Lok Sabha Question No. 2386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-01
Subject: Fee Reimbursement Under Right to Education Act
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, PARASURAMAN K., AJAY (TENI) MISRA, KIRRON KHER

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2386 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  AUGUST, 2016

Fee Reimbursement Under Right to Education Act

## †2386. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

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

(a) whether the Government has received any case of fee reimbursement on the basis of fake enrolment of schools and if so, the details thereof;

- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  guidelines  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether the amount reimbursement by the Government to State Government under Right to Education Act has been delayed and if so, the reasons therefor ; and
- (d)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  facilitate  the  States  in achieving the targeted 30:1 student and teacher ratio ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) : No, Madam.

(b): Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act provides for admission of children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantageous groups in the neighbourhood schools in Class I to the extent of at  least  25  percent  of  the  strength  of  that  class.  Section  12(2)  further  mandates  that  such schools shall be reimbursed expenditure incurred by them as per the prescribed norms.

The  Framework  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  which  is  a  flagship  programme  of  the Central  Government  through  which  State  Governments/UTs  are  financially  assisted  for universalization of elementary education, has been amended with effect from 1 st April, 2014 to assist the States/UTs towards reimbursement of costs incurred with respect to admissions under  Section  12(1)(c)  of  the  Act.  The  reimbursement  is  based  on  per  child  cost  norms notified  by  the  State/UT  concerned.  For  reimbursement  claims,  private  unaided  schools complying  with  Section  12(1)(c)  submit  their  claim  of  reimbursement  to  respective  State Governments/UTs  through the district office. Thereafter, the State  Governments/UTs reimburses the expenditure incurred by private unaided schools and submits the proposal to the  Central  Government  for  reimbursement  against  the  expenditure  incurred  under  the applicable SSA norms.

(c):  There  are  no  pending  proposals  for  fee  reimbursement  as  stipulated  under  Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, 2009 with the Central Government.

(d):  The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  provides norms and standards for student teacher ratio across the country in its schedule as per which for classes I to V upto 60 students, 2 teachers are to be provided; between 61 to 90 students, 3 teachers  are  to  be  provided;  between  91  to  120  students,  4  teachers  are  to  be  provided; between 121 to 200 students, 5 teachers to be provided; above 150 students, 5 teachers plus 1 Head teacher are to be provided and above 200 children, Pupil Teacher Ratio (excluding the Head teacher) should not exceed forty.

For classes VI to VIII, at least one teacher per class so that there shall be at least one teacher each  for  Science  and  Mathematics,  Social  Studies  and  Languages,  at  least  one  teacher  for every thirty-five children and where admission of children is above one hundred, there shall be  a  full  time  head  -teacher  and  part  time  instructors  each  for  Art  Education,  Health  and Physical Education and Work Education.

The Pupil teacher Ratio (PTR) for Government elementary schools in the country is 24:1 as per Unified District Information System of Education (UDISE) 2014-15. Education being a concurrent subject, a majority of schools comes under the purview of the State Governments/Union Territory (UT) Administrations. Central Government regularly takes up the  issue  of  recruitment  to  vacant  teacher  posts  with  the  State  Government/UTs  in  various meetings,  State  Education  Secretaries'  conference,  Joint  Review  Missions,  which  have  the primary responsibility to fill up these posts.

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