(a) the number of recognised and unrecognised schools and colleges
in the country;
(b) the State-wise details of the action being taken by the
Government against the unrecognised schools and colleges; and
(c) the number of aided and unaided schools and colleges in the
country, State-wise?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (c): State wise number of recognised, aided and unaided schools
and colleges in the country is available at the web-site of the Ministry
namely mhrd.gov.in but data regarding unrecognised schools and colleges
is not centrally maintained.
(b): The subject ‘Education’ comes under the concurrent list of the
Constitution. Section 18(1) of the Right of Children to Free and
Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE), which became operative from
1st April, 2010, mandates that no school other than a school established,
owned or controlled by the appropriate government or the local authority,
shall, after the commencement of the Act, be established or function,
without obtaining a certificate of recognition from such authority, as
may be prescribed. Section 18(2) of the RTE Act lays down that no such
recognition shall be granted to a school unless it fulfils norms and
standards specified under section 19 of the RTE Act. Section 19(2) of
the RTE Act further provides that where a school established before the
commencement of this Act does not fulfill the norms and standards
specified in the schedule to this Act, it shall take steps to fulfill
such norms or standards at its own expenses, within a period of three
years from the date of such commencements. State Governments have been
apprised of the provisions of the RTE Act in the meetings held with State
Education Ministers and Secretaries.