Lok Sabha Question No. 9 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: KGBVs in Bodoland Territorial Region and NER
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi, Shri Joyanta Basumatary

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 9 ANSWERED ON 03.02.2025

## KGBVs IN BODOLAND TERRITORIAL REGION AND NER

- *9. SHRI JOYANTA BASUMATARY:

SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding the funds allocated and utilised for Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) since the inception of scheme in Bodoland Territorial Region and North Eastern Region (NER);
- (b) the criteria adopted to open KGBV in the blocks of aspirational districts;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to revise the same;
- (d) the details of KGBVs currently operating from rented premises and partially constructed buildings in the NER; and
- (e) the details regarding the vacant posts of teachers in KGBVs in NER and the all India average for the same?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 9 FOR 03.02.2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SHRI JOYANTA BASUMATARY AND SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI REGARDING 'KGBVs IN BODOLAND TERRITORIAL REGION AND NER'.

- (a):  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Education  is  implementing  an Integrated  Scheme  for  School  Education  (ISSE)  namely  Samagra  Shiksha.  Under  Samagra Shiksha,  effective  from  2018-19,  there  is  a  provision  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalaya (KGBV) especially for girls' education. Year wise funds allocated and utilized for  KGBVs in North Eastern Region (NER) and in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) i.e. Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa & Udalguri districts in Assam are as under:

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Year      | NER      | NER            | Bodoland Territorial Region   | Bodoland Territorial Region   |
|-----------|----------|----------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Allocated | Funds    | Funds Utilised | Funds Allocated               | Funds Utilised                |
| 11823.05  | 6926.86  | 632.84         | 297.84                        | 2018-19                       |
| 14791.74  | 7761.56  | 888.48         | 483.26                        | 2019-20                       |
| 13993.52  | 7242.36  | 863.31         | 455.82                        | 2020-21                       |
| 13106.72  | 6335.33  | 1268.90        | 578.28                        | 2021-22                       |
| 24121.13  | 13229.54 | 2462.75        | 794.84                        | 2022-23                       |
| 38336.36  | 21592.22 | 3215.01        | 880.43                        | 2023-24                       |

(Source: Inputs received from States/UTs)

- (b)  &  (c):  The  KGBVs  are  set  up  in  those  identified  Educationally  Backward  Blocks  (EBBs) where, as per census data of 2001, the rural female literacy is below the national average and which does not have residential schools under any other scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Tribal Affairs or the State Government. The State/UT submits proposals for sanctioning  new  KGBV  in  the  Annual  Work  Plan  &  Budget  of  the  State/UT,  which  is  then scrutinized and approved by the Project Approval Board in consultation with the State/UT.
- (d): Out of 284 functional KGBVs, as informed by State Governments, a total of 19 KGBVs are operating from rented premises and no KGBV is operating in partially constructed buildings in the States of NER.
- (e): There are 55 vacant posts of teachers (52 in Assam and 3 in Sikkim) in 284 functional KGBVs in NER. Nationally, in 5,138 functional KGBVs, out of 28,333 sanctioned posts of teachers, 3860 are vacant.

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