Lok Sabha Question No. 2335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Educationally Backward People
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2335 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1.8.2016

## EDUCATIONALLY BACKWARD PEOPLE

## †2335. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the Scheduled Tribes are educationally backward in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  comparative  details  of  Scheduled  Castes,  Other  Backward  Classes  and  General category during the last three years; and
- (c) the steps taken to improve the said condition in future in coordination with the States including Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) & (b) : The all-India Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in respect of various categories (SCs/ST and All) for Elementary Education, Secondary Education & Higher Education available for the previous years  is  given  in  the  Annexure.  From  the  available  GER  data,  it  can  be  seen  that  the  Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) for Elementary Education is more than 100% in respect of ST students. The GER of ST students for Secondary and Higher Education although less than 'all categories', has improved over the years.

(c): Various steps are being taken by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in coordination with the State Government  for  the  educational  upliftment  of  tribal  children  such  as  Development  of  Bilingual Primers containing text both in regional and tribal language, school vacation to be in synchronization with major tribal festivals, construction of girls toilets to address sanitation issues to  check  drop  out  of  girl  students,  and  residential  schools  in  block  headquarters  for  quality education and physical safety including in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas.

In addition, the Ministry of Human  Resource  Development is implementing various schemes/measures for the SC/ST students such as, the National Scheme for Incentive to Girls for Secondary  Education,  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA),  Rajiv  Gandhi  National Fellowships  for  SC/ST,  Post-Graduate  Scholarships  for  Students  belonging  to  SCs/STs  ,  PostDoctoral Fellowships for SC/ST and Remedial Coaching for SC/ST /OBC (non-creamy layer) & Minorities.

Further, the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT)  in the National Curriculum Framework, 2005 (NCF) has taken initiatives for promoting multi -lingual education for tribal children and development of wide range of textual materials/primers in children's mother tongue based on their experience and culture for use in classrooms.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a)  AND  (b)  OF  THE  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2335 FOR 1.8.2016 REGARDING EDUCATIONALLY  BACKWARD  PEOPLE  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  M.P.  DR.  SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ.

## GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION:

| Categories     |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| All Categories |     97.01 |     97    |     96.89 |
| SC             |    109.82 |    107.71 |    108    |
| ST             |    105.86 |    105.47 |    104.03 |

## GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION:

| Categories     |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|
| All Categories |     76.64 |     78.51 |
| SC             |     78.02 |     81.95 |
| ST             |     69.43 |     71.35 |

## GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO FOR HIGHER EDUCATION:

| Categories     |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15* |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| All Categories |      21.5 |      22.6 |       23.6 |
| SC             |      16   |      17.4 |       18.5 |
| ST             |      11.1 |      12   |       13.3 |

*- Provisional

Source:-  U-DISE,  Statistics  of  Higher  and  Technical  Education,  MHRD  &  All  India  Survey  on Higher Education, MHRD (for the year 2012-13 to 2014-15).

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