Lok Sabha Question No. 2518 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Financial Aid by World Bank for School Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Harish Dwivedi, Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit, Ravi Kishan Shukla, Nihal Chand Chauhan

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2518 ANSWERED ON - 18/12/2023

## Financial Aid by World Bank for School Education

2518.  SHRI HARISH DWIVEDI: SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT: SHRI RAVI KISHAN: SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the specific financial aid provided by the World Bank in 2021 for enhancing the quality and administration of school education; and

(b) the details of the allocation and utilization of this financial aid received by the Government?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a): Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States (STARS) was approved by the Cabinet in October 2020, to be implemented as a centrally sponsored scheme by the Department of  School  Education  &  Literacy.  After  signing  of  the  Loan  Agreement  with  World  Bank, STARS became effective on 23rd February 2021 for a period of five years i.e. up to FY: 202425.  STARS  is  being  implemented  in  six  States  which  are  Himachal  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Odisha,  Rajasthan,  Madhya  Pradesh  and  Kerala.  STARS  aims  to  improve  the  quality  and governance of school education in 6 states of India. STARS envisages to support the states in developing,  implementing,  evaluating  and  improving  interventions  with  direct  linkages  to improve education outcomes and school to work transition strategies for improved labor market outcomes.

The  total  cost  of  the  project  is  approximately  Rs.  5718  crore,  with  US$  500  million (approximately Rs. 3700 crore) to be funded by the Central Government through World Bank and rest coming as State share from the participating States, over a period of 5 years. The fund sharing  pattern  is  90:10  for  Himachal  Pradesh  and  60:40  for  the  other  States  i.e.  Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Odisha.

- (b): The details of total budget allocation and utilization of funds by the Government of India under STARS is in the table below:

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year                |   Budget Allocation as per Revised Estimates |   Utilization (Releases to States and expenditure under National Component) |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2020-21             |                                       111.79 |                                                                       91.17 |
| 2021-22             |                                       340    |                                                                      282.3  |
| 2022-23             |                                       480    |                                                                      473.45 |
| 2023-24 (till date) |                                       700    |                                                                      347.75 |
| Total               |                                      1531.79 |                                                                     1194.67 |

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