Lok Sabha Question No. 376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-22
Subject: Implementation of RTE Act
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DILIP PATEL, BALKA SUMAN, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, KUNWAR SARVESH  KUMAR, ABHISHEK SINGH

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 376**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 22** **nd** **JULY, 2015**

**Implementation of RTE Act**

376.	SHRI DILIP PATEL:

SHRI SUMAN BALKA:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIK GAWALI PATIL:

SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

KUNWAR SARVESH KUMAR:

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

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

(a) whether the Government has conducted any survey/review to find out the number of children getting free education under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE), 2009;

(b) if so, the details thereof including the targets fixed and achieved under the Act since its inception, State/UT-wise;

(c) the number of schools, teachers and the funds required for implementation of the Act;

(d) whether the Government has received requests from various States for additional funds for the effective implementation of the said Act in the respective States in the recent past and if so, the details thereof and action taken thereon;

(e) the role of minority schools in the implementation of the Act; and

(f) the corrective measures being taken for the effective implementation of the Act?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

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#### (a) & (b):	As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) 2013-14, 12.2 crore children were enrolled at elementary level in 10.9 lakh Government schools. As per the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, elementary education is free in all Government schools. State-wise enrolment of children in elementary Government schools is at Annexure-I. Sixteen States have reported enrolment in private unaided schools in the academic year 2014-15 of 18.1 lakh children getting free education under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009.

(c) & (d):	The centrally sponsored scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), has been amended to extend financial support to States/UTs to meet the objectives of the RTE Act, 2009. Since the RTE Act, 2009 has come into force on 1st April, 2010, 42,313 primary schools and 14,386 upper primary schools have been sanctioned under SSA.  An additional 6.95 lakh posts of teachers have also been sanctioned under SSA to maintain the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) as per RTE norms.

Section 7 of the RTE Act provides that the Central and State Governments have concurrent responsibility for providing funds for carrying out the provisions of the RTE Act. Allocation of outlays of the States under SSA are made on the basis of the approved Annual Work Plans and Budgets (AWP&B) prepared by the States based on their requirements. The central share released to States/UTs under SSA during the last five years is at Annexure-II.

(e):	The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 was amended in 2012 to clearly state that the provisions of the said Act shall apply to conferment of rights on children to free and compulsory education subject to the provisions of Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution of India. The Act would not apply to Madrasas, Vedic Pathsalas and educational institutions primarily imparting religious instructions.

(f): 	The Central government reviews and monitors implementation of the RTE Act periodically with the States at different fora, including the State Education Ministers’ Conferences, through school based data provided under U-DISE.  The Central government also releases an annual publication on State-wise progress under the RTE Act, which is available on the Ministry’s website.  The Government of India has also introduced several measures to facilitate the implementation of the SSA to meet the objectives of the RTE Act by (i) launching ‘Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat’-a foundational programme to improve early reading and writing with comprehension and early mathematics and a focus on strengthening Science and Maths learning at the upper primary level; (ii)  launching ‘Rashtriya Avishkaar Abhiyan’ – a convergent framework to make Science, Mathematics and Technology exciting for children; (iii) sharing an exemplar on continuous comprehensive evaluation in elementary education developed by the NCERT; (iv) sharing learning outcomes by class and stage of education brought out by the NCERT; (v) conducting the 3 rd round of National Achievement Surveys for Class III, V and VIII to track student learning outcomes; (vi) bringing out guidelines against discrimination in schools; and (vii) monitoring of States to set up decentralized grievance redressal systems under the RTE Act.

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**ANNEXURE-I**

**ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 376 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22** **nd** **JULY, 2015 regarding Implementation of RTE Act asked by SHRI DILIP PATEL, SHRI SUMAN BALKA, SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIK GAWALI PATIL, SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, KUNWAR SARVESH KUMAR, SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH**

**Enrolment in Government Elementary Schools**

| **State/UT**      | **Enrolment in 2013-14**   |
|-------------------|----------------------------|
| A & N Islands     | 39515                      |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 5967621                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 254532                     |
| Assam             | 4563766                    |
| Bihar             | 19853552                   |
| Chandigarh        | 108212                     |
| Chhattisgarh      | 3564881                    |
| D & N Haveli      | 44074                      |
| Daman & Diu       | 15268                      |
| Delhi             | 1757082                    |
| Goa               | 42687                      |
| Gujarat           | 6105605                    |
| Haryana           | 2067684                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 628831                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir   | 1076708                    |
| Jharkhand         | 5021552                    |
| Karnataka         | 4277320                    |
| Kerala            | 919566                     |
| Lakshadweep       | 8289                       |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 9511486                    |
| Maharashtra       | 6312059                    |
| Manipur           | 207451                     |
| Meghalaya         | 369267                     |
| Mizoram           | 129189                     |
| Nagaland          | 197871                     |
| Odisha            | 5357699                    |
| Puducherry        | 54308                      |
| Punjab            | 2293421                    |
| Rajasthan         | 6410664                    |
| Sikkim            | 88223                      |
| Tamil Nadu        | 3858172                    |
| Tripura           | 498959                     |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 17712153                   |
| Uttarakhand       | 832340                     |
| West Bengal       | 11810855                   |
| **All States**    | **121960862**              |

