Lok Sabha Question No. 1330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Education to Girls
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1330

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## Education to Girls

## †1330. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the details of matric and post matric qualified males and females in the country, separately, State-wise;

(b) whether the number of matric and post matric girls is very less in the country;

(c) if so, whether the Government has conducted any assessment in regard to impact on family due to less educated women in the country;

(d) if so, whether the Government has formulated any policy to provide pre-matric and post-matric education to the girls; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & (b) The State-wise details  of  number  of  male  persons  and  percentage  break-up  on  the basis of completed level of education are at Annexure -I and those for females are at Annexure-II.
- (c) to (e) No, Madam. However, the Ministry of Human  Resource Development is implementing the centrally sponsored schemes of  Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)    to  provide  pre-matric  and  post matric education to the girls. The overall goal of SSA include universal access and retention, bridging of gender and social category gaps in education and enhancement of  learning  levels  of  children  at  primary  and  upper  primary  level.  Under  SSA, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalyas with residential hostel buildings, uniform to all girls,  toilet  block  for  girls,  teacher  sensitizations  programmes  to  promote  girls participation are approved. The objective of RMSA is to enhance access and improve quality  of  education  at  secondary  stage  through  making  all  secondary  schools conform  to  prescribed  norms,  removal  of  gender,  socio-economic  and  disability barriers. Under RMSA, the interventions such as  toilet block for girls, self defence training for girls, guidance and counseling facilities, adolescent education programmes,  life  skill  training  for  girls,  girls  hostels  and    residential  quarters  for female teachers are being approved to improve the enrollment of girls students.

