Lok Sabha Question No. 2704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: JNVs in Bodoland Territorial Region
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2704 ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## JNVs in Bodoland Territorial Region

2704. Shri Pradyut Bordoloi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  regarding  the  school  dropout  rates  at  all  levels  and  Pupil  Teacher Ratio in the country especially in Assam and the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR);
- (b) whether the Government has established any new Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the BTR since the signing of the Bodo Accord in 2020 and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the  details  regarding  the  progress  made  in  the  establishment  of  a  Central University named after Upendranath Brahma and a National Institute of Technology in the BTR?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)    The  school  dropout  rates  at  all  levels  and  the  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  across  the country,  particularly  in  Assam  and  the  Bodoland  Territorial  Region  (BTR),  are  as follows:

|                      |                      | School Dropout Rate   | School Dropout Rate   | School Dropout Rate   |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| India/State/District | India/State/District | Primary               | Upper Primary         | Secondary             |
| India                | India                | 1.9                   | 5.2                   | 14.1                  |
| Assam                | Assam                | 5.4                   | 6.8                   | 19.3                  |
|                      | Baksa                | 4.2                   | 5.8                   | 25.4                  |
|                      | Chirang              | 5.2                   | 6.9                   | 27.2                  |
|                      | Kokrajhar            | 6.4                   | 8.7                   | 20.3                  |
|                      | Tamulpur             | 5.5                   | 1.3                   | 24.4                  |
|                      | Udalguri             | 5.2                   | 9.0                   | 16.9                  |

|                      |                      | Pupil Teacher Ratio   | Pupil Teacher Ratio   | Pupil Teacher Ratio   | Pupil Teacher Ratio   |
|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
| India/State/District | India/State/District | Primary               | Upper Primary         | Secondary             | Higher Secondary      |
| India                | India                | 21                    | 18                    | 16                    | 24                    |
| Assam                | Assam                | 19                    | 13                    | 11                    | 18                    |
|                      | Baksa                | 13                    | 9                     | 8                     | 22                    |
|                      | Chirang              | 16                    | 13                    | 13                    | 21                    |
|                      | Kokrajhar            | 18                    | 12                    | 14                    | 23                    |
|                      | Tamulpur             | 19                    | 13                    | 10                    | 35                    |
|                      | Udalguri             | 19                    | 14                    | 12                    | 30                    |

Source-UDISE+ 2023-24

(b) The  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme  envisages  opening  of  one Jawahar Navodaya  Vidyalaya  in  each  district  of  the  country.  Opening  of  new  Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) is a continuous process which depends on the willingness of the concerned State Government/UT administration to make available requisite suitable land, free of cost, for construction of the permanent building and making available required  temporary  building,  free  of  rent,  to  run  the  Vidyalaya  till  the  permanent building  is  constructed.  Sanction and  opening  of  new  NVs  depend  on  approval by the competent authority as per extant procedures.

Udalgiri, Baksa, Chirang & Kokrajhar districts of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR)  have  been  covered  under  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme.  Newly  carved  out Tamulpur  district  of  BTR  does  not  have  a  Navodaya  Vidyalaya.  However,  the candidates  from  the  newly  bifurcated  district,  in  which  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  is  not sanctioned, are permitted to appear for admission to the Navodaya Vidyalaya which is located in the unified undivided old district.

(c) The matter with regard to status of various projects under Memorandum of Settlement 2020 signed with Bodo groups of Assam, was considered in Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and in the meeting held on 13.09.2024, it was decided that a campus of Tezpur Central University may be opened in the name of Upendra Nath Brahma in Baksa District  and  Govt.  of  Assam/ Bodoland Territorial  Council  (BTC) may send a proposal to MHA regarding the same. So far no information has been received in this department regarding any further development in this matter.

Government  of  Assam  had  suggested  to  consider  upgradation  of  Central Institute  of  Technology  (CIT),  Kokrajhar  to  NIT  in  consultation  with  BTC  and Department of Higher Education. However, no formal proposal to this effect has so far been received from the Government of Assam.

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