Lok Sabha Question No. 1567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-29
Subject: Review of SSA
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, PRATHAP SIMHA, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR, INNOCENT, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, B.N. CHANDRAPPA

**Government of India**

**Ministry of Human Resource Development**

**Department of School Education & Literacy**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1567**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 29** **th** **JULY, 2015**

**Review of SSA**

1567.	SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

SHRI JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

SHRI INNOCENT:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

SHRI P.K. BIJU:

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

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

(a)	whether the Government reviews/monitors performance of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and if so, the details thereof along with the outcome of the latest review, State/UT-wise;

(b) 	whether the Government has sought greater synergy between the 'Digital India' initiative and related programmes of SSA to make the programme more effective and if so, the details thereof;

(c)	the details of funds/allocated/utilized under the scheme during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(d)	whether the Government has sought any foreign aid for providing primary education in the country including Kerala and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) 	the action taken/being taken by the Government to ensure universalisation of primary education in the country?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

(a):   Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for universalisation of elementary education in the country, has an inbuilt concurrent evaluation and monitoring system. SSA programme is reviewed twice every year by a Joint Review Mission (JRM) comprising independent experts and members of external funding agencies, covering all States by rotation.  The last JRM was held from 
2 nd to 12 th February, 2015.  Its key recommendations include, *inter alia* , convergence of SSA and Teacher Education, improving institutional efficiency of State Councils for Educational Research & Training (SCERTs) and District Institutes of Education & Training (DIETs), rationalization of teacher’s deployment to maintain Pupil Teacher Ratio in all schools and simplification of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).

The Central Government also reviews and monitors implementation of the RTE Act periodically with the States at different fora, including the State Education Ministers’ Conferences.  An independent concurrent financial review is also undertaken to cover all States within two years. Educational data on outcomes is collected through a Unified District Implementation System of Education (UDISE) every year.  The status of these evaluations and monitoring is placed in the public domain on the Ministry’s website.

(b):	As part of `Digital India’ initiative, the Department has made a financial provision of Rs 9.50 crore in 2015-16 for Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) for schools under SSA on pilot basis.

(c):	The State-wise details of funds allocated, central share released and utilization under the SSA in the last three years and the current year are at **Annexure.**

(d):	World Bank and the European Commission (EC) have extended support towards the implementation of the SSA programme in the country, including in Kerala. Government of India has signed a financial agreement with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) for an amount of  Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 651.00 million (equivalent to US$1006.2 million) on 29 th May, 2014 for SSA programme covering the period 2013-14 to 2016-17. European Commission has also extended a total budgetary support of Euro 79 million for sector policy support programme for elementary and secondary education for a period of five years up to 2016-17.

(e):	The Government of India has introduced several measures to facilitate the implementation of the SSA to meet the objectives of the RTE Act and to ensure universalization of primary education in the country 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 and 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**

**ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1567 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29TH JULY, 2015 ASKED BY SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI, SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA, SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, SHRI JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR,  SHRI INNOCENT, SHRI RAJAN VICHARE, SHRI P.K. BIJU and SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPAREGARDING "REVIEW OF SSA"**

**State-wise details of Funds Allocated, Central Releases and Utilization under SSA                                                       (Rs crore)**

