Lok Sabha Question No. 1182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Schools in Karnataka
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1182 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## Schools in Karnataka

1182. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  most  of  Government  Senior  Secondary  Schools  in Karnataka do not have proper Biology, Chemistry and Physics labs; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (c) the  action  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  up  fully

- equipped  Science  Labs  in  all  secondary  schools  of  the  State  within  a  timeframe?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) & (b): As per the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE) 201415, the number of Government higher secondary schools having Biology, Chemistry and  Physics  labs  out  of  a  total  of  1227  schools  in  the  State  of  Karnataka  is  at Annexure-I.

(c): Under the scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, 1649 science labs along with equipments have been approved for the Government Secondary schools of the State of Karnataka since the inception of the scheme on the basis of proposals submitted by the State Government.

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Annexure - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  PART  (a)  &  (b)  OF  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1182 FOR 07.12.2015 REGARDING SCHOOLS IN KARNATAKA  ASKED BY KUMARI SHOBHA  KARANDLAJE AND SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA

- A. UDISE data for Government higher secondary schools 2014-15 (as on 30 th September, 2015)
- B. Status  of  the  Science  labs  in  Government  Higher  Secondary  Schools  of Karnataka

| Number of Government Higher Secondary Schools with Separate Room for Laboratory : 2014-15   | Number of Government Higher Secondary Schools with Separate Room for Laboratory : 2014-15   | Number of Government Higher Secondary Schools with Separate Room for Laboratory : 2014-15   | Number of Government Higher Secondary Schools with Separate Room for Laboratory : 2014-15   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                                                       | Physics                                                                                     | Chemistry                                                                                   | Biology                                                                                     |
| KARNATAKA                                                                                   | 477                                                                                         | 479                                                                                         | 473                                                                                         |

|           | Physics                       | Physics                           | Chemistry                     | Chemistry                         | Biology                       | Biology                           |
|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| State     | Number of labs fully equipped | Number of labs partially equipped | Number of labs fully equipped | Number of labs partially equipped | Number of labs fully equipped | Number of labs partially equipped |
| Karnataka | 90                            | 187                               | 92                            | 184                               | 89                            | 183                               |