Lok Sabha Question No. 1813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-10
Subject: Increase in Sections of Classes in KVs
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1813 ANSWERED ON 10.03.2025

## INCREASE IN SECTIONS OF CLASSES IN KVs

## † 1813. SHRI RAMASHANKAR RAJBHAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are enough number of schools in proportion to number of students in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of schools in the Government and private sectors at present and the comparative details of the number of Government and private schools;
- (c) whether the demand for increasing the number of sections/classes in Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) has been escalated by the Government;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (e) whether the Government has any plan to increase the number of classes in the KVs at Chero in Salempur Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The sector-wise numbers of schools and students enrolled therein as well as average of students in these schools, are as under:

| Sector                | Number of Schools     | Number of Enrolments (Pre-Primary to Higher Secondary)   | Average of students per school   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Government            | 10,17,660             | 12,74,90,199                                             | 125                              |
| Govt. Aided           | 80,313                | 2,55,47,841                                              | 318                              |
| Private               | 3,31,108              | 9,00,36,939                                              | 272                              |
| Others                | 42,810                | 49,70,849                                                | 116                              |
| Total                 | 14,71,891             | 24,80,45,828                                             | 169                              |
| Source-UDISE+ 2023-24 | Source-UDISE+ 2023-24 |                                                          |                                  |

Out  of  total  14,71,891  schools,  10,97,973  schools  are  Government  and Government aided in which 15,30,38,040 students are enrolled.

(c) & (d) Opening of new KVs is a continuous process. KVs are opened primarily to cater  to  the  educational  needs  of  the  wards  of  transferable  Central  Government Employees  including  Defence  &  Para-military  personnel,  Central  Autonomous Bodies, Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Central Institute of Higher Learning  (IHL)  by  providing  a  common  programme  of  education  throughout  the country.  Proposals  for  opening  of  new  KVs  may  be  sponsored  by  Ministries  or Departments of the Government of India / State Governments / Union Territories (UTs) Administrations, with commitment to provide requisite resources including land and temporary accommodation for setting up a new KV as per norms.  The proposals are  subject  to  approval  of  the  competent  authority  as  per  extant  procedures.  At present, 1253 KVs are functional across the country.

(e) & (f) As per information received from Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan the KV, Chero in  Salempur  Parliamentary  Constituency,  Uttar  Pradesh  is  presently  running  with  02 sections from class-I to X and two sections (one section each for Science and Commerce stream) in class-XI and XII.

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