| Sl. No.     | State/UT                                                                                                                                           | **2012-13**                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                    | **2013-14**                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                    | **2014-15**                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                    | **2015-16**                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                    |
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| Sl. No.     | State/UT                                                                                                                                           | Approved Outlay                                                                                                                                    | Central Release                                                                                                                                    | Expenditure                                                                                                                                        | Approved Outlay                                                                                                                                    | Central Release                                                                                                                                    | Expenditure                                                                                                                                        | Approved Outlay                                                                                                                                    | Central Release                                                                                                                                    | Un-audited Expenditure                                                                                                                             | Approved Outlay                                                                                                                                    | Central Release  *(as on 20.7.2015)*                                                                                                               |
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 4746                                                                                                                                               | 1410                                                                                                                                               | 2552                                                                                                                                               | 3088                                                                                                                                               | 1747                                                                                                                                               | 2813                                                                                                                                               | 2868                                                                                                                                               | 1546                                                                                                                                               | 2178                                                                                                                                               | 2116                                                                                                                                               | 275                                                                                                                                                |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                  | 522                                                                                                                                                | 438                                                                                                                                                | 476                                                                                                                                                | 303                                                                                                                                                | 193                                                                                                                                                | 280                                                                                                                                                | 416                                                                                                                                                | 336                                                                                                                                                | 377                                                                                                                                                | 359                                                                                                                                                | 86                                                                                                                                                 |
| 3           | Assam                                                                                                                                              | 2228                                                                                                                                               | 1309                                                                                                                                               | 1581                                                                                                                                               | 1606                                                                                                                                               | 1318                                                                                                                                               | 1117                                                                                                                                               | 1809                                                                                                                                               | 978                                                                                                                                                | 1536                                                                                                                                               | 1682                                                                                                                                               | 291                                                                                                                                                |
| 4           | Bihar                                                                                                                                              | 10615                                                                                                                                              | 2755                                                                                                                                               | 5370                                                                                                                                               | 6936                                                                                                                                               | 2610                                                                                                                                               | 4645                                                                                                                                               | 8022                                                                                                                                               | 2163                                                                                                                                               | 5500                                                                                                                                               | 7387                                                                                                                                               | 1086                                                                                                                                               |
| 5           | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                       | 2798                                                                                                                                               | 850                                                                                                                                                | 1590                                                                                                                                               | 1626                                                                                                                                               | 767                                                                                                                                                | 1403                                                                                                                                               | 1463                                                                                                                                               | 927                                                                                                                                                | 1709                                                                                                                                               | 2149                                                                                                                                               | 319                                                                                                                                                |
| 6           | Goa                                                                                                                                                | 35                                                                                                                                                 | 10                                                                                                                                                 | 17                                                                                                                                                 | 25                                                                                                                                                 | 13                                                                                                                                                 | 21                                                                                                                                                 | 26                                                                                                                                                 | 13                                                                                                                                                 | 23                                                                                                                                                 | 24                                                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                                                  |
| 7           | Gujarat                                                                                                                                            | 3369                                                                                                                                               | 1139                                                                                                                                               | 2234                                                                                                                                               | 1374                                                                                                                                               | 806                                                                                                                                                | 1109                                                                                                                                               | 1408                                                                                                                                               | 785                                                                                                                                                | 1260                                                                                                                                               | 1974                                                                                                                                               | 293                                                                                                                                                |
| 8           | Haryana                                                                                                                                            | 1256                                                                                                                                               | 338                                                                                                                                                | 704                                                                                                                                                | 743                                                                                                                                                | 351                                                                                                                                                | 627                                                                                                                                                | 933                                                                                                                                                | 421                                                                                                                                                | 761                                                                                                                                                | 1121                                                                                                                                               | 177                                                                                                                                                |
| 9           | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                   | 333                                                                                                                                                | 107                                                                                                                                                | 253                                                                                                                                                | 215                                                                                                                                                | 115                                                                                                                                                | 198                                                                                                                                                | 251                                                                                                                                                | 125                                                                                                                                                | 246                                                                                                                                                | 345                                                                                                                                                | 57                                                                                                                                                 |
| 10          | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                    | 1796                                                                                                                                               | 508                                                                                                                                                | 882                                                                                                                                                | 1677                                                                                                                                               | 891                                                                                                                                                | 1117                                                                                                                                               | 1785                                                                                                                                               | 513                                                                                                                                                | 687                                                                                                                                                | 2372                                                                                                                                               | 64                                                                                                                                                 |
