Schools Belonging To Minorities

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO  1348

ANSWERED ON  02.12.2011

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to satate :-
(a) the details of financial assistance given by Government of construction/expansion of schools belonging to educationally backward minorities, across the country, State-wise;

(b) the details of schools constructed/upgraded during the last three years, State-wise; and

(c) the details of targets fixed/achieved by Government?
  

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Dr. D. PURANDESWARI

(a) to (c) The Infrastructure Development of Minority Institutions (IDMI) Scheme was carved out from the Area Intensive and Madarsa Modernisation Programme (AIMMP) in 2008-09 to facilitate education of minorities by augmenting and strengthening school infrastructure in Minority Institutions. Financial assistance given to States and number of institutions supported between 2008-09 and 2011-12 is provided below:

2008-09

S.No. Name of the  Amount  No. of institutions
        State        (Rs.in lakh)

 Uttar Pradesh 25.00 1

2009-10

 Uttar Pradesh 448.00 22

2010-11

1. Karnataka 281.98 15
2. Maharashtra 387.61 19
3. Uttarakhand 190.29 12
4. Jammu & Kashmir 25.00 01
5. Rajasthan 102.83 07
6. Haryana         201.12 12
7. Uttar Pradesh 327.73 16
8. Gujarat         191.20 15
9. Kerala         337.73 15
10. Madhya Pradesh 252.94 12
 Total Rs. 2298.43 124

2011-12
S.No. Name of the  Amount  No. of institutions
        State        (Rs.in lakh)

1. Maharasthra 177.45 10
2. Uttarakhand 104.91 08
3. Karnataka 157.25 10
4. Uttar Pradesh 200.39 10
5. Kerala         221.53 10
6. Haryana         145.36 10
 TOTAL        1006.89 58

In addition, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) focuses on monitoring progress in respect of 121 Minority Concentration Districts identified under the Prime Minister’s New 15-Point Programme for the welfare of Minorities. The amounts sanctioned under SSA for various interventions in these 121 districts are: Rs 4857 crore for 2008-09, Rs 5286 crore for 2009-10, Rs 4479 crore for 2010-11 and Rs 11870 crore for 2011-12.

Details about opening and construction of new primary and upper primary schools in the Minority Concentration Districts under SSA between 2008-09 and 2011-12 are given below:-

Year Opening of   Opening of       Construction of      Construction of
        new Primary  new Upper        Primary School upper primary school 
         School       Primary school
 
 Target Achvt. Target Achvt. Target Achvt. Target Achvt.

2008-09 1423 1386 4301 3176 4404 3266 4154 2662
2009-10 1719 1625 1719 1625 3465 3237 1348 1220
2010-11 11930 11922 2370 2364 4969 3573 1147 1103
2011-12 1470 13      445     1       1522     793      67     4 
               (as on         (as on           (as on 
               30.9.11)       30.9.11)        30.9.11)
 

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Central funds to States under SSA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF  HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

QUESTION NO  555

ANSWERED ON  25.11.2011

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to satate :-
(a) the basis for allocation of Central funds to various States under SSA;
(b) the details of funds allocated to Andhra Pradesh under above schemes during Tenth Five
Year Plan and so far in Eleventh Five Year Plan and for the rest of the country during the
period, year-wise and scheme-wise;

(c) whether funds allocated to Andhra Pradesh have been spent for the specified purpose;

(d) if so, the results achieved year-wise and scheme-wise;

(e) whether any complaints of diversion/misuse of funds have come to the notice of Government;
and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?
   
ANSWER
     
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Dr. D. PURANDESWARI)


(a) In the 10th Five Year Plan the funding pattern under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) between Central and States was in the ratio of 75:25 (90:10 for NE States). The funding pattern between the Centre and States for 11th Plan was on a sliding scale, viz. 65:35 during the first two years of 11th Five Year Plan, 60:40 in third year, 55:45 in the fourth year and 50:50 thereafter (90:10 for NE States). With the enactment of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the funding pattern has been revised in the 65:35 ratio between the Central and State Governments, and is applicable from 2010-11 onwards. The existing funding pattern of 90:10 ratio for the States in the NER remains unchanged.




(b) Details of the funds released during 10th and 11th Five Year Plan is at Annexure –I

( c) & (d) The details of the achievement made by Andhra Pradesh are tabulated below:

(Rs. in Lakhs)

Year GoI Share State Share Total Expenditure % Expenditure
2002-03 8226.10         2547.00         10773.10 3952.10         36.68%
2003-04 9884.41         4383.57         14267.98 3952.10         27.69%
2004-05 28000.00 9076.36         37076.36 3952.10         10.66%
2005-06 37999.00 12605.15 63352.11 55816.48 88.11%
2006-07 46245.56 14415.18 75640.64 72236.73 95.50%
2007-08 28100.00 15107.61 45708.28 43699.91 95.61%
2008-09 71031.78 20995.66 122026.77 93526.52 76.64%
2009-10 38569.90 10885.05 74170.59 72257.36 97.42%
2010-11 81000.00 63508.72 148813.94 144004.80 96.77%

(e) & (f) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has an intensive Financial Management System which includes annual audit by Chartered Accountants empanelled with Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, concurrent financial review by Institute of Public Auditors of India (IPAI) as well as system for internal audit. SSA conducts Quarterly Review Meetings with Finance Controllers of all States/UTs for monitoring the utilization of funds. Whenever misappropriation of funds meant for SSA are reported through audit by CA firms, Accountant General (AG) of States, CAG of India and IPAI Reviews and action is taken thereon. Investigations have been made on the misappropriation of funds in West Bengal in 2004-05, Haryana in 2005-06, 2008-09 and 2009-10, Himachal Pradesh in 2005-06, Andhra Pradesh in 2006-07 and 2010-11, Karnataka and Rajasthan in 2007-08 and Gujarat in 2009-10. Besides initiating departmental proceedings against the persons found guilty, police complaints have been filed and investigation through State CID/Vigilance Department has been conducted. The persons concerned have either been transferred, suspended or terminated and recoveries affected. In Andhra Pradesh, orders attaching the properties of the two main accused parties have been issued.

