Lok Sabha Question No. 3595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-11
Subject: Infrastructural Support for Digital Education under SSA
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3595 ANSWERED ON 11/08/2025

## Infrastructural Support for Digital Education under SSA

†3595. Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  providing  adequate  infrastructure  support  for  digital  education (online learning) in Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there has been any deduction in the grant received by Maharashtra under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan;
- (c) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(d)  the  status  regarding  the  number  of  schools,  student-teacher  ratio  and  facilities  in  schools  of tribal and backward areas of Maharashtra along with the district-wise details thereof?

## 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  are  under domain of the respective State and UT Governments. As per information received from the State Government of Maharashtra,  a  total  of  4,072  ICT  Labs  and  6,624  Smart  Classrooms  have  been sanctioned under Samagra Shiksha and PM SHRI scheme. Further, 45,359 schools, out of 64,791 Government and Local body schools have smart TV in State of Maharashtra.

(b) & (c): Samagra Shiksha is implemented in partnership with all the States and UTs, including Maharashtra,  and  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  them  for  various  components  based  on proposals  submitted  in  the  Annual  Work  Plan  and  Budget  (AWP&B). These  plans  are  then appraised/approved by PAB in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial  norms  of  the  Scheme  and  availability  of  budgetary resources.  The  proposals  of Maharashtra under Samagra Shiksha have been approved as per norms. For 2025-26, total amount of Rs.2489.88 crore has been approved.

(d):  State  Government  of  Maharashtra  has  informed  that  there  are  64,791  Government  Schools, 24,378  Private  Aided  and  18,988  Private  Unaided  schools  out  of  1,08,157  total  schools  across Maharashtra. Student-Teacher Ratio of Maharashtra is 28:1. The district wise details of ICT Labs, Smart  Classrooms  and  Digital  Library  sanctioned  including  tribal  schools  received  from  State Government of Maharashtra are at Annexure .

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3595 FOR REPLY ON 11 TH  AUGUST, 2025 ASKED BY SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE HON'BLE MP REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL EDUCATION UNDER SSA

The district wise details of ICT Labs, Smart Classrooms and Digital Library sanctioned in State of Maharashtra:

| District                  |   ICT Labs |   Smart Classrooms |   Digital Library |
|---------------------------|------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| Ahmadnagar                |          0 |                  0 |                40 |
| Ahilyanagar               |         83 |                156 |                 0 |
| Akola                     |         86 |                103 |                48 |
| Amravati                  |        162 |                171 |                49 |
| Aurangabad                |          0 |                  0 |                50 |
| Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar |        244 |                396 |                 0 |
| Bhandara                  |         47 |                108 |                44 |
| Bid                       |        132 |                179 |                51 |
| Buldana                   |        101 |                288 |                52 |
| Chandrapur                |         75 |                142 |                50 |
| Dhule                     |         80 |                 45 |                 8 |
| Gadchiroli                |         91 |                114 |                50 |
| Gondiya                   |         93 |                128 |                52 |
| Hingoli                   |         65 |                141 |                52 |
| Jalgaon                   |        138 |                170 |                51 |
| Jalna                     |         75 |                230 |                51 |
| Kolhapur                  |         75 |                220 |                48 |
| Latur                     |         73 |                156 |                52 |
| Mumbai (Suburban)         |        285 |                508 |                 0 |
| Mumbai II                 |        148 |                  0 |                 0 |
| Nagpur                    |        124 |                130 |                49 |
| Nanded                    |        160 |                286 |                51 |
| Nandurbar                 |         89 |                123 |                39 |
| Nashik                    |        234 |                492 |                43 |
| Osmanbad                  |          0 |                  0 |                52 |
| Dharashiv                 |         54 |                162 |                 0 |
| Palghar                   |        195 |                326 |                49 |
| Parbhani                  |         73 |                208 |                51 |
| Pune                      |        332 |                405 |                38 |
| Raigarh                   |         57 |                120 |                32 |
| Ratnagiri                 |         10 |                 39 |                28 |
| Sangli                    |         51 |                125 |                49 |
| Satara                    |         45 |                 81 |                36 |
| Sindhudurg                |         10 |                 21 |                40 |
| Solapur                   |        101 |                163 |                50 |
| Thane                     |        266 |                288 |                45 |
| Wardha                    |         24 |                 46 |                23 |
| Washim                    |         34 |                 90 |                53 |
| Yavatmal                  |        160 |                264 |                49 |
| Grand Total               |       4072 |               6624 |              1525 |