Lok Sabha Question No. 225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Vocational Courses in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE, SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI, C.S. PUTTARAJU

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

## LOK    SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 225 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2016

## Vocational Courses in Schools

†225. SHRI NANA PATOLE: SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

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

- (a) whether the Government is formulating any plan to provide practical knowledge to students as part of vocational courses to the students at school level under skill development and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Government proposes to take assistance from various professionals including progressive farmers, doctors and engineers to provide practical knowledge to the students and if so, the details thereof; (c)  the budgetary allocations made by the Government and the utilisation of funds during the current  Five  Year  Plan  for  imparting  vocational  education  in  schools  in  the  country, State/UT-wise; (d) the total sanctioned and working strength of vocational education teachers at school level in different categories; and (e) the status of the overall vocational education scenario in Karnataka as compared to other
- States of the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a):  Government  is  implementing  the  scheme  of  Vocationalisation  of  Secondary  and  Higher Secondary  Education  under  the  umbrella  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan from Class IX onwards. The scheme seeks to integrate vocational education  with  general  academic  education  and  enhance  the  employability  of  youth  through demand driven competency based, vocational courses. The scheme has a provision for hands on skill training to the enrolled students in related local enterprise/industry, etc.

(b):  Under  the  scheme,  a  flexible  pool  of  funds  is  provided  to  the  States/UTs  for  engaging resource persons such as teachers/skill trainers, skill knowledge providers, coordinators, guest faculty as per the requirement. (c): The budgetary allocation for the scheme during 2012-13 and 2013-14 was Rs. 80 crore and 65.20  crore  respectively.  From  2014-15,  the  scheme  has  been  subsumed  under  Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and funds are sanctioned from RMSA budget. State/UT wise  releases  and  utilisation  of  funds  for  implementation  of  vocational  education  during  the current Five Year Plan is at Annexure - I. (d): The scheme does not provide for any specific number of teachers for a school. There is a provision for flexible pool of funds for engaging resource persons such as teachers/skill trainers, skill knowledge providers, coordinators, guest faculty as per the requirement of the States/UTs. (e):  The  State/UT  wise  number  of  schools  for  which  the  scheme  was  sanctioned  and  made

functional including Karnataka is at Annexure - II.

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Annexure - I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 225 FOR REPLY ON 18.07.2016 ASKED BY SHRI NANA PATOLE AND SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU REGARDING VOCATIONAL COURSES IN SCHOOLS

(Rs. in lakhs)

| Sl. No   | State                       | Release   | Expenditure   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 24.9      | 23.69         |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 1172.77   | 0             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 192.48    | 50            |
| 4        | Assam                       | 2118.468  | 753.32        |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 141.55    | 0             |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  | 71.19     | 34.34         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                | 763.23    | 528.8         |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 10.1      | 0             |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               | 10.1      | 0.62          |
| 10       | Delhi                       | 338.5     | 110.97        |
| 11       | Goa                         | 545.72    | 370.551       |
| 12       | Gujarat                     | 49.52     | 0             |
| 13       | Haryana                     | 9082.01   | 8952.64       |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            | 14411.99  | 8476.55       |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 553.71    | 425.04        |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   | 381.82    | 101.05        |
| 17       | Karnataka                   | 4460.49   | 924.43        |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh              | 175.64    | 155.98        |
| 19       | Maharashtra                 | 2639.09   | 1705.974      |
| 20       | Manipur                     | 910.78    | 780.52        |
| 21       | Meghalaya                   | 40.08     | 0             |
| 22       | Mizoram                     | 156.62    | 121.88        |
| 23       | Nagaland                    | 82.38     | 19.5          |
| 24       | Odisha                      | 470.45    | 30            |
| 25       | Punjab                      | 4726.04   | 2030.98       |
| 26       | Rajasthan                   | 2075.955  | 1832.95       |
| 27       | Sikkim                      | 2624.08   | 2129.654      |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu                  | 0         | 0             |
| 29       | Telangana                   | 88.61     | 67.73         |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh               | 1443.03   | 150.84        |
| 31       | Uttarakhand                 | 507.82    | 2.87          |
| 32       | West Bengal                 | 2618.48   | 2306.718      |
|          |                             | 52887.603 | 32087.597     |
|          | Total                       |           |               |

Annexure - II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 225 FOR REPLY ON 18.07.2016 ASKED BY SHRI NANA PATOLE AND SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU REGARDING VOCATIONAL COURSES IN SCHOOLS

| S. No.   | State/UT                 |   Number of schools approved |   Number of schools where functional |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Island |                           17 |                                    5 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh           |                          126 |                                    0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh        |                           99 |                                   21 |
| 4        | Assam                    |                          154 |                                   57 |
| 5        | Bihar                    |                           38 |                                    0 |
| 6        | Chandigarh               |                           12 |                                   10 |
| 7        | Chattisgarh              |                          391 |                                  121 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli   |                            4 |                                    0 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu              |                            5 |                                    0 |
| 10       | Delhi                    |                           22 |                                   22 |
| 11       | Goa                      |                           78 |                                   75 |
| 12       | Gujarat                  |                           20 |                                    0 |
| 13       | Haryana                  |                          990 |                                  490 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh         |                          967 |                                  500 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir          |                          352 |                                    0 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                |                          160 |                                   53 |
| 17       | Karnataka                |                          250 |                                  100 |
| 18       | Madhya Pradesh           |                          313 |                                   50 |
| 19       | Maharashtra              |                          511 |                                  310 |
| 20       | Manipur                  |                           42 |                                    0 |
| 21       | Meghalaya                |                           10 |                                    0 |
| 22       | Mizoram                  |                           11 |                                   10 |
| 23       | Nagaland                 |                           10 |                                    5 |
| 24       | Odisha                   |                          208 |                                    0 |
| 25       | Punjab                   |                          780 |                                  400 |
| 26       | Rajasthan                |                          670 |                                  290 |
| 27       | Sikkim                   |                          121 |                                   64 |
| 28       | Tamil Nadu               |                           67 |                                    0 |
| 29       | Telangana                |                          120 |                                   20 |
| 30       | Uttar Pradesh            |                          200 |                                  100 |
| 31       | Uttarakhand              |                          200 |                                    0 |
| 32       | West Bengal              |                          500 |                                  289 |
| Total    | Total                    |                         7448 |                                 2992 |