| 11          | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                          | 2527                                                                                                                                               | 562                                                                                                                                                | 1745                                                                                                                                               | 1302                                                                                                                                               | 450                                                                                                                                                | 817                                                                                                                                                | 1938                                                                                                                                               | 758                                                                                                                                                | 1355                                                                                                                                               | 1649                                                                                                                                               | 219                                                                                                                                                |
| 12          | Karnataka                                                                                                                                          | 2064                                                                                                                                               | 685                                                                                                                                                | 1548                                                                                                                                               | 1182                                                                                                                                               | 654                                                                                                                                                | 916                                                                                                                                                | 1340                                                                                                                                               | 662                                                                                                                                                | 944                                                                                                                                                | 1546                                                                                                                                               | 151                                                                                                                                                |
| 13          | Kerala                                                                                                                                             | 523                                                                                                                                                | 134                                                                                                                                                | 430                                                                                                                                                | 403                                                                                                                                                | 208                                                                                                                                                | 406                                                                                                                                                | 431                                                                                                                                                | 218                                                                                                                                                | 271                                                                                                                                                | 412                                                                                                                                                | 63                                                                                                                                                 |
| 14          | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 4197                                                                                                                                               | 1353                                                                                                                                               | 3269                                                                                                                                               | 3695                                                                                                                                               | 2004                                                                                                                                               | 3427                                                                                                                                               | 4495                                                                                                                                               | 1491                                                                                                                                               | 2707                                                                                                                                               | 4606                                                                                                                                               | 629                                                                                                                                                |
| 15          | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                        | 2627                                                                                                                                               | 1069                                                                                                                                               | 1593                                                                                                                                               | 1417                                                                                                                                               | 657                                                                                                                                                | 1038                                                                                                                                               | 1439                                                                                                                                               | 583                                                                                                                                                | 1221                                                                                                                                               | 1575                                                                                                                                               | 260                                                                                                                                                |
| 16          | Manipur                                                                                                                                            | 475                                                                                                                                                | 174                                                                                                                                                | 119                                                                                                                                                | 296                                                                                                                                                | 132                                                                                                                                                | 219                                                                                                                                                | 322                                                                                                                                                | 215                                                                                                                                                | 236                                                                                                                                                | 322                                                                                                                                                | 35                                                                                                                                                 |
| 17          | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                          | 463                                                                                                                                                | 187                                                                                                                                                | 216                                                                                                                                                | 400                                                                                                                                                | 283                                                                                                                                                | 323                                                                                                                                                | 406                                                                                                                                                | 204                                                                                                                                                | 235                                                                                                                                                | 286                                                                                                                                                | 50                                                                                                                                                 |
| 18          | Mizoram                                                                                                                                            | 223                                                                                                                                                | 153                                                                                                                                                | 164                                                                                                                                                | 193                                                                                                                                                | 107                                                                                                                                                | 128                                                                                                                                                | 210                                                                                                                                                | 147                                                                                                                                                | 130                                                                                                                                                | 207                                                                                                                                                | 9                                                                                                                                                  |
| 19          | Nagaland                                                                                                                                           | 281                                                                                                                                                | 112                                                                                                                                                | 129                                                                                                                                                | 222                                                                                                                                                | 158                                                                                                                                                | 172                                                                                                                                                | 298                                                                                                                                                | 206                                                                                                                                                | 154                                                                                                                                                | 314                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 20          | Odisha                                                                                                                                             | 2773                                                                                                                                               | 1043                                                                                                                                               | 1848                                                                                                                                               | 1592                                                                                                                                               | 740                                                                                                                                                | 1084                                                                                                                                               | 1923                                                                                                                                               | 667                                                                                                                                                | 1365                                                                                                                                               | 2322                                                                                                                                               | 315                                                                                                                                                |
| 21          | Punjab                                                                                                                                             | 1067                                                                                                                                               | 495                                                                                                                                                | 810                                                                                                                                                | 740                                                                                                                                                | 383                                                                                                                                                | 643                                                                                                                                                | 854                                                                                                                                                | 362                                                                                                                                                | 644                                                                                                                                                | 985                                                                                                                                                | 101                                                                                                                                                |
| 22          | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                          | 3999                                                                                                                                               | 1535                                                                                                                                               | 3357                                                                                                                                               | 3372                                                                                                                                               | 2425                                                                                                                                               | 3541                                                                                                                                               | 4836                                                                                                                                               | 2480                                                                                                                                               | 4367                                                                                                                                               | 5026                                                                                                                                               | 1015                                                                                                                                               |