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Regulation Of Private Coaching/Tuition Centres

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 

UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO . 1040 

ANSWERED ON 04.03.2011

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :-
(a) whether Government is aware that students are compelled to spend substantially for coaching and private tuitions and if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
(b) whether the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) has conducted any survey in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether Government contemplates to regulate private coaching/ tuition centers and/ or the fees being collected; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (d): As of now, there is no law or regulation for regulating the functioning of private coaching and tuition centers. However, with a view to curb the undue and undesirable burden on the school going children and mushrooming of coaching institutions, various provisions have been made by the CBSE to ensure that reliance on private coaching institutions by the students is reduced. Some of these measures are as follows:
(i) In the examination bye laws of CBSE under Rule 13 (1) and 13 (2), 75% attendance in an academic year has been made mandatory for the students to become eligible to appear in class X and class XII exams.
(ii) To ensure effective class room transactions, the Board has prescribed for its affiliated schools take minimum hours of teaching in different topics in chapters.
(iii) the Board has introduced continuous and comprehensive evaluation from class I to X in its affiliated schools for providing equal attention to scholastic and co-scholastic areas of learning.
(iv) The Rule 39 of the affiliation bye laws of CBSE forbids teachers of such affiliated schools to undertake private or any other tuition without prior permission in writing of the Head of the Institution.
(v) The school results have been factored into the admission process for the IITs by providing that only those students who scored a first class or equivalent in the 10+2 exam are eligible for admission to exam are eligible for admission to IITs.
(vi) A student can write the JEE in the year in which he or she passes the 12th standard examination and / or in the following year.
(vii) Those who join any of the IITs are not allowed to sit for the JEE again.
Apart from the above, this Ministry has constituted a Committee of senior faculty of IITs under the Chairpersonship of Prof. D. Acharya, Director, IIT, Kharagpur to explore the possible alternative to the present IIT JEE/ AIEEE and other State Joint Entrance Examinations for admission to engineering programme in the country for reducing the burden and dependence of the students on coaching institutes. 

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Reservation of seats for EWS

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 

UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO . 1039 

ANSWERED ON 04.03.2011

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

(a) the details of guidelines for reserving seats for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in various Government and private schools/educational institutions across the country;

(b) the number of persons benefited during last three years from such scheme from Government run and private run institutions, year-wise and State-wise;

(c) whether Government is aware of any case of misuse of this scheme;

(d) if so, the details thereof for last three years, institution-wise, year-wise and State-wise; and

(e) the action Government had taken against the errants and the steps contemplated to avoid recurrence of such cases?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a) The High Court of Delhi in its interim order dated 30.5.2007 in WP No 3156/2002 had directed that the private schools of the capital, which have been allotted land by the government agencies, shall earmark at least 10 per cent of seats for admission of students belonging to the economically weaker sections and 5 per cent for wards of the staff of the schools. The Central Government has also enacted the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, which became effective from 1-4-2010. As per the Section 12 (1) (c) of the Act, all recognized unaided private schools imparting elementary education shall admit in class-I, to the extent of at least twenty-five per cent of the strength of that class, children belonging to weaker section and disadvantaged group in the neighborhood and provide free and compulsory elementary education till its completion.

(b) to (e) Education is a concurrent subject and a majority of the schools come under the purview of the State Governments. The data relating to the number of students that have benefited is not centrally monitored. It is for the State Governments to take appropriate action against the schools which do not follow the guidelines for admission. The Government of NCT of Delhi has informed that the number of children from the weaker section benefited during 2009-10 and 2010-11 came to 6871 and 17255 respectively. 

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Steps To Cater To Additional Intake Of Students

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT 

UNSTARRED

QUESTION NO . 3497 

ANSWERED ON 10.12.2010

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

(a) whether emphasis on free and compulsory education at primary level is bound to expand intake of children at secondary and further levels manyfold;

(b) if so, the plans of Government to widen infrastructure and man-power requirements for secondary education and further levels to meet this additional intake;

(c) the details of expected expenditure involved and plans to meet the same; and

(d) the details of plans Government has to bring about 15 million children, estimated to be engaged in some form of work, into the stream of education?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SMT. D. PURANDESWARI)

(a) Yes Sir,

(b) & (c) The centrally sponsored scheme Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) launched in March 2009, inter-alia, provides for opening of new secondary schools (classes IX and X) based on school mapping, strengthening of existing secondary schools and induction of additional teachers to improve Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR). The 11th Plan outlay for RMSA is ` 20120 crore. During 2009-10, an amount of ` 550.00 crore was released to the States / UTs under this scheme. For 2010-11, the budget provision is ` 1700 crore.

(d) The centrally sponsored scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) to universalize elementary education has been in operation since 2001- 02. Subsequently the “Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009” has been enacted to ensure free and compulsory education upto elementary level. 

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