Lok Sabha Question No. 1261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA, KAUSHAL KISHORE, DUSHYANT SINGH, NEELAM SONKER, George Baker, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA, BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1261 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2016

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act

## †1261. SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009
- (b) whether it is a fact that all private/non-aided/CBSE schools are required to reserve 25% seats for Economically Weaker Section ( EWS) children under the said act and if so, the details thereof during the last two years, State/UT and year-wise including Uttar Pradesh;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  against  any  school  not  admitting  children belonging to EWS category under the said provision and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to implement and ensure 25% reservation for children of EWS category in all the Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidalayas in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has appointed any vigilance and monitoring Committee and ombudsman to check, monitor and ensure the implementation of the said policy and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to provide financial and technological support for Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodaya Vidyalayas in the country during the last three years, State/UT and year-wise ?

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

(a):   The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides for free and compulsory education to every child of the age of six to fourteen years in a neighbourhood school till completion  of  elementary  education.  It  specifies  the  duties  and  responsibilities  of  appropriate Governments,  local  authority,  parents,  teachers  and  schools  in  providing  free  and  compulsory education,  and  sharing  of  financial  and  other  responsibilities  between  the  Central  and  State Governments.  It  lays  down  the  norms  and  standards  relating, inter  alia ,  to  Pupil  Teacher  Ratios (PTRs),  buildings  and  infrastructure,  school-working  days,  teacher-working  hours.    It  prohibits  of deployment  of  teachers  for  non-educational  work,  other  than  decennial  census,  elections  to  local authority, state legislatures and parliament, and disaster relief.  It provides for an academic authority to lay down teacher qualifications and training of untrained teachers already present in the system. It prohibits (a) physical punishment and mental harassment; (b) screening procedures for admission of children;  (c)  capitation  fee;  (d)  private  tuition  by  teachers  and  (e)  running  of  schools  without recognition.  It provides for development of curriculum in consonance with the values enshrined in the Constitution, and which would ensure the all-round development of the child.

(b):    Section 12 (1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009 mandates that all private un-aided schools shall admit children  belonging to weaker section and disadvantaged group in the neighbourhood in class I (or pre-school, as the case may be), to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class and provide free and compulsory elementary education to them till its completion.   Details of the number of children admitted under Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009 in the year 2014-15 & 2015-16 are given at Annexure-I.

(c): Complaints regarding non-admission of children under section 12(1) (c) of the RTE Act, 2009 are received from time to time and are referred for remedial action to the State Government concerned, as the State Government is the  appropriate government in the matter. Local grievance redressal mechanisms have also been set up by the State Governments under the RTE Act, 2009. The State  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Right  (SCPCR)  at  the  State  level  and  the  National Commission for  Protection  of  Child  Right  (NCPCR)  at  the  national  level,  also  redress  grievances with regard to the implementation of the RTE Act.

(d): Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act 2009 is applicable to Kendriya Vidyalayas and the details of  admission  under  this  provision  in  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  is  given  at  Annexure-II.    As  Navodaya Vidyalayas  start from Class VI, this provision is not applicable to them.

(e):  Section  31  and  32  of  the  RTE  Act,  2009  provides  for  monitoring  of  the  rights  of  the  child, including  admission  of  students  belonging  to  Disadvantaged  Groups  and  Economically  Weaker Sections,  by  the  National  Commission  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (NCPCR)  and  the  State Commissions  for  Protection  of  Child  Rights  (SCPCRs),  and  redressal  of  grievances  by  the  local authorities.

(f):      Details  of  financial  support  provided  by  the  Central  Government  for  all  areas  including technological  support  to  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  and  Navodaya  Vidyalayas  Samiti (NVS) during the last three years are at Annexure-III.  The financial support is not provided Statewise, but to the organisations as a whole.

