Lok Sabha Question No. 1198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Children Deprived of Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1198 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2016

## Children Deprived of Education

## †1198. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  maintained  any  data  relating  to  the  children  not  going  to schools in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(c) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to ensure cent per cent enrolment of all the children in the schools?

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

(a)  &  (b):  As  per  an  independent  survey  commissioned  in  2014  by  Ministry  of  Human Resource  Development,  60.64  lakh  children  were  estimated  to  be  out  of  school  in  the  age group of 6 to 13 years. State/UT-wise details are at Annexure.

(c): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provisions for free and  compulsory  education  to  children  between  the  age  group  of  6-14  years.  The  Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) provides assistance to State Governments/UTs  to ensure quality elementary education for all children. Universal enrolment is the first goal of SSA, and hence all efforts are being made to bring all children in schools.  SSA  has  provided  2.04  lakh  primary  and  1.59  lakh  upper  primary  schools  for ensuring  universal  provisioning  of  schooling  facilities.  Preference  for  opening  of  school  is given to tribal areas, and areas with high concentration of SC, ST and minority population. In addition, 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. Since, in 199899 (pre SSA) the number of total children enrolled at elementary level was 15.1 crores, which at present stands at 19.7 crore.

Under SSA, provisions have also been made for residential schools/hostels and transportation/ escort facility for children living in sparsely populated areas, children living in areas where schools  cannot  be  opened  due  to  unavailability  of  land  and  children  in  need  of  care  and protection. Special training is also provided to all such children who are school dropouts and long absentees and they are enrolled in 'back to school' camps.

Additionally, other strategies adopted under SSA such as strengthening school infrastructure, improving pupil-teacher ratios, providing incentives like free textbooks, uniforms for eligible category of children and mid-day meal in schools have proved to be useful in increasing the enrolment of children in elementary schools.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1198 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2016 ASKED BY SHRI HARI MANJHI REGARDING 'CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION'

## Statement showing details of out of school children

| Sl. No.   | State                                |   No. of Out of school children |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands             |                            1015 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) |                          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