Lok Sabha Question No. 2807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Recognition of Home Schooling
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose, Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Anto  Antony

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

## LOKA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2807 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023

## Recognition of Home Schooling

## 2807. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE: SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.: SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of students receiving home schooling, State-wise & UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  address  the  concerns  of  parents  regarding  the recognition and acceptance of home schooling as a legitimate educational alternative in India;
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government to bridge the digital divide and provide equitable access to online learning platforms and resources for home schooled students across the country; and
- (d) the initiatives or policies taken by the  Government  to  enhance  the  professional development and training opportunities for  home  schooling  parents,  in  order  to  ensure effective instruction and learning outcomes for their children?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)

## (a)  The State & UT wise number of students receiving home schooling is at Annexure-I .

(b) to (d) The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 advocates full equity and inclusion as the cornerstone of education to ensure that all students are able to thrive in the education system. The policy recommends providing the choice for home-based education for children with severe and multiple disabilities who are unable to go to schools. The Samagra Shiksha scheme has been aligned with the NEP 2020 to ensure that all children have access to quality education.

The  Centrally  sponsored  Samagra  Shiksha  -  is  an  integrated  scheme  for  School Education of the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education, covers all children  including  children  with  special  needs.  Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  there  is  a  dedicated component  for  Inclusive  Education  for  Children  with  Special  Needs  (CwSN)  through  which various provisions are made available for the educational needs of CwSN such as, provision of aids, appliances, assistive devices & teaching learning materials (TLMs) etc. under the scheme. This  includes  home  based  education  for  children  with  multiple  &/  severe  disabilities  who  are unable to attend school. For the year 2023-24, support for 72,186 CwSN, who are enrolled in the home-based  education  programme  has  been  approved,  with  an  estimated  outlay  of  ₹2,067.93 lakh.

Parenting is of great significance in the current age of disruption in all spheres of life. Parent  and  community  participation  can  go  a  long  way  in  helping  children  overcome  the challenges that they face and providing a safe and conducive environment for learning. Parents and care givers can contribute immensely in providing appropriate learning experiences to their children.  MoE  has  developed  guidelines  for  Parent  participation  in  Home  based  learning  for which link is given below:

https://dsel.education.gov.in/sites/default/files/update/MoE\_Home\_Learning\_Guidelines.pdf

A  comprehensive  initiative  called  PM  eVIDYA  has  been  initiated  as  part  of  Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The eContents/ programme uploaded under PM eVidya are based on NCERT curriculum. Besides this many States have also offered and uploaded theire-Contents for PM eVidya, in line with the curriculum of their education boards/SCERTs. The initiative includes:

- DIKSHA the nation's digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content for school education  in  States/UTs  and  QR  coded  Energized  Textbooks  for  all  grades  (one nation, one digital platform). As on 27.07.2023 DIKSHA has more than 524 crores learning sessions, more than 6,125 crore learning minutes with more than 1.63 crore average daily page hits. A total of 3,17,496 pieces of e-contents are live on DIKSHA as on date.
- PM eVidya DTH TV live Telecast -

(i)  Class  1  to  10  Live  programmes  -  3,021  Live  interactive  sessions  of  30  minutes each have been telecast on class-based channels (1 to 10). It covered about 1,510.30 hours of telecast.

(ii) Class 11 & 12 Live programme: 296 live interactive sessions of 60 minutes each have  been  telecast  based  on  class-based  channels  (11  &  12).  It  covered  about  296 hours of telecast.

- E-content for visually and hearing impaired:

(i) About 4,210 audiobook chapters have been developed and uploaded on DIKSHA. (ii)  Teaching  Learning  Interventions  for  Inclusive  Classrooms:  594  live sessions  of 'Teaching Learning Interventions for Inclusive Classrooms' of half an hour have been transmitted live covering about 297 hours.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2807 ANSWERED ON 07.08.2023  ASKED BY  HON'BLE.  MPS  ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE, SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P AND SHRI ANTO ANTONY REGARDING 'RECOGNITION OF HOME SCHOOLING'.

(Rs. in lakh)

|             | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA- IE for CwSN Component   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA- IE for CwSN Component   | SAMAGRA SHIKSHA- IE for CwSN Component   |
|-------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S. No.      | State/UT Home Based Education            | PAB Approved Physical                    | 2023-24 Financial                        |
| 1           | Andaman And Nicobar Islands              | 67                                       | 1.34                                     |
| 2           | Andhra Pradesh                           | 5878                                     | 176.34                                   |
| 3           | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 142                                      | 4.26                                     |
| 4           | Assam                                    | 4273                                     | 85.46                                    |
| 5           | Bihar                                    | 963                                      | 33.705                                   |
| 6           | Chandigarh                               | 121                                      | 4.235                                    |
| 7           | Chhattisgarh                             | 1085                                     | 37.975                                   |
| 8           | Delhi                                    | 1952                                     | 68.32                                    |
| 9           | Dnd - Dnh                                | 40                                       | 1                                        |
| 10          | Goa                                      | 7                                        | 2.8                                      |
| 11          | Gujarat                                  | 1314                                     | 45.99                                    |
| 12          | Haryana                                  | 2235                                     | 44.7                                     |
| 13          | Himachal Pradesh                         | 1464                                     | 51.24                                    |
| 14          | Jammu And Kashmir                        | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 15          | Jharkhand                                | 1184                                     | 41.44                                    |
| 16          | Karnataka                                | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 17          | Kerala                                   | 6733                                     | 235.655                                  |
| 18          | Ladakh                                   | 10                                       | 0.1                                      |
| 19          | Lakshadweep                              | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 20          | Madhya Pradesh                           | 3191                                     | 111.685                                  |
| 21          | Maharashtra                              | 6247                                     | 218.645                                  |
| 22          | Manipur                                  | 284                                      | 5.68                                     |
| 23          | Meghalaya                                | 1571                                     | 27.025                                   |
| 24          | Mizoram                                  | 10                                       | 0.35                                     |
| 25          | Nagaland                                 | 660                                      | 19.8                                     |
| 26          | Odisha                                   | 1682                                     | 58.87                                    |
| 27          | Puducherry                               | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 28          | Punjab                                   | 1567                                     | 54.845                                   |
| 29          | Rajasthan                                | 0                                        | 0                                        |
| 30          | Sikkim                                   | 118                                      | 4.025                                    |
| 31          | Tamil Nadu                               | 11400                                    | 260.192                                  |
| 32          | Telangana                                | 3036                                     | 15.18                                    |
| 33          | Tripura                                  | 177                                      | 4.425                                    |
| 34          | Uttar Pradesh                            | 10935                                    | 382.725                                  |
| 35          | Uttarakhand                              | 687                                      | 6.87                                     |
| 36          | West Bengal                              | 3153                                     | 63.06                                    |
| Grand Total |                                          | 72186                                    | 2067.93                                  |

Source: PRABANDH Portal