Lok Sabha Question No. 31 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Curtailment of Financial Assistance for Opening Schools for Women
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Eswarasamy K

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION

## No - 31 ANSWERED ON - 25/11/2024

## CURTAILMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OPENING SCHOOLS FOR WOMEN

## 31 SHRI ESWARASAMY K:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that financial assistance provided for opening residential schools for women has been curtailed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the names of the States where such women schools are being run with the financial assistance provided by the Government; and
- (d) the procedure followed by the Government for management of such schools?

## A N S W E R

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

(a)  to  (d):  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  (DoSEL),  Ministry  of  Education  is implementing a centrally  sponsored  Integrated  Scheme for School Education 'Samagra Shiksha', effective from 2018-19. Under Samagra Shiksha, there is a provision of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  which  are  residential  schools  from  class  VI  to  XII  for  girls  belonging  to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and Below Poverty Line (BPL). A total of 5133 KGBVs are functional across 30 States/UTs in India with an enrolment of 7.11 lakh girls. List of these 30 States/UTs is at Annexure. KGBVs have been approved in all Educationally Backward Blocks.

Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the Constitution and a majority of the schools are under the administrative control of respective State Governments/Union Territory Administrations. The matters related to operationalization and management of KGBVs come under the  purview  of  concerned  State/UT  Government. DoSEL  provides  financial  support  to  the States/UTs as per norms of the Samagra Shiksha. As KGBVs is component of Samagra Shiksha, it is run in the same manner as the Samagra Shiksha Scheme.

In  addition  to  this,  Navodaya  Vidyalayas,  Netaji  Subhash  Chandra  Bose  Schools  and Eklavya  Model  Residential  Schools  also  provide  residential  education  facilities  to  girls  in  a  coeducational set up.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  31  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  25.11.2024  ASKED  BY SHRI ESWARASAMY K, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'CURTAILMENT  OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OPENING  SCHOOLS  FOR WOMEN'.

|   S. No. | State/UT having KGBV                     |
|----------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                           |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |
|        3 | Assam                                    |
|        4 | Bihar                                    |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh                             |
|        6 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
|        7 | Gujarat                                  |
|        8 | Haryana                                  |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh                         |
|       10 | Jammu and Kashmir                        |
|       11 | Jharkhand                                |
|       12 | Karnataka                                |
|       13 | Kerala                                   |
|       14 | Ladakh                                   |
|       15 | Madhya Pradesh                           |
|       16 | Maharashtra                              |
|       17 | Manipur                                  |
|       18 | Meghalaya                                |
|       19 | Mizoram                                  |
|       20 | Nagaland                                 |
|       21 | Odisha                                   |
|       22 | Punjab                                   |
|       23 | Rajasthan                                |
|       24 | Sikkim                                   |
|       25 | Tamil Nadu                               |
|       26 | Telangana                                |
|       27 | Tripura                                  |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh                            |
|       29 | Uttarakhand                              |
|       30 | West Bengal                              |

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