Lok Sabha Question No. 126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Education in Rural Areas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 126 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  APRIL, 2016

## Education in Rural Areas

## †126. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

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

- (a)  the number of schools in the country having only one room and one teacher, State/ UT-wise; and
- (b)  whether it is a fact that such schools are not able to attract and retain students and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) :  A statement showing the State and UT wise details of schools with single teacher and schools with single classroom is annexed.

(b) : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme provide a number of incentives to increase the enrolment and retention of children in schools.  These include enhancing access to elementary  schools,  strengthening  school  infrastructure  like  school  building,  additional classrooms, toilets, drinking water facilities etc., and improving the pupil teacher ratio. In addition,  3598  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  or  residential schools  for girls belonging  predominantly  to  the  SC,  ST,  OBC  and  minorities  at  upper  primary  level  in educationally  backward  blocks  of  the  country  have  been  set  up.  The  Mid-Day  Meal programme is also implemented in elementary schools to help retain children in schools.

During the Annual Work Plans and Budget (AWP&B) meetings for SSA every year, the Project Approval Board (PAB) has been stressing on ensuring at least two teachers in primary schools/sections, three subject teachers in upper primary sections and a provision of one classroom per teacher.     These provisions are in accordance with the Schedule to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

Many States are rationalizing standlow enrolment by creating composite school where such school may be merged or they are mentored by a larger school in the same geographical area.

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  126  FOR  25 th   APRIL,  2016  ASKED  BY    SHRI  SHARAD TRIPATHI REGARDING EDUCATION IN RURAL AREAS.

The number of Schools with Single Teacher and schools with single classroom.

| State/UTs           | No. of Govt. Schools with Single Teacher   | No. of Govt. Schools with Single Classroom   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| A & N Island        | 16                                         | 14                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 9496                                       | 7708                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 1020                                       | 174                                          |
| Assam               | 1213                                       | 6427                                         |
| Bihar               | 3682                                       | 1633                                         |
| Chandigarh          | 0                                          | 1                                            |
| Chhattisgarh        | 3782                                       | 1276                                         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 49                                         | 5                                            |
| Delhi               | 12                                         | 0                                            |
| Goa                 | 366                                        | 191                                          |
| Gujarat             | 636                                        | 413                                          |
| Haryana             | 885                                        | 210                                          |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 1117                                       | 540                                          |
| Jammu &Kashmir      | 1430                                       | 2360                                         |
| Jharkhand           | 7308                                       | 232                                          |
| Karnataka           | 4551                                       | 1873                                         |
| Kerala              | 307                                        | 29                                           |
| Lakshadweep         | 0                                          | 1                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 17655                                      | 3540                                         |
| Maharashtra         | 2726                                       | 2500                                         |
| Manipur             | 227                                        | 1                                            |
| Meghalaya           | 225                                        | 1045                                         |
| Mizoram             | 73                                         | 6                                            |
| Nagaland            | 83                                         | 4                                            |
| Orissa              | 3720                                       | 4178                                         |
| Pondicherry         | 0                                          | 10                                           |
| Punjab              | 1350                                       | 517                                          |
| Rajasthan           | 13552                                      | 1798                                         |
| Sikkim              | 13                                         | 9                                            |
| Tamil Nadu          | 1095                                       | 0                                            |
| Telangana           | 6280                                       | 3763                                         |
| Tripura             | 45                                         | 99                                           |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 16966                                      | 795                                          |
| Uttrakhand          | 1735                                       | 231                                          |
| West Bengal         | 2644                                       | 5561                                         |
| Total               | 1,04,259                                   | 47,144                                       |

Source: UDISE-2014-15