Lok Sabha Question No. 2456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Educational Institutions under PARAKH
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Ananta Nayak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2456 ANSWERED ON - 04/08/2025

## Educational Institutions under PARAKH

## 2456. Shri Ananta Nayak:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to State:

(a)  the  number  of  higher  educational  institutions  targeted  under  the  Performance  Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development (PARAKH)  Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 Scheme, State/UT-wise;

- (b) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that all States and Union Territories take part in the scheme along with the details of the funding share between the Centre and States/UTs;
- (c) the details of industry collaborations, internships, and vocational modules introduced under the such scheme; and

(d)  whether  the  scheme  is  expected  to  address  regional  disparities  and  improve  the  Gross Enrollment Ratio and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (d):  In  pursuance  of  the  recommendation  of  the  NEP  2020,  the  National  Assessment Centre,  called  PARAKH  (Performance  Assessment,  Review,  and  Analysis  of  Knowledge  for Holistic  Development),  was  established  on  8th  February,  2023  by  the  Ministry  of  Education under  the  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT).  PARAKH's primary  objective  is  to  establish  norms,  standards,  and  guidelines  for  student  assessment  and evaluation across all the schools in the country. PARAKH has mandate to do assessment of only schools and not Higher Education Institutions.

Recently, the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan was conducted by PARAKH on 4th December, 2024 which witnessed participation from over 21.15 lakh students and 2.70 lakh teachers from 74,000  schools  across  all  States/UTs  in  the  country.  National,  State  and  District  level  report cards  for  PARAKH  Rashtriya  Sarvekshan  2024  have  been  released  and  are  available  at https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en

To  ensure  participation  from  all  States  and  UTs,  the  National  Assessment  Centre-PARAKH, NCERT,  under  the  aegis  of  the  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy,  Ministry  of Education, conducted regular orientation meetings, capacity-building workshops, training sessions, and collaborative planning sessions with concerned officials from State/UT Governments  and  provided  necessary  facilitation,  wherever  required.  Financial  assistance  is provided  to  the  States/UTs  under  the  centrally  sponsored  schemes  of  Samagra  Shiksha  for conducting periodical assessments of Student's learning outcomes including PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan.

The assessment aims to underscore critical competency, skill or infrastructural gaps at various stages  of  schooling  and  equip  policy  makers  in  States/UTs  with  robust,  district-level  data  on learning  outcomes  and  contextual  variables  affecting  such  outcomes  to  design  data  driven interventions for enhancing the quality and effectiveness of school education in India.

Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. Central Government assists States and UTs through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha  and  Mid  Day  Meal  provided from Balvatika to class 8 under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Yojna. Financial  assistance  is  also  provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  for  various  activities  to  reduce dropout and increase enrolment in Government schools, which include opening/strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up and up gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up  of  residential  schools/hostels  named  Netaji  Subhas  Chandra  Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas, hostels  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Janjati  Adivasi  Nyaya  Maha  Abhiyan  (PM-  JANMAN)  and Dharti  Aaba  Janjatiya  Gram  Utkarsh  Abhiyan  (DAJGUA),  transport  allowance,  undertaking enrolment  drives,  seasonal  hostels/residential  camps,  provision  of  vocational  education  and ICT facilities in schools, providing free text books and free uniform, transport/escort facility, etc, financial assistance is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs.

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