Lok Sabha Question No. 3927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: English Medium Government Primary Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Babu Singh Kushwaha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3927 ANSWERED ON- 18/08/2025

## English Medium Government Primary Schools

## †3927.  Shri Babu Singh Kushwaha:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the number of English medium Government primary schools opened in various districts of Uttar Pradesh;

(b)  the  total  funds  allocated  and  utilised  by  the  Government  for  the  establishment  of these schools including the infrastructure such as buildings, books, smart classes;

(c) the number of teachers recruited in these schools and whether any training is provided to them and the number of districts in which the said process has been completed; and

(d) whether the Government has conducted any assessment of the educational outcomes of these  schools,  rise  in  the  enrolment  of  students  and  its  impact  in  rural  areas  and  if  so,  the main findings thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d)   Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools in the country come under the administrative domain of the respective State Government  and  UT  Administration.  The  requirement  of  infrastructural  facilities  in schools including opening of new schools/upgradation/strengthening of existing schools is worked out every year by the respective State/Union Territory depending on their need and priority.

As  informed  by  the  State  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  that  out  of  total  87,777 Government Primary Schools 12,279 have been converted to English  Medium Government Primary Schools across all 75 districts of the State.

The Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing centrally sponsored schemes for School Education- Samagra Shiksha and PM-SHRI. Under these Schemes, financial support is provided to the States/UTs including Uttar Pradesh, for creation and augmentation  of  infrastructure  to  strengthen  the  existing  school  infrastructure  like construction of school buildings & additional classrooms and opening/strengthening of new/existing  schools,  boundary  walls,  Science  Labs,  Computers  Labs,  Library  Room, Ramps, Major Repairs, Supply of Furniture and provision of ICT and digital interventions  etc.  Through  Samagra  Shiksha,  financial  assistance  is  also  provided  to States  and  UTs  for  providing  various  facilities  to  the  children  for  implementation  of Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  which  include free  uniform to eligible  children at elementary level, free textbook at elementary level etc.

The States and UTs prepare their Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B) based  on their  requirements  and  priorities  and  submit  to  the  Ministry  of  Education  prior  to  the beginning  of  every  financial  year.  The  same  is  considered  and  appraised/approved  by Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  in  consultation  with  the  States  and  UTs,  as  per  the schematic/ programmatic and financial norms of the Scheme and physical and financial progress of the State for the interventions approved.

The recruitment, service conditions and rational deployment of teachers come under the purview  of  respective  State  Government  and  UT  Administration.  As  informed  by  the State  Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  the  teachers  were  transferred  to  English  Medium Government  Primary  schools  from  existing  Government  Primary  schools  and  training was imparted to 10622 teachers of English Medium schools in all the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh.

PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development)  has  been  setup  under  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and Training  (NCERT)  by  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSE&L).  The primary objective of this survey is to evaluate the learning competencies of students in Foundational Literacy, Foundational Numeracy, Language and Mathematics at the end of each of the educational stages i.e. Foundational, Preparatory, and Middle in Grades 3,6 &9.

Survey  is  Conducted  every  three  years,  with  annual  State  Educational  Achievement Surveys  in  between,  the  latest  national  survey  PARAKH  Rashtriya  Sarvekshan  2024 took place on December 4, 2024 for all the states including Uttar Pradesh.  Results show notable improvement in foundational skills and reflect that in grade 3, rural schools have performed better that urban schools and government schools have performed better than unaided schools. The report may be accessed at https://parakh.ncert.gov.in/prs

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