Lok Sabha Question No. 2162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: New High Schools and New Inter Colleges in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO2162

ANSWERED ON- 05.08.2024

## NEW HIGH SCHOOLS AND NEW INTER COLLEGES IN UTTAR PRADESH

†2162 Shri Arun Kumar Sagar: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the number of new high schools and new inter colleges required to be set up in Uttar Pradesh as per the criteria of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan; (b)  whether the Government has taken any steps to set up high schools and inter colleges in Uttar Pradesh, particularly in Shahjahanpur Parliamentary Constituency under the Abhiyan; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): 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.  The  opening  and  closing  of  schools  are  within  the  purview  of respective State Government and UT Administration.

The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  for  School  Education-  Samagra  Shiksha  with  effect from  the  year  2018-19.  The  Scheme  subsumes  the  three  erstwhile  Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).

Under the scheme, financial assistance is provided to the States and UTs for implementation of various interventions including opening of new schools/ upgradation/  strengthening  of  existing  schools.  This  is  based  on  the  annual  plans prepared by the States and UTs, as per their requirements/ priority and is reflected in their  respective  Annual  Work  Plan  and  Budget  (AWP&B)  Proposals  including Shahjahanpur  parliamentary  constituency.  These  plans  are  then  appraised  and approved/estimated  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.

In  pursuance  to  Section  6 of  the  RTE  Act,  2009,  the  Central  RTE  Rules provide that a primary school shall be established within a walking distance of one kilometre  of  the  neighbourhood  and  an  upper  primary  school  shall  be  established within a walking distance of three kilometer of the neighbourhood.

The  States/UTs  have  notified  area  or  limits  of  their  neighbourhood  norms, factoring in their State specific condition, for opening of secondary and sr. secondary schools. In the case of the States and Union Territories, which have not notified the neighbourhood norms for Secondary and Sr. Secondary Schools, financial support is provided under Samagra Shiksha to ensure the establishment of secondary school within  5  Km  and  senior  secondary  school  within  7-10  Km  of  a  habitation  while ensuring  their  viability  and  cost  effectiveness.  For  the  habitations  that  remain uncovered (mostly small or sparsely populated in difficult areas) where opening of school is not feasible, transport facility is provided up to an average cost @ ₹ 6000/ per child per annum up to Class X.

As reported by the States and UTs in their Annual Work Plan & Budget 202324, 95.31%  of habitations are covered by Secondary schools  and  99.75% habitations are covered by Sr. Secondary schools.

As per UDISE+ 2021-22, the total number of Government schools/Government aided schools/private schools in the State of Uttar Pradesh are as follows:

| Type       | Primary   | Upper Primary   | Secondary   | Higher Secondary   |
|------------|-----------|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|
| Government | 87,811    | 46,527          | 1,508       | 1,178              |
| Aided      | 153       | 2,812           | 557         | 4,591              |
| Private    | 41,025    | 33,446          | 8,977       | 14,360             |
| Total      | 1,28,989  | 82,785          | 11,042      | 20,129             |

As per the information provided by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, under Centrally  sponsored  scheme of Samagra Shiksha (effective from 2018-19), 5 high schools and 1 intermediate school have been sanctioned in Shahjahanpur district.

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