1,932,982       | 1,932,982      | 1,932,982    | 27,449,000      | 27,449,000     | 9,650,496    | 13,968,000      | 13,968,000     | 10,807,180  |
| 2 0    | Prakasam       | 12,254,180      | 12,254,180     | 12,254,180   | 30,729,500      | 30,729,500     | 16,772,731   | 19,554,500      | 19,554,500     | 9,543,733   |
| 2 1    | East Godavari  | -               | -              | -            | 17,774,000      | 17,774,000     | 8,781,725    | 9,616,000       | 9,616,000      | 6,156,889   |
| 2 2    | Satya Sai      | 328,891         | 328,891        | 328,891      | 26,063,500      | 26,063,500     | 23,145,404   | 16,554,500      | 16,554,500     | 14,114,147  |
| 2 3    | Srikakulam     | 8,759,146       | 8,759,146      | 8,759,146    | 30,147,500      | 30,147,500     | 14,591,902   | 18,485,500      | 18,485,500     | 15,663,770  |
| 2 4    | Tirupati       | 821,158         | 821,158        | 821,158      | 29,069,500      | 29,069,500     | 13,831,989   | 17,927,500      | 17,927,500     | 69,793,289  |
| 2 5    | Visakhapatna m | 7,644,060       | 7,644,060      | 7,644,060    | 10,316,500      | 10,316,500     | 4,773,974    | 5,119,500       | 5,119,500      | 5,512,199   |
| 2 6    | Vizianagram    | 9,238,237       | 9,238,237      | 9,238,237    | 26,332,500      | 26,332,500     | 11,840,450   | 15,793,500      | 15,793,500     | 13,637,291  |
|        | TOTAL          | 159,244,03 7    | 159,244,03 7   | 159,244,03 7 | 597,162,50 0    | 597,162,500    | 291,297,149  | 349,987,000     | 349,987,00 0   | 323,863,905 |

Source: Information received from State Government of Andhra Pradesh