Lok Sabha Question No. 34 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: ICT Aided Laboratories, Smart Class Rooms in Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shri Satpal Brahamchari, Shri Jugal Kishore

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 34

ANSWERED ON 22/07/2024

## ICT Aided Laboratories, Smart Class Rooms in Schools

## †34. Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh:

Shri Satpal Brahamchari:

Shri Jugal Kishore:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the total number of Government and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) aided laboratories, smart classrooms and schools in the country district-wise, especially in Araria in Bihar, Sonepat in Haryana and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b)  whether any training mechanism is available for the upgradation of teaching skills of teachers in Bihar, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether any new initiative is being taken by the Government to enhance the knowledge of the students; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): ICT Labs have been approved in 139181 schools and Smart classrooms are approved in 113674 schools in the country. The details of ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms approved for Araria in Bihar, Sonipat in Haryana and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir is as under: -

| State             | District   |   ICT Labs |   Smart Classrooms |
|-------------------|------------|------------|--------------------|
| Bihar             | Araria     |         73 |                107 |
| Haryana           | Sonipat    |        256 |                197 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu      |        263 |                 75 |

Source: PRABANDH

The district wise details of ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms is at https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/parliament\_annexure\_en/annexure\_ls\_u q\_34.pdf

(b) & (c): Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  State  Government  and  UT  Administration.  The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched a National Mission to improve learning outcomes  at  the  elementary  level  through  an  Integrated  Teacher  Training  Programme  called NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement under the Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  in  2019-20.  NISHTHA  is  a  capacity  building programme for "Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training".

In view of the COVID pandemic and in order to provide continuous learning opportunities to the teachers, NISHTHA  online was launched using DIKSHA  platform in October 2020. Teachers were oriented on various aspects related to Learning Outcomes, Competency Based Learning  and  Testing,  Learner-centered  Pedagogy,  School  Safety  and  Security,  Personal-social qualities, Inclusive Education, ICT in teaching-learning including Artificial Intelligence, Health and well-being including yoga, new Initiatives in School Education including library, eco club, youth club,  kitchen  garden,  School  Leadership  qualities,  Environmental  Concerns,  Pre-school,  Prevocational Education and School Based Assessment in a joyful learning manner.

NISHTHA  training  has  been  extended  to  secondary  stage  teachers  in  2021-22.  Further, NISHTHA has been extended to Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for training of master trainers. The details of teachers trained under NISHTHA for the states of Bihar, Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir are:

|   S. No. | State/ UT         |   NISHTHA Elementary (Face-to-Face) |   NISHTHA Elementary |   NISHTHA Secondary |   NISHTHA FLN |   NISHTHA ECCE |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------|----------------|
|        1 | Bihar             |                              149778 |               288917 |               41264 |        216011 |           1236 |
|        2 | Haryana           |                               64594 |                63239 |               18093 |         19736 |           1062 |
|        3 | Jammu and Kashmir |                                 323 |                92646 |               24612 |         47692 |          29595 |

Source: NCERT

(d) & (e): Samagra Shiksha scheme is an integrated scheme for school education covering the entire gamut from pre-school to class XII as a continuum. The scheme not only provides support for the implementation of the RTE Act but has also been aligned with the recommendations of NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have access to quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom  environment  which  should  take  care  of  their  diverse  background,  multilingual  needs, different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.

The major interventions, across all levels of school education, under the Samagra Shiksha scheme  are:  (i)  Early  Childhood  Care  and  Education  (ii)  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy (iii) Universal Access including Infrastructure Development and Retention; (iv) RTE Entitlements including  uniforms,  textbooks  etc.  (v)  Quality  and  Innovation  (vi)  Financial  support  for  Teacher Salary (vii) Appointment of language Teachers (viii) Gender and Equity (ix) Inclusive Education (x)  Strengthening  of  Teacher  Education  Institutions  and  Training  (xi)  Vocational  Education (xii)  ICT  and  Digital  Initiatives  (xiii)  Sports  and  Physical  Education  (xiv)  Monitoring  and Programme Management and (xv) National Component.