Lok Sabha Question No. 2422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Increase in Enrolment in Government School
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2422

ANSWERED ON 18/12/2023

## Increase in Enrolment in Government School

## 2422. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that there is 11 per cent increase in rural Government school enrolment as per the recent ASER report;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  schools  are  equipped  with  sufficient  facilities  and  teachers  to incorporate the larger number of students; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) is conducted by a non-governmental organization. The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  Plus  (UDISE+)  system  to  record  data  on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per UDISE+, the enrolment of Government schools for last two years are given below:

| Year                            | 2020-21      | 2020-21     | 2021-22      | 2021-22     |
|---------------------------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|                                 | Rural        | Urban       | Rural        | Urban       |
| Enrolment in Government schools | 11,42,50,179 | 2,06,54,381 | 12,04,49,487 | 2,27,90,993 |

(b) and (c): As per UDISE+, the PTR in Government schools at Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary and  Higher  Secondary  level  is  28,  23,  18  and  27  respectively  and  the  enrolment,  teachers  and infrastructure facilities of Government schools for the years 2021-22 are given below:

| Facilities                                                      | Number/Percentage of schools   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Government schools                                              | 10,22,386                      |
| Enrolment                                                       | 14,32,40,480                   |
| Teachers                                                        | 48,82,446                      |
| Percentage of schools with Boy's toilets                        | 95.5                           |
| Percentage of schools with Girl's toilets                       | 97.4                           |
| Percentage of schools with drinking water                       | 98.2                           |
| Percentage of schools with electricity                          | 88.9                           |
| Percentage of schools with library/reading room/ reading corner | 91.3                           |

Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. Further, Central Government helps States and UTs under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, which is an overarching scheme of school  education  covering  all  levels  from  pre-primary  to  senior  secondary.  Financial  assistance  is provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  for  various  activities  to  improve  enrolment  in  Govt.  schools  and maintain  appropriate  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  for  various  levels  of  schooling,  which  include opening/strengthening of new schools up to senior secondary level, strengthening school infrastructure, setting up, up gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostel named Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas,  transport  allowance,  undertaking  enrolment  drives,  seasonal  hostels/residential  camps, provision  of  vocational  education  and  ICT  facilities  in  schools,  etc,  financial  assistance  is  also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs. As per Prabandh Portal, Approved outlay for Samagra Shiksha for all India is Rs. 68377.24 crore for the year 2023-24.

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