Source: UDISE-2013-14

**ANNEXURE-II**

**ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 376 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22** **nd** **JULY, 2015 regarding Implementation of RTE Act asked by SHRI DILIP PATEL, SHRI SUMAN BALKA, SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIK GAWALI PATIL, SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, KUNWAR SARVESH KUMAR, SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH**

**Central Releases under SSA to States/UTs**

(Rs Lakh)

| **Sl. No.**   | **Name of the State**   | **Release**    |                |                |                |                |
|---------------|-------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|               |                         | **2010-11**    | **2011-12**    | **2012-13**    | **2013-14**    | **2014-15**    |
| 1             | Andhra Pradesh          | 81000.00       | 183551.72      | 141049.46      | 174715.39      | 154566.68      |
| 2             | Arunachal Pr.           | 20401.77       | 23880.10       | 43764.67       | 19261.85       | 33607.83       |
| 3             | Assam                   | 76854.35       | 106921.15      | 130881.60      | 131820.73      | 97782.17       |
| 4             | Bihar                   | 204789.63      | 185108.20      | 275462.25      | 261013.11      | 216336.05      |
| 5             | Chhattisgarh            | 87863.00       | 69870.22       | 85015.73       | 76699.64       | 92705.34       |
| 6             | Goa                     | 671.27         | 1079.14        | 1013.04        | 1333.57        | 1310.38        |
| 7             | Gujarat                 | 44065.01       | 88027.79       | 113918.08      | 80559.63       | 78476.48       |
| 8             | Haryana                 | 32786.11       | 40461.41       | 33810.35       | 35088.42       | 42110.65       |
| 9             | Himachal Pr.            | 13786.66       | 14192.78       | 10737.30       | 11453.10       | 12547.30       |
| 10            | J & K                   | 40348.79       | 30070.50       | 50805.85       | 89143.50       | 51276.51       |
| 11            | Jharkhand               | 89562.26       | 57903.46       | 56183.87       | 45010.71       | 75775.18       |
| 12            | Karnataka               | 66903.00       | 62788.35       | 68450.58       | 65371.33       | 66213.52       |
| 13            | Kerala                  | 19660.73       | 17021.85       | 13449.14       | 20800.66       | 21844.02       |
| 14            | Madhya Pr.              | 176783         | 190427.12      | 135343.30      | 200408.56      | 149094.91      |
| 15            | Maharashtra             | 85537.00       | 117962.58      | 106854.62      | 65653.65       | 58288.54       |
| 16            | Manipur                 | 13253.77       | 3940.55        | 17362.44       | 13193.93       | 21465.80       |
| 17            | Meghalaya               | 18540.9        | 14410.6        | 18670.78       | 28340.86       | 20404.51       |
| 18            | Mizoram                 | 10115.31       | 10814.05       | 15317.60       | 10657.69       | 14739.69       |
| 19            | Nagaland                | 8636.83        | 9798.33        | 11231.95       | 15803.02       | 20568.72       |
| 20            | Odisha                  | 73177.85       | 92719.98       | 104307.62      | 73956.08       | 66695.31       |
| 21            | Punjab                  | 39612.74       | 48112.44       | 49472.68       | 38323.72       | 36215.98       |
| 22            | Rajasthan               | 146182.29      | 148580.86      | 153520.11      | 242488.70      | 248041.55      |
| 23            | Sikkim                  | 4469.19        | 4022.84        | 2693.85        | 4195.08        | 4526.13        |
| 24            | Tamil Nadu              | 69068.57       | 68141.96       | 71637.13       | 96827.48       | 135819.79      |
| 25            | Telangana               | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 0.00           | 81406.88       |
| 26            | Tripura                 | 17121.48       | 17493.76       | 12010.11       | 15991.09       | 19800.13       |
| 27            | Uttar Pradesh           | 310462.88      | 263682.61      | 375476.26      | 466698.04      | 449867.53      |
| 28            | Uttarakhand             | 25793.94       | 20892.49       | 17941.10       | 22043.51       | 22880.56       |
| 29            | West Bengal             | 174703.17      | 177652.74      | 258056.58      | 153196.42      | 97240.30       |
| 30            | A&N Islands             | 357.78         | 907.36         | 1089.28        | 612.35         | 147.21         |
| 31            | Chandigarh              | 2155.89        | 1611.21        | 1772.64        | 3009.26        | 3893.53        |
| 32            | D&N Haveli              | 413.78         | 564.35         | 652.76         | 927.19         | 911.74         |
| 33            | Daman & Diu             | 162.99         | 257.06         | 433.12         | 145.54         | 72.77          |
| 34            | Delhi                   | 3552.71        | 3783.29        | 4293.24        | 8322.82        | 6223.73        |
| 35            | Lakshadweep             | 127.39         | 127.86         | 57.62          | 0.00           | 58.83          |
| 36            | Puducherry              | 485.38         | 757.62         | 918.91         | 443.19         | 100.00         |
|               | **Total**               | **1959407.42** | **2077538.33** | **2383655.62** | **2473509.82** | **2403016.25** |