Lok Sabha Question No. 3663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Out of School Adolescents
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, DHARMENDRA YADAV, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3663 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2016

Out of School Adolescents

3663. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that as per the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Global Education  Monitoring,  47  million  adolescents  in  the  country  have  not  progressed  to  upper secondary school and that the highest number of out of school adolescents in the world are in our country;

(b) if so, whether the Government has reviewed the Report and if so, the findings thereof;

(c) whether the Government has also compiled any comparable data in this regard and if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;

(d) whether the Government proposes to chalk out any programme to check the said problem; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the achievements, if any, made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a):  As  per  the  report  jointly  released  by  the  UNESCO  Institute  for  Statistics  and  the  Global Education Monitoring, 47 million youth of secondary and higher secondary school going age are not  in  school  in  India.  The  report  also  points  out  that  in  2013,  the  number  of  out  of  school children in the upper primary school going age in India was 11.1 million, which is the largest number in the world in that age group.

(b): No, Madam.

(c):  As  per  an  independent  survey  commissioned  in  2014  by  Ministry  of  Human  Resource Development (MHRD), 60.64 lakh children were estimated to be out of school in the age group of 6 to 13 years. Out of this, 26.65 lakh children are in the age group of 11 to 13 years. State/UTwise details are at Annexure.

(d) and (e): Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtraiya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, new secondary schools, strengthening of existing secondary schools, provision of toilet blocks in existing schools with separate toilets for girls, girls hostels in Educationally Backward Blocks, projects  on  Vocational  Education  from  Class  IX  onwards,  Information  and  Communication Technology (ICT) facilities to schools, as well as special teaching for learning enhancement, are provided. The Gross Enrolment Ratio at Secondary level has improved from 62.90% in 2009-10 to 78.51% in 2014-15.

Universalization of elementary education across the country is one of the goals of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which is the designated scheme for implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. Section 4 of the RTE Act, 2009 provides for special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children. Those children who have missed out certain academic years either for being never enrolled to school or having dropped out  of  school,  have  a  right  to  Special  Training  in  residential  and  non  residential  mode, subsequently to be mainstreamed in formal schools in age appropriate class. To achieve the goal of universal access and retention, 2.04 lakh primary schools and 1.59 lakh upper primary schools have been sanctioned to States and UTs under SSA till 31.3.2016. 3609 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas,  which  are  residential  schools  for  girls  at  upper  primary  level,  have  also  been sanctioned  to  the  States  for  improving  access  to  marginalised  girls  particularly  out  of  school, either  drop  out  or  never  enrolled.  The  number  of  children  enrolled  at  elementary  level  has increased from 15.1 crore in 1998-99 to 19.8 crore in 2014-15.

The number of out of school children in the age group of 6 to 13 years has declined from 134.59 lakh in 2005 to 81.50 lakh in 2009 and further to 60.64 lakh in 2014.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3663 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  AUGUST, 2016 ASKED BY SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE, SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV, DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL AND SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO REGARDING OUT OF SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS

## Statement showing details of out of school children

| Sl. No.   | State                    |   Number of Out of school children |
|-----------|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                               1015 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh*          |                             107829 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        |                               6517 |
| 4         | Assam                    |                             157813 |
| 5         | Bihar                    |                            1169722 |
| 6         | Chandigarh               |                               1090 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             |                             167072 |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |                                745 |
| 9         | Daman &Diu               |                                421 |
| 10        | Delhi                    |                              85084 |
| 11        | Goa                      |                                 00 |
| 12        | Gujarat                  |                             159308 |
| 13        | Haryana                  |                              43879 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh         |                               2176 |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir           |                              45468 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                |                             140426 |
| 17        | Karnataka                |                             122139 |
| 18        | Kerala                   |                              33161 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep              |                                267 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh           |                             450952 |
| 21        | Maharashtra              |                             145326 |
| 22        | Manipur                  |                               7037 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                |                              17237 |
| 24        | Mizoram                  |                                972 |
| 25        | Nagaland                 |                               2896 |
| 26        | Odisha                   |                             401052 |
| 27        | Puducherry               |                                285 |
| 28        | Punjab                   |                              91578 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                |                             601863 |
| 30        | Sikkim                   |                                535 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu               |                              57529 |
| 32        | Tripura                  |                               4518 |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh            |                            1612285 |
| 34        | Uttarakhand              |                              86794 |
| 35        | West Bengal              |                             339239 |
| Total     | Total                    |                            6064230 |

Source: IMRB Survey, 2014

* including newly formed State of Telangana