Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Closer/Merger of Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Hibi Eden

221 Shri Hibi Eden:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the list of the schools that have been closed or merged as part of the school rationalisation policy since 2020-21, year- wise and State-wise;
- (b) the  total  number  of  Government,  Government-aided,  and  private  schools  in  India  since  2019-20, year-wise; and
- (c) whether the Government has undertaken or plans to undertake any evaluation of the impact of school closures or mergers in the past and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  Plus  (UDISE+)  system  to  record  data  on indicators  of  school  education  provided  by  all  the  States  and  Union  Territories.  As  per  UDISE+, State/UT-wise number of Government schools registered for the  year 2020-21 and 2021-22 are at annexure-I.
- (b) : As per UDISE+, number of schools managed by Government, Government-aided, private Unaided and Other management during 2019-20 to 2021-22 are as under:
- (c) : Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and the opening and rationalisation of schools are within the purview of respective State Government and UT Administration. The Right of Children to Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  provides  children's  access  to  elementary  schools within the defined area or limits of neighbourhood. In pursuance to Section 6 of the RTE Act, all States have notified area or limits of their neighbourhood norms. Further, Section 8 of the RTE Act, 2009 also mandates that the appropriate government shall provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child and will ensure availability of neighbourhood schools.

| Year    |   Government schools |   Government aided Schools |   Private Unaided Schools |   Other Schools |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
| 2019-20 |              1032570 |                      84362 |                    337499 |           53277 |
| 2020-21 |              1032049 |                      84295 |                    340753 |           52039 |
| 2021-22 |              1022386 |                      82480 |                    335844 |           48405 |

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-221

ANSWERED ON 25/11/2024

## Closer/Merger of Schools

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 221 ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024 ASKED BY HONB'LE MP SHRI HIBI EDEN REGARDING 'CLOSER/MERGER OF SCHOOLS'

State/UT-wise number of Government Schools registered for the year 2020-21 and 2021-22

| States/UTs                               |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |
|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| India                                    |   1032049 |   1022386 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |       342 |       342 |
| Andhra Pradesh                           |     45145 |     45137 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        |      3061 |      2985 |
| Assam                                    |     46749 |     45490 |
| Bihar                                    |     75555 |     75558 |
| Chandigarh                               |       121 |       123 |
| Chhattisgarh                             |     48619 |     48743 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |       407 |       388 |
| Delhi                                    |      2751 |      2762 |
| Goa                                      |       821 |       814 |
| Gujarat                                  |     34967 |     34699 |
| Haryana                                  |     14563 |     14562 |
| Himachal Pradesh                         |     15391 |     15380 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        |     23167 |     23173 |
| Jharkhand                                |     35888 |     35840 |
| Karnataka                                |     49791 |     49679 |
| Kerala                                   |      5020 |      5010 |
| Ladakh                                   |       915 |       838 |
| Lakshadweep                              |        45 |        38 |
| Madhya Pradesh                           |     99152 |     92695 |
| Maharashtra                              |     65734 |     65639 |
| Manipur                                  |      2878 |      2889 |
| Meghalaya                                |      7795 |      7783 |
| Mizoram                                  |      2558 |      2563 |
| Nagaland                                 |      1975 |      1960 |
| Odisha                                   |     50256 |     49072 |
| Puducherry                               |       422 |       422 |
| Punjab                                   |     19330 |     19259 |
| Rajasthan                                |     68813 |     68948 |
| Sikkim                                   |       851 |       864 |
| Tamil Nadu                               |     37589 |     37636 |
| Telangana                                |     30015 |     30023 |
| Tripura                                  |      4265 |      4262 |
| Uttar Pradesh                            |    137068 |    137024 |
| Uttarakhand                              |     16651 |     16484 |
| West Bengal                              |     83379 |     83302 |