****

Annexure-I

| Table 1M: Percentage State/UT   | distribution of males by completed level of education for each   | distribution of males by completed level of education for each   | distribution of males by completed level of education for each   | distribution of males by completed level of education for each   | distribution of males by completed level of education for each   |
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                        | below secondary& illiterate                                      | secondary                                                        | higher secondary and above                                       | all (incl. n.r.)                                                 | estd. no. of males (00)                                          |
| (1)                             | (2)                                                              | (3)                                                              | (4)                                                              | (5)                                                              | (6)                                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 72.0                                                             | 12.2                                                             | 15.7                                                             | 100                                                              | 233105                                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 72.0                                                             | 9.5                                                              | 18.3                                                             | 100                                                              | 5736                                                             |
| Assam                           | 76.3                                                             | 11.4                                                             | 12.2                                                             | 100                                                              | 157566                                                           |
| Bihar                           | 80.4                                                             | 9.9                                                              | 9.6                                                              | 100                                                              | 485356                                                           |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 77.7                                                             | 9.8                                                              | 12.5                                                             | 100                                                              | 123730                                                           |
| Delhi                           | 51.3                                                             | 13.5                                                             | 35.2                                                             | 100                                                              | 60655                                                            |
| Goa                             | 57.1                                                             | 16.7                                                             | 26.1                                                             | 100                                                              | 6498                                                             |
| Gujarat                         | 70.4                                                             | 12.4                                                             | 17.2                                                             | 100                                                              | 271819                                                           |
| Haryana                         | 64.3                                                             | 13.5                                                             | 22.1                                                             | 100                                                              | 122747                                                           |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 54.6                                                             | 19.8                                                             | 25.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 31356                                                            |
| Jammu& Kashmir                  | 72.4                                                             | 13.9                                                             | 13.7                                                             | 100                                                              | 53432                                                            |
| Jharkhand                       | 77.8                                                             | 11.0                                                             | 11.1                                                             | 100                                                              | 156845                                                           |
| Karnataka                       | 66.4                                                             | 14.8                                                             | 18.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 284796                                                           |
| Kerala                          | 61.5                                                             | 16.6                                                             | 21.9                                                             | 100                                                              | 151544                                                           |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 77.6                                                             | 8.2                                                              | 14.3                                                             | 100                                                              | 355829                                                           |
| Maharashtra                     | 63.4                                                             | 14.3                                                             | 22.2                                                             | 100                                                              | 512695                                                           |
| Manipur                         | 55.8                                                             | 17.4                                                             | 26.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 12997                                                            |
| Meghalaya                       | 79.4                                                             | 9.3                                                              | 11.3                                                             | 100                                                              | 13858                                                            |
| Mizoram                         | 74.4                                                             | 11.7                                                             | 13.7                                                             | 100                                                              | 4559                                                             |
| Nagaland                        | 53.2                                                             | 17.1                                                             | 29.7                                                             | 100                                                              | 8682                                                             |
| Odisha                          | 77.9                                                             | 10.1                                                             | 11.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 203094                                                           |
| Punjab                          | 64.2                                                             | 16.3                                                             | 19.4                                                             | 100                                                              | 129944                                                           |
| Rajasthan                       | 76.4                                                             | 8.9                                                              | 14.6                                                             | 100                                                              | 331286                                                           |
| Sikkim                          | 74.6                                                             | 10.5                                                             | 15.0                                                             | 100                                                              | 2652                                                             |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 65.5                                                             | 12.7                                                             | 21.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 339435                                                           |
| Telangana                       | 64.3                                                             | 15.0                                                             | 20.7                                                             | 100                                                              | 154121                                                           |
| Tripura                         | 83.0                                                             | 8.3                                                              | 8.7                                                              | 100                                                              | 17636                                                            |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 75.7                                                             | 9.3                                                              | 14.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 970616                                                           |
| Uttarakhand                     | 60.6                                                             | 14.8                                                             | 24.6                                                             | 100                                                              | 43491                                                            |
| West Bengal                     | 77.2                                                             | 8.8                                                              | 14.1                                                             | 100                                                              | 428342                                                           |
| A &NIslands                     | 68.4                                                             | 10.8                                                             | 20.9                                                             | 100                                                              | 1688                                                             |
| Chandigarh                      | 51.2                                                             | 12.0                                                             | 36.8                                                             | 100                                                              | 4170                                                             |
| Dadra &N. Haveli                | 70.6                                                             | 10.2                                                             | 19.3                                                             | 100                                                              | 1740                                                             |
| Daman &Diu                      | 61.8                                                             | 13.1                                                             | 25.0                                                             | 100                                                              | 1539                                                             |
| Lakshadweep Puducherry          | 64.3 59.6                                                        | 20.3 10.3                                                        | 15.4 30.1 16.4                                                   | 100                                                              | 365 5604                                                         |
| all-India                       |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  | 100                                                              |                                                                  |
|                                 | 72.2                                                             | 11.4                                                             |                                                                  | 100                                                              | 5689525                                                          |

