Lok Sabha Question No. 2689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalayas in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2689 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2016

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS IN UTTAR PRADESH † 2689. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is considering to establish more Kendriya Vidyalayas in Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details thereof; and (b) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  revive  the  standard  of

- education in the country specially in rural areas and bring the Government schools at par with the Kendriya Vidyalayas?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) Out  of  7  (seven)  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  sanctioned  in  March,  2014  in  the State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  the  KVs  at  (1)  Hardoi,  Distt.  Hardoi,  (2)  Shrawasti,  Distt. Shrawasti,  (3)  Gangrani,  Distt.  Kushinagar  and  (4)  Shivgarh,  Distt.  Raebareilly,  have been  opened  and  made  functional  during  the  academic  year  2014-15  and  2015-16. However,  KVs  at  (1)  Rail  Coach  Factory,  Raebareilly,  Distt.  Raebareilly,  (2)  Siddharth Nagar,  Distt.  Siddharth  Nagar  and  (3)  Kauhar,  Distt.  Hq.  at  Gauri  Ganj  could  not  be opened  as  requisite  extent  of  land  has  not  been  transferred  in  favour  of  KVS  by  the Sponsoring Authority concerned so far. (b) There  are  two  centrally  sponsored  schemes  of  the  Department  of  School Education and Literacy viz. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to assist States in universalization of elementary education and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for universal access to secondary education. The Central Government through SSA, supports States/UTs on early grade reading, writing & comprehension, and early Mathematics  programmes  through  a  sub-programme  namely  'Padhe  Bharat  Badhe Bharat'  (PBBB)  in  classes  I  and  II.  Further  the  Government  has  launched  Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan (RAA) programme on 09.07.2015, inter alia, as a sub-component of SSA and RMSA, to motivate and engage children of the age group from 6-18 years in Science,  Mathematics  and  Technology  through  observation,  experimentation,  inference drawing, model building, etc. both through inside and outside classroom activities. Additionally,  under  SSA,  the  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations  are

supported on several interventions  to improve teaching standards, including regular inservice  teachers'  training,  induction  training  for  newly  recruited  teachers,  training  of  all untrained teachers to acquire professional qualifications through Open Distance Learning (ODL)  mode,  recruitment  of  additional  teachers  for  improving  pupil-teacher  ratios, academic  support  for  teachers  through  block  and  cluster  resource  centers,  continuous and comprehensive evaluation system to equip the teacher to measure pupil performance and  provide  remedial  action  wherever  required,  and  teacher  and  school  grants  for development of appropriate teaching-learning materials, etc. The  Central  Government  has  launched  the  'Pandit  Madan  Mohan  Malviya National  Mission  on  Teachers  and  Teaching'  in  December,  2014  with  a  vision  to comprehensively  address  all  issues  related  to  teachers,  teaching,  teacher  preparation, professional  development,  curriculum  design,  research  in  pedagogy  and  developing effective pedagogy. The  NCERT  has  developed  Performance  Indicators  for  Elementary  Education (PINDICS)  to  track  teacher  performance  and  attendance  in  Government  schools. PINDICS have been shared with State Governments/UTs to assess teacher's performance. In  order  to  provide  quality  education  to  students  at  the  secondary level, various interventions  are  funded  under  the  RMSA.  These  include  provisions  for  :  (i)  additional teachers  to  improve  Pupil  Teacher  Ratio,  (ii)  induction  and  in-service  training  for Principals,  Teachers  ,  Master  Trainers  and  Key  Resource  Persons,  (iii)  Maths  and Science kits, (iv) Lab equipments, (v) Special teaching for learning enhancement, (vi) ICT facilities in schools, (vii) introduction of vocational education component at the secondary level. Further,  for  improving  the  quality  of  school  education,  the  School  Standards  & Evaluation  framework,  known  as  'Shaala  Siddhi'  has  been  developed  by  National University  of  Educational  Planning  and  Administration  (NUEPA),  to  enable  schools  to evaluate their performance in a more focused and strategic manner and to facilitate them to make professional judgments for improvement.

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