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## Annexure I

ANNEXURE-I  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1261  FOR  25 TH JULY,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  VINOD LAKHAMASHI  CHAVDA, SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE, SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH, SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER, SHRI GEORGE BAKER, SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN, SHRI JUGAL KISHORE, SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA REGARDING 'Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act'

The status of admission in private schools under Section 12(1)(c) during 2014-15 & 2015-16

| Sl. No.   | Name of States & UTs   |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | A&N Island             |       394 |       540 |
| 2.        | Assam                  |      4653 |      3242 |
| 3.        | Bihar                  |     61887 |     97717 |
| 4.        | Chandigarh             |      2145 |      2825 |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh           |    100927 |    128639 |
| 6.        | Delhi                  |     33201 |     49043 |
| 7.        | Gujarat                |     13033 |     41586 |
| 8.        | Jharkhand              |      8237 |     10489 |
| 9.        | Karnataka              |    217306 |    316115 |
| 10.       | Madhya Pradesh         |    637123 |    795225 |
| 11.       | Maharashtra            |     65719 |    104945 |
| 12.       | Odisha                 |     31150 |     31994 |
| 13.       | Rajasthan              |    436070 |    555966 |
| 14.       | Tamil Nadu             |    131566 |    197369 |
| 15.       | Uttar Pradesh          |       108 |      3278 |
| 16.       | Uttarakhand            |     66851 |     83450 |
|           | Total                  |   1810370 |   2422423 |

## Annexure II

ANNEXURE-II  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1261  FOR  25 TH JULY,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  VINOD LAKHAMASHI  CHAVDA, SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE, SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH, SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER, SHRI GEORGE BAKER, SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN, SHRI JUGAL KISHORE, SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA REGARDING 'Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act'.

The details of admission under Section 12(1)(c) in Kendriya Vidyalayas:

| S. No.   | Name of the Region   |   No. admitted in 2014-15 |   No. admitted in 2015-16 |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Agra                 |                       799 |                       849 |
| 2        | Ahemdabad            |                       763 |                       797 |
| 3        | Banglore             |                      1164 |                      1237 |
| 4        | Bhopal               |                       909 |                       992 |
| 5        | Bhubneswar           |                      1051 |                      1116 |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |                       944 |                      1000 |
| 7        | Chennai              |                      1210 |                      1230 |
| 8        | Dehradun             |                       710 |                       748 |
| 9        | Delhi                |                      1973 |                      2048 |
| 10       | Ernakulam            |                       978 |                       991 |
| 11       | Gurgaon              |                       994 |                      1033 |
| 12       | Guwahati             |                       657 |                       694 |
| 13       | Hyderabad            |                      1048 |                      1013 |
| 14       | Jabalpur             |                      1031 |                      1043 |
| 15       | Jaipur               |                      1069 |                      1135 |
| 16       | Jammu                |                      1012 |                       992 |
| 17       | Kolkota              |                      1071 |                      1067 |
| 18       | Lucknow              |                      1206 |                      1240 |
| 19       | Mumbai               |                      1131 |                      1189 |
| 20       | Patna                |                      1031 |                      1043 |
| 21       | Raipur               |                       807 |                       835 |
| 22       | Ranchi               |                       632 |                       631 |
| 23       | Silchar              |                       450 |                       448 |
| 24       | Tinsukia             |                       448 |                       530 |
| 25       | Varanasi             |                       696 |                       694 |
| Total    |                      |                     23784 |                     24595 |

## Annexure III

ANNEXURE-III  AS  REFERRED  TO  IN  THE  REPLY  OF  PART  (f)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1261  FOR  25 TH JULY,  2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  VINOD LAKHAMASHI  CHAVDA, SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE, SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH, SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER, SHRI GEORGE BAKER, SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN, SHRI JUGAL KISHORE, SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA REGARDING 'Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act'.

Financial support provided to Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) during last three years.

(Rs. in Crore)

| Year   | KVS     | KVS      | KVS     | NVS            | NVS            | NVS     |
|--------|---------|----------|---------|----------------|----------------|---------|
| Year   | Plan    | Non-Plan | Total   | Plan           | Non-Plan       | Total   |
| 350.00 | 2424.97 |          | 2774.97 | 1250.00        | 496.05 1746.05 | 2013-14 |
| 742.00 | 2501.15 | 3243.15  |         | 1474.53 538.40 | 2012.93        | 2014-15 |
| 875.00 | 2403.47 | 3278.47  | 1774.14 | 511.00         | 2285.14        | 2015-16 |

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