Lok Sabha Question No. 1838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalayas in Kerala/Education to Tribal Population
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1838

## ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN KERALA / EDUCATION TO TRIBAL POPULATION

## 1838. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  run  by  the  Kendriya  Vidyalaya Sangathan in Kerala at present, district-wise;
- (b) the number of new Kendriya Vidyalayas constructed and started during the last three years in the country, State-wise especially in Kerala;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that a section of our society particularly tribal areas in the country still do not have access to education; and
- (d) if  so, the details thereof along with the relevant details of the steps taken by the Government  to increase the access to education to tribal population?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a) At present, 38 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) are functioning in the State of Kerala. District-wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b) As  per  information  received  from  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan,  during the  last  3  years  (i.e.  2020-21,  2021-22  &  2022-23),  construction  of  63  KVs buildings have been completed and construction of 94 KVs building have been started in the country. State / UT-wise details are at Annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) As per information received from Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), the Ministry is administering the central sector scheme of Eklavya Model Residential School  (EMRS)  to  provide  quality  Upper  Primary,  Secondary,  and  Senior Secondary level education (Class 6th to 12th) to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in  remote  tribal  areas  to  enable  them  to  access  the  best  opportunities  in

education  and  to  bring  them  at  par  with  the  general  population.  National Education  Society  for  Tribal  Students  (NESTS),  an  autonomous  organization under MoTA, manages and implements the scheme of EMRS. Government has decided to establish one EMRS in every block with more than 50% ST population and at least  20,000  tribal  persons,  subject  to  availability  of  suitable  land  to  be provided by the State/UT Government. At present, a total number of 694 EMRSs have  been  sanctioned,  out  of  which  401  schools  are  reported  to  be  functional benefitting about 113275 tribal students.

The Pre-Matric  Scholarship  and  Post  -  Matric  Scholarship  Schemes  are Centrally Sponsored Schemes implemented by Ministry of Tribal Affairs to grant scholarship to eligible ST students for studying in India whose family income is not exceeded Rs 2,50,000 per annum for pursuing education in Classes IX and X and  at  post  matriculation  or  post-secondary  stage  respectively  so  that  the incidence of drop-out, especially in transition from elementary to secondary stage as  well  as  to  secondary  stage  to  post-secondary  stage  is  minimized  and    to enable  them  to  complete  their  education.  The  scholarship  is  awarded  by  the Government of the State/Union Territory to which the applicant belongs as per the  terms  of  domicile  decided  by  the  State/UT  and  the  Scholarship  has  been directly  transferred  to  the  account  of  the  student  concerned.  Further,  the Department of Schools Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education is the nodal Department for providing  Universal  access  to  quality  education  to  ST  students through  its  Autonomous/Statutory  Bodies,  i.e.  CBSE,  KVS,  JNV,  NIOS  and NCTE  and  its  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha,  PM  Poshan, Padhna Likhna Abhiyan and central sector scheme of National Means cum Merit Scholarships.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1838  RAISED  BY  SHRI  THOMAS  CHAZHIKADAN, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  PARLIAMENT  ANSWERED  ON  31/07/2023  REGARDING 'KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN KERALA / EDUCATION TO TRIBAL POPULATION'.

## DISTRICT WISE DETAILS OF FUNCTIONAL KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN THE STATE OF KERALA

| S. No.             | Name of Districts   | Number of KVs   |
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
| 1. PATHANAMTHITTA  | 03                  |                 |
| KOZHIKODE          | 02                  | 2.              |
| ERNAKULAM          | 06                  | 3.              |
| WAYANAD            | 01                  | 4.              |
| KOTTAYAM           | 02                  | 5.              |
| MALAPPURAM         | 01                  | 6.              |
| PALAKKAD           | 03                  | 7.              |
| THRISSUR           | 02                  | 8.              |
| THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | 05                  | 9.              |
| IDUKKI             | 01                  | 10.             |
| ALAPPUZHA          | 01                  | 11.             |
| KOLLAM             | 01                  | 12.             |
| KANNUR             | 06                  | 13.             |
| KASARGOD           | 04                  | 14.             |
| TOTAL              | TOTAL               | 38              |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1838 RAISED BY SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT  ANSWERED  ON  31/07/2023  REGARDING  'KENDRIYA  VIDYALAYAS  IN KERALA / EDUCATION TO TRIBAL POPULATION'.

## STATE / UT-WISE DETAILS OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS BUILDINGS COMPLETED AND CONSTRUCTED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS

(i.e. 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23)

| SI. No   | STATE /UT                            | 2020-21                               | 2020-21                             | 2021-22                               | 2021-22                             | 2022-23                               | 2022-23                             |
|----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| SI. No   | STATE /UT                            | Construction of KV building completed | Construction of KV building Started | Construction of KV Building Completed | Construction of KV building Started | Construction of KV building completed | Construction of KV building Started |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh                       | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 02                                    | 03                                  |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh                    | 01                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 02                                  |
| 3.       | Assam                                | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 03                                  |
| 4.       | Bihar                                | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 01                                  |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh                         | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 06                                  | 03                                    | 02                                  |
| 6.       | Delhi                                | 01                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  |
| 7.       | Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 00                                    | 01                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  |
| 8.       | Gujarat                              | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  |
| 9.       | Haryana                              | 02                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 02                                  |
| 10.      | Himachal Pradesh                     | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 02                                  |
| 11.      | Jammu & Kashmir                      | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 02                                  |
| 12.      | Jharkhand                            | 00                                    | 00                                  | 05                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 04                                  |
| 13.      | Karnataka                            | 02                                    | 01                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 02                                    | 03                                  |
| 14.      | KERALA                               | 01                                    | 00                                  | 02                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 01                                  |
| 15.      | Lakshadweep                          | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  |
| 16.      | Madhya Pradesh                       | 03                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 06                                  | 06                                    | 08                                  |
| 17.      | Maharashtra                          | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 02                                  |
| 18.      | Manipur                              | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 04                                  |
| 19.      | Nagaland                             | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 01                                  |
| 20.      | Odisha                               | 02                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 02                                    | 06                                  |
| 21.      | Panjab                               | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 07                                  |
| 22.      | Puducherry                           | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  |
| 23.      | Rajasthan                            | 02                                    | 00                                  | 04                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 04                                  |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu                           | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 04                                  |
| 25.      | Telangana                            | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 01                                    | 05                                  |
| 26.      | Uttar Pradesh                        | 00                                    | 00                                  | 02                                    | 00                                  | 02                                    | 06                                  |
| 27.      | Uttarakhand                          | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 06                                  |
| 28.      | West Bengal                          | 00                                    | 00                                  | 00                                    | 01                                  | 01                                    | 01                                  |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL                                | 16                                    | 02                                  | 22                                    | 13                                  | 25                                    | 79                                  |

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