Lok Sabha Question No. 119 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-07
Subject: Education in North-East
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.119 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2015

## Education in North-East

## *119.         SHRIMATI BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY :

- Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a) the details of Centrally sponsored schemes in Education sector for the benefit of North-Eastern States, along with the funds made available and utilised during the last three years; (b) whether the growth of education is slower in North-Eastern States including Assam and the illiterate people are more in comparison to other States like Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu etc.; (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d) the steps taken by the Government to increase literacy rate in North-Eastern States
- including Assam?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.119  FOR  7.12.2015  BY  SHRIMATI  BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY REGARDING EDUCATION IN NORTH-EAST.

(a) The Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Sarva Shikshya Abhiyan(SSA), Mid-DayMeal  Scheme(MDMS),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan(RMSA),  Saakshar Bharat, Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) are the major schemes in the education sector being implemented  in the country including North-Eastern States. The year-wise funds released and utilized in the NER States for the major educational schemes in  the last three years is given at Annexure-I.

(b) & (c) The percentage change in the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in 2014-15 over 2012-13 in Assam in both secondary and higher secondary is higher than the States like Kerala, Punjab and Tamilnadu.  In North East States, Mizoram has the highest  literacy  rate  of  91.33%  whereas  other  5  States  namely  Tripura  (87.22%), Sikkim (81.42%), Manipur (76.94%), Meghalaya (74.48%), Nagaland (79.55%) have literacy rate above the national average (72.98%) and Assam (72.19%) and Arunachal Pradesh  (65.38%)  have  literacy  rate  below  the  national  average.      A  statement indicating the literacy rate as per Census 2011 and absolute number of illiterates in the North Eastern States and other States/UTs of India is given at Annexure-II.

- (d) The Government of India has launched Saakashar Bharat Programme in 2009 covering rural  areas  of  410  districts  in  26  States  and  one  Union  Territory  of  India including North Eastern States,  that had adult female literacy of 50% or below as per Census 2001. 38 districts in NER States excluding Mizoram have been covered under the programme. To expedite the implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes, the share between Centre and NER States is in the ratio of 90:10 as compared to other states  in  the  country,  where  sharing  ratio  is  60:40.  Besides  these,  the  Central Government is also providing 90% funds under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Mid Day Meal Scheme,  RMSA,  etc.  for  improvement  in  educational  in  the  NER  States.  These schemes are being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country, including NER States. The programme seeks to open new schools is those habitations which do not  have schooling facilities and strengthen existing school infrastructure  thorough  provision  of  additional  class  rooms,  toilets,  drinking  water, maintenance grant and school improvement grants. Existing schools with inadequate

teacher strength are provided with additional teachers, while the capacity of existing teachers is being strengthened by extensive training, grants for developing teachinglearning materials and strengthening of the academic support structure at a cluster, block and district levels, besides hot cooked meals to children in the Government and Government aided elementary schools.

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## ANNEXURE-I

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.119 for 7.12.2015 BY SHRIMATI BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY REGARDING EDUCATION IN NORTH-EAST.

Year-wise funds released and expenditure released for the major educational CSS in NER.

(Rs. In lakhs)

| Sl. No   | Name of the Scheme                  | 2012-13   | 2012-13     | 2013-14   | 2013-14     | 2014-15   | 2014-15     |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|          |                                     | Releases  | Expenditure | Releases  | Expenditure | Releases  | Expenditure |
| 1        | Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan               | 251933.00 | 289025.00   | 239265.00 | 247574.00   | 232896.00 | 295277.00   |
| 2        | Mid-Day-Meal Scheme                 | 68742.21  | 78913.87    | 67570.89  | 70356.25    | 73009.80  | 76021.54    |
| 3        | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan | 44214.17  | 17333.69    | 32596.21  | 25308.68    | 26633.67  | 36704.5     |
| 4        | Saakshar Bharat                     | 450.90    | 3510.00     | 2517.40   | 4447.77     | 1465.80   | 2947.33     |
| 5        | CSS of Teacher Education            | 8257.28   | 7838.52     | 8016.70   | 6924.59     | 10265.16  | 9244.12     |
| 6        | Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan  | -         | -           | 6000.00   | 3829.20     | 9747.00   | 9700.00     |
| 7        | Technical Education- TEQIP          | 1702.00   | 1702.00     | 1286.00   | 1286.00     | 407.00    | 407.00      |

ANNEXURE-II STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) & (c) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.119 for 7.12.2015 BY SHRIMATI BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY REGARDING EDUCATION IN NORTH-EAST.

## State-wise no. of illiterates and literacy rate of age group 7 and above

## (As per Census 2011)

| Sl. No.   | State/UTs                  | No. of illiterate persons   |   Literacy Rate |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|           | India                      | 28,27,00,912                |           72.98 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh (Undivided) | 2,48,81,215                 |           67.02 |
| 2         | Arunachal Pradesh          | 4,05,534                    |           65.38 |
| 3         | Assam                      | 73,89,469                   |           72.19 |
| 4         | Bihar                      | 3,24,60,935                 |           61.8  |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh               | 65,03,587                   |           70.28 |
| 6         | Goa                        | 1,48,447                    |           88.7  |
| 7         | Gujarat                    | 1,15,69,072                 |           78.03 |
| 8         | Haryana                    | 53,71,753                   |           75.55 |
| 9         | Himachal Pradesh           | 10,46,968                   |           82.8  |
| 10        | Jammu & Kashmir            | 34,55,164                   |           67.16 |
| 11        | Jharkhand                  | 92,70,570                   |           66.41 |
| 12        | Karnataka                  | 1,32,86,942                 |           75.36 |
| 13        | Kerala                     | 17,97,282                   |           94    |
| 14        | Madhya Pradesh             | 1,89,66,245                 |           69.32 |
| 15        | Maharashtra                | 1,74,93,526                 |           82.34 |
| 16        | Manipur                    | 5,71,961                    |           76.94 |
| 17        | Meghalaya                  | 6,13,348                    |           74.43 |
| 18        | Mizoram                    | 80,500                      |           91.33 |
| 19        | Nagaland                   | 3,44,997                    |           79.55 |
| 20        | Odisha                     | 99,58,429                   |           72.87 |
| 21        | Punjab                     | 59,59,982                   |           75.84 |
| 22        | Rajasthan                  | 1,96,23,651                 |           66.11 |
| 23        | Sikkim                     | 1,01,514                    |           81.42 |
| 24        | Tamil Nadu                 | 1,28,85,691                 |           80.09 |
| 25        | Tripura                    | 4,11,120                    |           87.22 |
| 26        | Uttar Pradesh              | 5,46,23,455                 |           67.68 |
| 27        | Uttarakhand                | 18,49,525                   |           78.82 |
| 28        | West Bengal                | 1,91,56,368                 |           76.26 |
| 29        | Andaman & Nicobar Island   | 45,422                      |           86.63 |
| 30        | Chandigarh                 | 1,30,578                    |           86.05 |
| 31        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli       | 69,584                      |           76.24 |
| 32        | Daman & Diu                | 27,907                      |           87.1  |
| 33        | Lakshadweep                | 4,665                       |           91.85 |
| 34        | NCT of Delhi               | 20,37,720                   |           86.21 |
| 35        | Puducherry                 | 1,57,786                    |           85.85 |

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