Lok Sabha Question No. 2674 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-17
Subject: KVs and PM SHRI School in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Thiru Dayanidhi Maran

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2674 ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025

## KVs AND PM SHRI SCHOOL IN TAMIL NADU

## 2674. THIRU DAYANIDHI MARAN:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) and PM School for Rising India (PM SHRI) Schools that are currently functioning in the country along  with  the fund allocated  and  disbursed  for  the  operation  of  these  KVs  and  PM  SHRI  schools during the last five years, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the total number of teachers available for Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit languages in the PM SHRI KVs operational in Tamil Nadu, school-wise along with the funds allocated for each school's language departments; and
- (c) the  manner  by  which  the  Government  ensure  a  balanced  representation  of teachers for different languages keeping in view the linguistic diversity across the country, especially in Tamil Nadu, where regional languages such as Tamil are the primary medium of communication and instruction?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) At present, 1253 Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) including 45 KVs in the State of Tamil Nadu  are  functioning  across  the  country. The  Government  of  India  allocates  funds  to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) under the heads Grant-in-Aid- 'Salaries', Grant-inAid-General' and Grant for Creation of Capital Assets. The Government of India does not allocate funds to KVS State/UT/District/KV wise. The funds allocated/released to KVS for opening and functioning of KVs during the last five years are as under:

| Year    |   Funds allocated / released (Rs. in Cr.) |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                                   6331.4  |
| 2020-21 |                                   6437.68 |
| 2021-22 |                                   6800    |
| 2022-23 |                                   7461.25 |
| 2023-24 |                                   8500    |

The  scheme  called  PM  SHRI  was  launched  on  07.09.2022.  These  schools showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy-2020 and are its exemplar schools.  They  also  offer  leadership  to  other  schools  in  the  neighborhood.  Under  this Programme, there is provision of setting up of more than 14,500 PM SHRI Schools by strengthening the existing schools from amongst schools  managed  by Central government/State/UT Government/local bodies.

At present, a total of 12,505 schools including 884 KVs have been selected as PM SHRI schools across the country up to 6 th  phase of selection. The State-wise details of funds allocated and disbursed for PM SHRI Scheme for Financial Year (FY) 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 are annexed.

- (b) There are 34 Tamil Language Teachers, 69 Hindi Language Teachers, and 50 Sanskrit Language Teachers across 34 PM SHRI KVs in Tamil Nadu. Tamil teachers are appointed on a contractual basis, as the sanctioned language teacher posts in KVS are for  Hindi,  English,  and  Sanskrit  as  KVs  are  'specified  category'  schools,  mandated  to provide  uniform  education  to  the  wards  of  Central  Government  employees  across  the country. No separate funds are allocated for any specific language.
- (c) KVs  primarily  cater  to  students  who  are  the  wards  of  transferable  Central Government employees who come from diverse linguistic backgrounds. Therefore, the medium of  communication  and  instruction  in  KVs  is  Hindi  and  English.  However,  the Article 112 of the Education Code of KVS has provisions for teaching regional languages which provides for additional arrangement for teaching of the regional language/ mother tongue, provided 15 or more students are willing to opt for the same. For this, part-time contractual teacher  are appointed after obtaining sanction from the  concerned Deputy Commissioner of KVS.

Additionally, as approved by Board of Governors (BoG) of KVS, all KVs have been directed to engage local/regional language teachers on contractual basis on a need-based requirement to support children at the Foundational and Preparatory stages, especially when they face difficulties in understanding concepts taught in Hindi or English.

As per information received from KVS, Tamil is taught through the Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA), an autonomous organization under the Tamil Nadu State Government, in 21 out of 45 KVs of Tamil Nadu. In the remaining 24 KVs, contractual teachers are hired for teaching Tamil.

*****

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2674  RAISED  BY  SHRI  THIRU  DAYANIDHI  MARAN,  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT ANSWERED ON 17.03.2025 REGARDING 'KVs AND PM SHRI SCHOOL IN TAMIL NADU'.

State/UT-wise details of funds allocated and disbursed for PM SHRI Schools for Financial Year 2023-24 and FY 2024-25

