(a) the details of funds sanctioned/ spent under the National Literacy Mission during the last
three years along with the details of achievements made under the Mission;
(b) whether many districts in Madhya Pradesh including Guna are very backward in literacy;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the efforts made by the Government at the Central level to increase the literacy level in
the said districts?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ''NISHANK'')
(a) A statement indicating details of State/UT-wise funds sanctioned under the National
Literacy Mission during the last three years is at Annexure-I. A statement indicating genderwise
and State/UT-wise learners declared successful in the biannual Basic Literacy
Assessment Tests conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling conducted from August
2010 to March 2018 under National Literacy Mission is at Annexure-II.
(b) & (c) A statement indicating district-wise literacy rate of the state of Madhya Pradesh as
compared to the national average of literacy rate of 72.98 per cent, in the age group of 7 and
above, as per Census 2011 is at Annexure-III.
(d) In order to increase the literacy rate in the country, the scheme of Saakshar Bharat was
implemented in the rural areas of 410 districts in 26 States and one UT, including 42 districts
in Madhya Pradesh, that had adult female literacy rate of 50 per cent and below as per Census
2001, and including left wing extremism affected districts, irrespective of their literacy rates,
with special focus on women and other disadvantaged groups, since October 2009. The
scheme was extended upto 31.03.2018.
In addition, the Department of School Education and Literacy has launched the
Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for School Education as a Centrally Sponsored
Scheme with effect from the year 2018-19. This programme subsumes the three erstwhile
Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik
Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Samagra Shiksha is an overarching
programme for the school education sector extending from pre-school to class XII and aims
to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education.
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