| 23          | Sikkim                                                                                                                                             | 61                                                                                                                                                 | 27                                                                                                                                                 | 38                                                                                                                                                 | 61                                                                                                                                                 | 42                                                                                                                                                 | 46                                                                                                                                                 | 61                                                                                                                                                 | 45                                                                                                                                                 | 48                                                                                                                                                 | 61                                                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                                                  |
| 24          | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                         | 1988                                                                                                                                               | 716                                                                                                                                                | 1103                                                                                                                                               | 1529                                                                                                                                               | 968                                                                                                                                                | 1785                                                                                                                                               | 1990                                                                                                                                               | 1358                                                                                                                                               | 1774                                                                                                                                               | 2329                                                                                                                                               | 389                                                                                                                                                |
| 25          | Telangana                                                                                                                                          | -                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                                                  | 1960                                                                                                                                               | 814                                                                                                                                                | 1044                                                                                                                                               | 1667                                                                                                                                               | 51                                                                                                                                                 |
| 26          | Tripura                                                                                                                                            | 241                                                                                                                                                | 120                                                                                                                                                | 146                                                                                                                                                | 201                                                                                                                                                | 160                                                                                                                                                | 191                                                                                                                                                | 231                                                                                                                                                | 198                                                                                                                                                | 219                                                                                                                                                | 257                                                                                                                                                | 48                                                                                                                                                 |
| 27          | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 10427                                                                                                                                              | 3755                                                                                                                                               | 6815                                                                                                                                               | 9178                                                                                                                                               | 4667                                                                                                                                               | 8487                                                                                                                                               | 8820                                                                                                                                               | 4499                                                                                                                                               | 7263                                                                                                                                               | 15140                                                                                                                                              | 980                                                                                                                                                |
| 28          | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                        | 569                                                                                                                                                | 179                                                                                                                                                | 395                                                                                                                                                | 404                                                                                                                                                | 220                                                                                                                                                | 365                                                                                                                                                | 519                                                                                                                                                | 229                                                                                                                                                | 315                                                                                                                                                | 582                                                                                                                                                | 33                                                                                                                                                 |
| 29          | West Bengal                                                                                                                                        | 7319                                                                                                                                               | 2581                                                                                                                                               | 4553                                                                                                                                               | 3629                                                                                                                                               | 1532                                                                                                                                               | 2847                                                                                                                                               | 4766                                                                                                                                               | 972                                                                                                                                                | 1906                                                                                                                                               | 4295                                                                                                                                               | 206                                                                                                                                                |
| 30          | A & N Islands                                                                                                                                      | 29                                                                                                                                                 | 11                                                                                                                                                 | 17                                                                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                                                                 | 6                                                                                                                                                  | 7                                                                                                                                                  | 10                                                                                                                                                 | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                                  | 9                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 31          | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                         | 58                                                                                                                                                 | 18                                                                                                                                                 | 20                                                                                                                                                 | 58                                                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                                                 | 52                                                                                                                                                 | 69                                                                                                                                                 | 39                                                                                                                                                 | 64                                                                                                                                                 | 60                                                                                                                                                 | 13                                                                                                                                                 |
| 32          | Dadra & N. Haveli                                                                                                                                  | 24                                                                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                                                                  | 15                                                                                                                                                 | 14                                                                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                                                                  | 12                                                                                                                                                 | 18                                                                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                                                                 | 21                                                                                                                                                 | 5                                                                                                                                                  |
| 33          | Daman & Diu                                                                                                                                        | 9                                                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  |
| 34          | Delhi                                                                                                                                              | 206                                                                                                                                                | 43                                                                                                                                                 | 79                                                                                                                                                 | 206                                                                                                                                                | 83                                                                                                                                                 | 102                                                                                                                                                | 203                                                                                                                                                | 62                                                                                                                                                 | 124                                                                                                                                                | 192                                                                                                                                                | 22                                                                                                                                                 |
| 35          | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                        | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                  | 2                                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 3                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 36          | Pondicherry                                                                                                                                        | 20                                                                                                                                                 | 9                                                                                                                                                  | 12                                                                                                                                                 | 8                                                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 4                                                                                                                                                  | 8                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  | 6                                                                                                                                                  | 8                                                                                                                                                  | 1                                                                                                                                                  |
|             | ***Total***                                                                                                                                        | 69875                                                                                                                                              | 23837                                                                                                                                              | 44087                                                                                                                                              | 47717                                                                                                                                              | 24735                                                                                                                                              | 39948                                                                                                                                              | 56137                                                                                                                                              | 24030                                                                                                                                              | 40699                                                                                                                                              | 63408                                                                                                                                              | 7256                                                                                                                                               |
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