(Rs. in crores)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs/ KVs/NVs                    | Funds approved in FY 2023-24   | Central Share in FY 2023-24   | Funds Released in FY 2023-24   |   Funds approved in FY 2024-25 |   Central Share in FY 2024-25 |   Funds released in FY 2024-25* |
|-----------|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.        | ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS            | 6.25                           | 6.25                          | 1.56                           |                           5.27 |                         5.27  |                            2.83 |
| 2.        | ANDHRA PRADESH                         | 354.86                         | 212.91                        | 106.46                         |                         701.65 |                       420.99  |                          176.76 |
| 3.        | ARUNACHAL PRADESH                      | 18.73                          | 16.857                        | 4.21                           |                          49.55 |                        44.595 |                           21.6  |
| 4.        | ASSAM                                  | 127.47                         | 114.723                       | 57.36                          |                         296.28 |                       266.65  |                           84.16 |
| 5.        | CHANDIGARH                             | 0.73                           | 0.73                          | 0.64                           |                           1.77 |                         1.77  |                            0.8  |
| 6.        | CHHATTISGARH                           | 65.8                           | 39.48                         | 19.73                          |                         180.7  |                       108.42  |                           37.35 |
| 7.        | DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELIANDDAMAN AND DIU | 2.6                            | 2.6                           | 0.65                           |                           1.5  |                         1.5   |                            0.51 |
| 8.        | GOA                                    | 6.19                           | 3.714                         | 3.25                           |                          15.24 |                         9.144 |                            3.08 |
| 9.        | GUJARAT                                | 109.79                         | 65.874                        | 32.95                          |                         145.84 |                        87.504 |                           36.15 |
| 10.       | HIMACHAL PRADESH                       | -                              | -                             | -                              |                         150.39 |                       135.351 |                           67.67 |
| 11.       | HARYANA                                | 85.27                          | 51.162                        | 25.59                          |                         199.01 |                       119.4   |                           56.09 |
| 12.       | JAMMU AND KASHMIR                      | 116.44                         | 104.796                       | 52.39                          |                         246.73 |                       222.05  |                           99.72 |
| 13.       | JHARKHAND                              | -                              | -                             | -                              |                         258.72 |                       155.23  |                           38.8  |
| 14.       | KARNATAKA                              | 50.3                           | 30.18                         | 26.4                           |                         248.42 |                       150.85  |                           31.4  |
| 15.       | LADAKH                                 | 8.09                           | 8.09                          | 4.04                           |                          23.86 |                        23.86  |                            5.24 |
| 16.       | LAKSHADWEEP                            | 4.36                           | 4.36                          | 1.09                           |                           4.12 |                         4.12  |                            0    |
| 17.       | MADHYA PRADESH                         | 219.99                         | 131.994                       | 44.52                          |                         329.09 |                       197.45  |                          103.14 |
| 18.       | MAHARASHTRA                            | 211.35                         | 126.81                        | 63.42                          |                         504.63 |                       302.778 |                           71    |
| 19.       | MANIPUR                                | 39.19                          | 35.271                        | 17.63                          |                          81.79 |                        73.611 |                           20.46 |
| 20.       | MEGHALAYA                              | 9.55                           | 8.595                         | 4.29                           |                          30.94 |                        27.846 |                           12.44 |
| 21.       | MIZORAM                                | 9.12                           | 8.208                         | 4.12                           |                          11.27 |                        10.143 |                            2.34 |
| 22.       | NAGALAND                               | 4.34                           | 3.906                         | 0.97                           |                          23.38 |                        21.042 |                            0    |
| 23.       | ODISHA                                 | -                              | -                             | -                              |                         435.03 |                       261.018 |                           65.25 |
| 24.       | PUDUCHERRY                             | 3.92                           | 2.352                         | 2.05                           |                          10.61 |                         6.366 |                            2.99 |
| 25.       | PUNJAB                                 | -                              | -                             | -                              |                         209.46 |                       125.676 |                           62.83 |
| 26.       | RAJASTHAN                              | 163.95                         | 98.37                         | 24.6                           |                         366.76 |                       220.056 |                           59.37 |
| 27.       | SIKKIM                                 | 22.62                          | 20.358                        | 10.18                          |                          28.08 |                        25.272 |                           15.1  |
| 28.       | TELANGANA                              | 398.69                         | 239.214                       | 59.82                          |                         447.64 |                       268.584 |                          147.97 |
| 29.       | TRIPURA                                | 26.24                          | 23.616                        | 11.8                           |                          46.2  |                        41.58  |                           19.21 |
| 30.       | UTTARAKHAND                            | 72.91                          | 65.619                        | 57.41                          |                         124.19 |                       111.771 |                           31.85 |
| 31.       | UTTAR PRADESH                          | 404.98                         | 242.988                       | 121.49                         |                         513.36 |                       308.016 |                          146.19 |
| 32.       | KVS                                    | 590.71                         | 590.71                        | 295.35                         |                         668.78 |                       668.78  |                          542.69 |
| 33.       | NVS                                    | 260.73                         | 260.73                        | 162.74                         |                         567.23 |                       567.23  |                          441.03 |
|           | TOTAL                                  | 3395.16                        | 2520.47                       | 1216.7                         |                        6927.49 |                      4993.9   |                         2406.02 |

*As on 11.03.2025

The state of Tamil Nadu is yet to onboard the PM SHRI scheme.

*****