Lok Sabha Question No. 3325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Internet  Facility in Schools
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Adv Gowaal Kagada Padavi, Dr. M P Abdussamad Samadani

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3325

ANSWERED ON 16/12/2024

## Internet Facility in Schools

3325. Dr. M P Abdussamad Samadani:

Adv Gowaal Kagada Padavi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the total number and percentage of Government and private schools having access of internet connnectivity, State-wise; and

(b) the steps being taken by the Government to train teachers in effectively utilisation of digital tools to ensure quality education delivery?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The State/UT wise details of the total number and percentage of Government and private schools having internet connection are at Annexure.
- (b): Education is in the Concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the  administrative  control  of  respective  State  Government  and  UT  Administration.  The Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  launched  a  National  Mission  to  improve learning outcomes at the elementary level through an Integrated Teacher Training Programme called NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in 2019-20. NISHTHA is a capacity building  programme  for  "Improving  Quality  of  School  Education  through  Integrated  Teacher Training".

In order to provide continuous learning opportunities to the teachers, NISHTHA online was  launched  using  DIKSHA  platform  in  October  2020. Teachers  were  oriented  on  various aspects related to Learning Outcomes, Competency Based Learning and Testing, ICT in teachinglearning including Artificial Intelligence et al.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3325 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2024 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DR. M P ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI, ADV GOWAAL KAGADA PADAVI REGARDING 'INTERNET FACILITY IN SCHOOLS'

The State/UT wise details of the total number and percentage of Government and private schools having internet connection

|                          | Government Management   | Government Management               | Government Management   | Private Management   | Private Management                  | Private Management   |
|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|
| State/UTs Name           | Total Schools           | Schools having Internet Connections | Percentage              | Total Schools        | Schools having Internet Connections | Percentage           |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 342                     | 133                                 | 38.89                   | 72                   | 52                                  | 72.22                |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 45137                   | 20313                               | 45.00                   | 15058                | 13560                               | 90.05                |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 2985                    | 458                                 | 15.34                   | 503                  | 284                                 | 56.46                |
| Assam                    | 45490                   | 4680                                | 10.29                   | 5852                 | 1945                                | 33.24                |
| Bihar                    | 75558                   | 4421                                | 5.85                    | 8097                 | 3493                                | 43.14                |
| Chandigarh               | 123                     | 123                                 | 100.00                  | 76                   | 76                                  | 100.00               |
| Chhattisgarh             | 48743                   | 16469                               | 33.79                   | 7063                 | 4066                                | 57.57                |
| DND - DNH                | 388                     | 194                                 | 50.00                   | 63                   | 61                                  | 96.83                |
| Delhi                    | 2762                    | 2762                                | 100.00                  | 2610                 | 2610                                | 100.00               |
| Goa                      | 814                     | 299                                 | 36.73                   | 139                  | 121                                 | 87.05                |
| Gujarat                  | 34699                   | 32681                               | 94.18                   | 13559                | 12153                               | 89.63                |
| Haryana                  | 14562                   | 4345                                | 29.84                   | 8261                 | 7160                                | 86.67                |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 15380                   | 4175                                | 27.15                   | 2646                 | 2040                                | 77.10                |
| Jammu &Kashmir           | 23173                   | 5169                                | 22.31                   | 5526                 | 3345                                | 60.53                |
| Jharkhand                | 35840                   | 12052                               | 33.63                   | 1559                 | 1153                                | 73.96                |
| Karnataka                | 49679                   | 5308                                | 10.68                   | 19650                | 14145                               | 71.98                |
| Kerala                   | 5010                    | 4738                                | 94.57                   | 3164                 | 3010                                | 95.13                |
| Ladakh                   | 838                     | 342                                 | 40.81                   | 112                  | 63                                  | 56.25                |
| Lakshadweep              | 38                      | 37                                  | 97.37                   | 0                    | 0                                   | 0.00                 |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 92695                   | 16469                               | 17.77                   | 30345                | 17339                               | 57.14                |
| Maharashtra              | 65639                   | 18540                               | 28.25                   | 19268                | 16542                               | 85.85                |
| Manipur                  | 2889                    | 340                                 | 11.77                   | 1010                 | 617                                 | 61.09                |
| Meghalaya                | 7783                    | 1111                                | 14.27                   | 2120                 | 488                                 | 23.02                |
| Mizoram                  | 2563                    | 153                                 | 5.97                    | 1034                 | 114                                 | 11.03                |
| Nagaland                 | 1960                    | 850                                 | 43.37                   | 757                  | 532                                 | 70.28                |
| Odisha                   | 49072                   | 3970                                | 8.09                    | 6104                 | 3717                                | 60.89                |
| Puducherry               | 422                     | 422                                 | 100.00                  | 281                  | 271                                 | 96.44                |
| Punjab                   | 19259                   | 9013                                | 46.80                   | 7978                 | 7026                                | 88.07                |
| Rajasthan                | 68948                   | 36889                               | 53.50                   | 34826                | 26170                               | 75.15                |
| Sikkim                   | 864                     | 231                                 | 26.74                   | 376                  | 195                                 | 51.86                |
| Tamil Nādu               | 37636                   | 9292                                | 24.69                   | 12396                | 9323                                | 75.21                |
| Telangana                | 30023                   | 2772                                | 9.23                    | 12193                | 6917                                | 56.73                |
| Tripura                  | 4262                    | 682                                 | 16.00                   | 363                  | 175                                 | 48.21                |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 137024                  | 12074                               | 8.81                    | 97808                | 35701                               | 36.50                |
| Uttarakhand              | 16484                   | 2575                                | 15.62                   | 5225                 | 3245                                | 62.11                |
| West Bengal              | 83302                   | 12918                               | 15.51                   | 9750                 | 2565                                | 26.31                |
| INDIA                    | 1022386                 | 247000                              | 24.16                   | 335844               | 200274                              | 59.63                |