Lok Sabha Question No. 8 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Schools Infrastructure in Rajasthan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Lumbaram Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 8

ANSWERED ON - 01/12/2025

## SCHOOLS INFRASTRUCTURE IN RAJASTHAN

## †8. Shri Lumbaram Choudhary:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  the  concrete  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  problem  of infrastructure  like  computer  labs,  science  labs,  libraries,  toilets  for  girl  students,  drinking water and shortage of teachers in Rajasthan especially Jalore and Sirohi districts; and

(b)  the  strategy  of  the  Government  to  make  the  examination  system  more  transparent  and reliable so that students may get quality education and secure their educational future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a): Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  most  of  the  schools  are under administrative jurisdiction of concerned States & UTs. Under the Centrally Sponsored schemes  like  Samagra  Shiksha,  STARS  and  PM  SHRI,  States  and  UTs  are  supported  for strengthening of existing government  schools, and for creation and augmentation  of infrastructure facilities like Additional Classrooms, Toilets for Boys/Girls/CWSN, Drinking Water, Electricity, Boundary Walls, Library, ICT and Digital Classrooms, based on the gaps determined from Unified District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE)  database  and proposals received from respective State/UT. The requirement of infrastructural facilities in schools  are  worked  out  every  year  by  the  respective  State/Union  Territory  on  incremental basis  depending  on  their  need  and  priority  and  reflected  in  their  Annual  Work  Plan  and Budget  (AWP&B).  These  plans  are  then  appraised  and  approved/estimated  by  Project Approval  Board  (PAB)  in  consultation  with  the  States  and  Union  Territories  as  per  the programmatic and financial norms of the scheme, physical and financial progress of works sanctioned earlier and availability of budgetary resources.

The  details  of  infrastructure  progress  under  Samagra  Shiksha for  the  State  of  Rajasthan including the districts of Jalore and Sirohi, for the years 2018-19 to 2025-26 is as under:

| S.No   | Activity                                  |   Approved |   Completed |
|--------|-------------------------------------------|------------|-------------|
| 1      | Additional Classrooms                     |       5239 |        4715 |
| 2      | Building Less Schools                     |        180 |         124 |
| 3      | Boys Toilet                               |        747 |         441 |
| 4      | Girls Toilets                             |        724 |         616 |
| 5      | Major Repair                              |        806 |         793 |
| 6      | Boundary Wall                             |        328 |         328 |
| 7      | Availability of Drinking Water Facilities |        971 |         771 |
| 8      | Library Room                              |       2250 |        1783 |
| 9      | Computer Room                             |       1958 |        1574 |
| 10     | Art Craft Room                            |       1627 |        1587 |
| 11     | Electrification                           |        330 |         330 |
| 12     | Science Lab                               |       2868 |        2340 |
| 13     | Biology Lab                               |        816 |         100 |
| 14     | Chemistry Lab                             |        718 |         103 |
| 15     | Physics Lab                               |        722 |         100 |
| Total  | Total                                     |      20284 |       15705 |

Source: Prabandh Portal

- (b): Examinations fall under the purview of School education boards, majority of which come under the jurisdiction of respective States/UTs . On its part, the Ministry of Education through the National Assessment Centre - PARAKH in NCERT, has undertaken an extensive study into 'Equivalence of Boards', with an aim to harmonise standards in five key domains of education viz; Administration, Curriculum, Assessment, Infrastructure, and Inclusiveness, across all recognized school boards in India. Key findings and policy recommendations from the exercise, can be accessed at https://ncert.nic.in/parakh/pdf/Equivalence\_of\_Boards\_Report.pdf.

In  order  to  implement  the  recommendations  for  achieving  equivalence,  especially  in  the domain  of  assessment,  the  Ministry  of  Education,  through  PARAKH,NCERT  has  been providing  technical,  financial  and  capacity  building  support  to  States/UTs.  Such  support  is extended in the form of training workshops for paper setters and examiners on competencybased  assessment,  preparation  of  guidelines,  blueprints  and  standardised  templates  for preparing  question  papers  and  question  banks,  and  funding  for  implementing  Holistic Progress Cards (HPC), digitisation of boards and development of professional cadre of paper setters among other interventions.

Further, to expedite equivalence among school education boards, the Ministry of Education through  Gazette  Notification  No.  1-22/2024-PMP.6  issued  in  Sep  2025,  has  assigned  the responsibility of granting equivalence for Class 10 and 12 certificates of all recognised Boards to PARAKH, NCERT.

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