Annexure-II

| Table 1F: Percentage State/UT   | distribution of females by completed level of education for each State/UT   | distribution of females by completed level of education for each State/UT   | distribution of females by completed level of education for each State/UT   | distribution of females by completed level of education for each State/UT   | distribution of females by completed level of education for each State/UT   |
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Table 1F: Percentage State/UT   | below secondary &illiterate                                                 | secondary                                                                   | higher secondary and above                                                  | all (incl. n.r.)                                                            | estd. no. of females (00)                                                   |
| (1)                             | (2)                                                                         | (3)                                                                         | (4)                                                                         | (5)                                                                         | (6)                                                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 81.4                                                                        | 9.8                                                                         | 8.6                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 231896                                                                      |
| Arunachal                       |                                                                             |                                                                             |                                                                             | 100                                                                         |                                                                             |
| Pradesh                         | 80.7                                                                        | 8.5                                                                         | 10.9                                                                        |                                                                             | 5225                                                                        |
| Assam                           | 81.5                                                                        | 9.9                                                                         | 8.5                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 136580                                                                      |
| Bihar                           | 89.7                                                                        | 5.7                                                                         | 4.6                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 434402                                                                      |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 87.6                                                                        | 5.8                                                                         | 6.7                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 117362                                                                      |
| Delhi                           | 54.1                                                                        | 11.8                                                                        | 34.0                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 47338                                                                       |
| Goa                             | 65.7                                                                        | 17.1                                                                        | 17.2                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 7152                                                                        |
| Gujarat                         | 79.5                                                                        | 8.9                                                                         | 11.8                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 250306                                                                      |
| Haryana                         | 74.1                                                                        | 10.8                                                                        | 15.0                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 109602                                                                      |
| Himachal                        |                                                                             |                                                                             |                                                                             | 100                                                                         |                                                                             |
| Pradesh                         | 64.9                                                                        | 14.2                                                                        | 21.0                                                                        |                                                                             | 32390                                                                       |
| Jammu& Kashmir                  | 80.1                                                                        | 9.4                                                                         | 10.5                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 48211                                                                       |
| Jharkhand                       | 86.9                                                                        | 6.4                                                                         | 6.7                                                                         |                                                                             | 145675                                                                      |
| Karnataka                       | 75.2                                                                        |                                                                             |                                                                             | 100                                                                         |                                                                             |
|                                 |                                                                             | 12.5                                                                        | 12.3                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 282152 169057                                                               |
| Kerala                          | 62.6                                                                        | 13.6                                                                        | 23.8                                                                        | 100                                                                         |                                                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 86.6 71.9                                                                   | 5.6 12.3                                                                    | 7.8 15.7                                                                    | 100 100                                                                     | 332047 472492                                                               |
| Maharashtra                     | 66.3                                                                        | 16.6                                                                        | 17.0                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 11983                                                                       |
| Manipur Meghalaya               | 81.4                                                                        | 8.9                                                                         | 10.0                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 14184                                                                       |
| Mizoram                         | 79.6                                                                        | 10.8                                                                        | 9.6                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 4511                                                                        |
|                                 |                                                                             |                                                                             |                                                                             |                                                                             | 8692                                                                        |
| Nagaland                        | 59.6                                                                        | 16.4 7.9                                                                    | 24.1                                                                        | 100 100                                                                     | 200372                                                                      |
| Odisha Punjab                   | 85.2 70.2                                                                   | 13.5                                                                        | 6.9 16.3                                                                    | 100                                                                         | 115060                                                                      |
| Rajasthan                       | 87.1                                                                        | 5.3                                                                         | 7.6                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 310968                                                                      |
| Sikkim                          | 77.9                                                                        | 10.5                                                                        | 11.5                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 2274                                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 73.5                                                                        | 9.9                                                                         | 16.7                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 353059                                                                      |
| Telangana                       | 75.2                                                                        | 12.7                                                                        | 12.1                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 147104                                                                      |
| Tripura                         | 89.9                                                                        | 5.4                                                                         | 4.7                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 16558                                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 83.5                                                                        | 5.9                                                                         | 10.6                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 893826                                                                      |
| Uttarakhand                     | 73.2                                                                        | 12.1                                                                        | 14.8                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 38284                                                                       |
| West Bengal                     | 82.1                                                                        | 8.3                                                                         | 9.7                                                                         | 100                                                                         | 417526                                                                      |
| A &NIslands                     | 71.6                                                                        | 10.9                                                                        | 17.4                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 1708                                                                        |
| Chandigarh                      | 52.6                                                                        | 15.5                                                                        | 32.0                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 3403                                                                        |
| Dadra &N. Haveli                | 80.3                                                                        | 4.4                                                                         | 15.2                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 1390                                                                        |
| Daman &Diu                      | 57.6                                                                        | 22.8                                                                        |                                                                             | 100                                                                         | 936                                                                         |
| Lakshadweep                     | 70.5                                                                        | 14.4                                                                        | 19.8 15.1                                                                   | 100                                                                         | 321                                                                         |
| Puducherry                      | 63.8                                                                        | 10.4                                                                        | 25.8                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 5366                                                                        |
| all-India                       | 80.1                                                                        | 8.6                                                                         | 11.2                                                                        | 100                                                                         | 5369414                                                                     |

Source: The  latest  survey  on  'Social  Consumption:  Education'  conducted  during  NSS  71 st round (January, 2014 -June, 2014) by National Sample Survey Office, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation