Lok Sabha Question No. 2744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-14
Subject: Unrecognised Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2744 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 th  March, 2016

## Unrecognised Schools

## 2744.    SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

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

- (a)   whether  the  Government  has  made  any  study  to  identify  the  unrecognised  schools  being  run unabatedly in urban areas of the country;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c)   whether  the  Government  has  taken/  proposes  to  take  measures  to  check  the  mushrooming  of such schools in the country; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b)   :      National University of Educational and Planning and Administration (NUEPA) annually collects  information  in  the  form  of  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE)  on various educational indicators including the information on unrecognised schools in urban areas.  The statement showing state-wise details on unrecognised schools in urban areas are given at Annexure.

(c) & (d) The schedule to Right of the Child to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009, envisages for Norms and Standards for establishing a school.   The State Governments/Union Territory Administrators  are  the  appropriate  authority  to  ensure  effective  compliance  with  the  norms  specified under the RTE Act, 2009.    Section 18 & 19 of the RTE Act, 2009 provides that no school shall, after the commencement of this Act, be established or function without obtaining a certificate of recognition from the appropriate authority.

In order to safeguard the interests of students, Section 18 of the RTE Act 2009 provides that, any order  of  withdrawal  of  recognition  from  a  school  shall  contain  a  direction  as  to  which  of  the neighbourhood school, the children studying in the derecognized school, shall be admitted.

## ANNEXURE  AS  REFFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  THE  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2744  FOR  14TH  MARCH,  2016  BY  SHRI  SANJAY  KAKA  PATIL REGARDING UNRECOGNISED SCHOOLS.

## The state-wise details on unrecognised schools in urban areas.

| State Name        | Unrecognised Schools   |
|-------------------|------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    | 404                    |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 1                      |
| ASSAM             | 159                    |
| BIHAR             | 1,032                  |
| CHHATTISGARH      | 1                      |
| HARYANA           | 150                    |
| JHARKHAND         | 988                    |
| KERALA            | 294                    |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 297                    |
| MANIPUR           | 20                     |
| MEGHALAYA         | 5                      |
| ORISSA            | 428                    |
| PUNJAB            | 88                     |
| RAJASTHAN         | 7                      |
| TAMIL NADU        | 19                     |
| TRIPURA           | 2                      |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 16                     |
| UTTARANCHAL       | 20                     |
| WEST BENGAL       | 509                    |
| INDIA             | 4,440                  |

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Source: UDISE:2013-14