(a) whether the Government have announced a programme to establish
schools or alternative schools within the one kilometer
of school less habitations;
(b) whether any survey has been conducted in this regard, State-wise;
(c) if so, the number of such habitations identified in the country, State-wise; and
(d) the funds required for this programme?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)
(a), (b), (c) & (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.95 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.2.2001 ASKED BY
PROF. UMMAREDDY VENKATESWARLU REGARDING ESTABLISHING OF SCHOOLS
(a) Yes, Sir. ‘Education Guarantee Scheme and
Alternative & Innovative Education’ has been announced
with a provision to establish an Education Guarantee
Scheme Centre/ alternative school in school less
habitations within a range of 1 Km. based on local
demand.
b)&(c) As per Sixth All India Educational Survey
(1993), there were nearly 1.8 lakh habitations that did
not have a learning centre within 1 Km. School less
habitations, State-wise are given in the Annex.
(d) Funds required for the programme will depend on the
proposals for setting up of Education guarantee scheme centres
/Alternative schools received from the states, based on actual demand.
ANNEX
ANNEX REFERED TO IN THE STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PART
B & C OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO – 95 TO BE
ANSWERED ON 27TH FEBRUARY, 2001 REGARDING ESTABLISHING
OF SCHOOLS.
[STATEWISE NUMBER OF HABITATIONS NOT SERVED BY SCHOOLS/SECTIONS WITHIN 1.0 Km.]
Sl. Name of the Total Number Number of No. State/ of Habitations Habitations Not Ut. Served within 1.0 km
1. Andhra Pradesh 62905 7189 2 Arunachal Pr. 3834 2030 3 Assam 41179 5879 4 Bihar 109858 13388 5 Goa 788 95 6 Gujarat 25749 1093 7 Haryana 7589 529 8 Himachal Pradesh 35003 14197 9 J&K 15176 2962 10 Karnataka 48813 7932 11 Kerala 8745 1554 12 Madhya Pradesh 102276 18664 13 Maharashtra 72465 11432 14 Manipur 3369 410 15 Meghalaya 6576 1573 16 Mizoram 705 85 17 Nagaland 1277 160 18 Orissa 73148 12859 19 Punjab 13345 571 20 Rajasthan 63970 16259 21 Sikkim 1407 359 22 Tamilnadu 45139 623 23 Tripura 6802 1668 24 Uttar Pradesh 212125 42704 25 West Bengal 96511 11875 26 A&N Islands 601 270 27 Chandigarh 36 5 28 D & Nagar Haveli 489 88 29 Daman & Diu Admn. 67 3 30 Delhi 271 37 31 Lakshadweep 15 1 32 Pondicherry 379 29
TOTAL 1060612 176523