Lok Sabha Question No. 4107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Essential Infrastructure in Government Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-4107

ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

## Essential Infrastructure in Government Schools

4107. Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  about  the  dilapidated  condition  of  primary  and  secondary education buildings in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and district-wise;
- (c) the number and percentage of Government schools that continue to lack of essential infrastructure such as functional toilets (especially for girls), drinking water, electricity, boundary walls and internet access in the country;
- (d) whether the Government acknowledges that these gaps directly contribute to poor attendance, higher drop-out rates and compromised learning outcomes, particularly for girls and marginalised students and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether any timeline has been fixed for achieving hundred percent access to electricity, functional toilets and drinking water in Government schools and if so, the details thereof, year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (e):  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  schools  having  dilapidated  buildings  for  the  year  2023-24  are  available  at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl\_ques.

As per UDISE+ 2023-24, percentage of Government schools with girl's toilets, boy's toilet, drinking water, electricity, boundary walls and internet for the year 2023-24 are given below:

|       | Percentage of Government schools having   | Percentage of Government schools having   | Percentage of Government schools having   | Percentage of Government schools having   | Percentage of Government schools having   | Percentage of Government schools having   |
|-------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Year  | Girl's Toilets                            | Boy's Toilets                             | Drinking water                            | Electricity connection                    | Boundary Walls                            | Internet facility                         |
| India | 97.1                                      | 94.8                                      | 98.4                                      | 92.4                                      | 64.9                                      | 46.2                                      |

As per UDISE+, dropout rate in respect of girls and marginalised groups, such as Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) for the year 2022-23 and 2023-24 are given below:

| Social           | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23       | 2022-23       | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2023-24       | 2023-24       | 2023-24   | 2023-24   |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
| category         | Primary   | Primary   | Upper Primary | Upper Primary | Secondary | Secondary | Primary   | Primary   | Upper Primary | Upper Primary | Secondary | Secondary |
|                  | Girls     | Total     | Girls         | Total         | Girls     | Total     | Girls     | Total     | Girls         | Total         | Girls     | Total     |
| Overall          | 7.8       | 7.8       | 8.3           | 8.1           | 15.4      | 16.4      | 1.7       | 1.9       | 5.3           | 5.2           | 12.6      | 14.1      |
| Scheduled Castes | 10.1      | 10.4      | 11.1          | 11.1          | 17.9      | 19.3      | 2.7       | 2.9       | 6.6           | 6.6           | 13.5      | 15.4      |
| Scheduled Tribes | 7         | 7.1       | 10            | 10.1          | 22        | 23.4      | 2.3       | 2.6       | 6.4           | 6.9           | 17.7      | 19.6      |

The PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, conducted in December 2024 by the National Assessment Centre, PARAKH  (NCERT),  under  the  Ministry  of  Education, assessed baseline  competency development in students of Grades 3, 6, and 9 as per the National Education Policy 2020. Over 21.15 lakh students and 2.70 lakh teachers from more than 74,000 schools across 781 districts participated. National, State, and District-level report cards are available at https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en.

Education is a subject in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and most of the schools come under jurisdiction of concerned States and UTs. State and UT Governments are the appropriate Governments under  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009,  and  have  the responsibility and mandate to provide infrastructure in schools in accordance with the norms laid down in the Schedule to the RTE Act, 2009 and as per respective State RTE Rules.

Further,  Central  Government  assists  States  and  UTs  through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of Samagra Shiksha.  Financial  assistance  is  provided  to  all  States  and  UTs  for  various  components  for implementation of the interventions under Samagra Shiksha as per norms which includes interventions like  major/minor  repairs,  functional  toilets  (boys/girls),  electricity  connections,  functional  drinking water facility and boundary walls. Accordingly, the annual plans under Samagra Shiksha are prepared by the States and UTs based on their requirements and priority and this is reflected in their respective Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B). These plans are then appraised and approved/estimated by Project  Approval Board (PAB) in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial  norms  of  the  scheme.  As  per  PRABANDH  portal  financial  budget  sanctioned  in  Project Approval Board (PAB) on various activities is available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl\_ques.

Further,  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  the  central  government  has  sanctioned  upgradation  for  7297 dilapidated school buildings with a sanctioned cost of 185755.070 lakhs.

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