(a) whether computer education has not yet been properly
promoted in the Government schools and colleges ;
(b) if so, the present status of the computer education in
the country ;
(c) the details of schemes formulated and being implemented
for developing computer education ;
(d) whether the State Governments have asked for funds for
introducing computer study in schools ;
(e) if so, the funds provided by the Centre so far, State-
wise ; and
(f) if not, the reasons therefor ?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)
(a) to (f) : A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
THE STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 215 BY DR. JASWANT SINGH YADAV, AND
SHRI MOHAN RAWALE REGARDING COMPUTER EDUCATION TO BE
ANSWERED ON 3.12.2002
(a) to (f) : The Department of Secondary & Higher
Education and University Grants Commission (UGC) has taken
several steps to spread computer education in the schools
and colleges in the country. The Department has launched a
revised Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools (CLASS) in
2001-2002 to promote computer literacy in schools in the
country. Under the revised CLASS scheme, financial
assistance is being provided to States/Union Territories on
the basis of Computer Education Plans (CEPs) submitted by
the States/UT’s. The CEPs are examined by the Project
Monitoring & Evaluation Group (PM & EG) headed by Secretary
(Secondary and Higher Education) and funds are allocated to
the States/UTs on recommendations of PM & EG. Grants-in-aid
is provided to only Govt. and Govt-aided schools. Union
Govt. provides 75% of the total sanctioned amount, subject
to a maximum limit of Rs. 5.00 Lakhs per school. The
balance 25% is borne by the State Govt./ UTs. The scheme
also provides 25% of funds from MPLADs in addition or as an
alternative to State Govt. contribution. Besides, Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS)
would convert one school per State/UT into a SMART school.
A grant of not more than Rs. 25 lakhs would be given per
SMART school. KVS and NVS would be given funds at the rate
of Rs. 15,000/- per neighbourhood school to impart computer
literacy to not more than ten neighbourhood schools to cover
10,000 such schools over 3 years. During 2001-2002 the
Central Government had released an amount of Rs.74.00 crores
to 19 States/UTs besides NVS and KVS. State-wise details of
released amount is at Annexure - I.
The UGC has been promoting Computer Education in
Colleges since 1987, by providing support for both the
hardware & software to the Colleges. The main aim of this
initiative was to create computer awareness among the
members of the staff & students. The UGC has so far
provided grants to 3919 Colleges. A list of Colleges
assisted so far under this scheme is enclosed at Annexure-II.
UGC also provides financial assistance to Universities
for running MCA programmes in the Universities, State-wise
list of Universities running MCA programmes is enclosed at
Annexure - III.
ANNEXURE-I
S.No Name of Amount Amount No. of the sanctioned being Schools State/UT as 75% released as Union 1st Govt.’s Installment Share (Rs. in (Rs. in Lakhs) Lakhs) 50%
1. Maharashtra 900.00 450.00 180
2. Tripura 250.00 125.00 50
3. Chattisgarh 500.00 250.00 100
4. Dadara & 70.00 35.00 14 Nagar Haveli
5. Haryana 500.00 250.00 100 6. West 1114.7625 557.38125 300 Bengal
7 Punjab 997.50 498.75 200
8. Andhra 1401.1875 700.59375 500 Pradesh
9. Tamil Nadu 1000.00 500.00 200 10. Manipur 250.00 125.00 50 11. Goa 250.00 125.00 50 12. Uttar 1500.00 750.00 300 Pradesh 13. Himachal 500.00 250.00 100 Pradesh 14. Mizoram 200.00 100.00 40 15. Sikkim 145.00 72.5 29 16. Madhya 1950.00 975.00 390 Pradesh 17. Gujarat 1500.00 750.00 300 18. Meghalaya 295.00 147.5 59 19. Karnataka 750.00 360.475 150 20. NVS 1425.00 163.30260 21. KVS 1775.00 200.00
Total 17273.45 7385.50260 3112
ANNEXURE-II
State-wise number of Colleges assisted for computer facilities upto 15-7-2002
State/UT No. of colleges assisted upto 15-7-2002 First Time
Andhra Pradesh 317 Arunachal Pradesh 3 Assam 121 Bihar/Jharkhand 195 Delhi 62 Goa 9 Gujarat/Daman/Diu 241 Haryana 129 Himachal Pradesh 37 Jammu & Kashmir 28 Karnataka 325 Kerala 171 Madhya Pradesh/Chattisgarh 321 Maharashtra 503 Manipur 41 Meghalaya/Mizoram/Nagaland 17 Orissa 208 Pondicherry 8 Punjab/Chandigarh 206 Rajasthan 141 Tamil Nadu 211 Tripura 8 Uttar Pradesh/Uttaranchal 305 West Bengal 312 All India Total 3919
ANNEXURE - III
LIST OF UNIVERSITIES OFFERING MCA/M.Sc. (COMPUTER SCIENCE) COURSES STATE-WISE
S.No. STATE/UNIVERSITY
ANDHRA PRADESH
1. Andhra
2. Hyderabad
3. Jawanharlal Nehru Technological
4. Kakatiya
5. Nagarjuna 6. Osmania
7 Sri Krishnadevraya
8. Sri Padmavathy Mahila
9. Sri Venkateswara
ASSAM
10. Gauhati
CHHATTISGARH
11. Pandit Ravi Shankar
GOA
12. Goa
GUJARAT
13. Bhavnagar 14. Gujarat 15. Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodra 16. North Gujarat 17. Sardar Patel 18. Saurashtra 19. South Gujarat
HARYANA
20. Kurukshetra 21. Maharishi Dayanand
HIMACHAL PRADESH
22. Himachal Pradesh
JAMMU & KASHMIR
23. Jammu
JHARKHAND
24. Birla Institute of Technology
KARNATAKA
25. Bangalore 26. Gulbarga 27. Karnatak 28. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
KERALA
29. Cochin University of Science & Technology 30. Mahatma Gandhi
MADHYA PRADESH
31. Barkatulla Viswavidyalaya 32. Devi Ahilya 33. Rani Durgavati 34. Vikram
MAHARASHTRA
35. Pune 36. Smt. Nathibai Damodar Thakersey Women 37. Shivaji
MANIPUR
38. Manipur
ORISSA
39. Berhampur 40. Utkal
PUNJAB
41. Guru Nanak Dev 42. Punjabi 43. Thapar Institute of Engg. & Technology
RAJASTHAN
44. Jai Narayan Vyas 45. Mohan Lal Sukhadia 46. Rajasthan 47. Banasthali Vidyapith
TAMIL NADU
48. Alagappa 49. Anna 50. Annamalai 51. Bharathiar 52. Madurai Kamraj 53. Gandhigram Rural Institute 54. Sri Avinashalingam Instt. For Home Sc. & Hr. Edu. For Women
UTTAR PRADESH
55. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra 56. Aligarh Muslim 57. Allahabad 58. Banaras Hindu 59. Sampurnanand Sanskrit
UTTRANCHAL
60. Hemavati Nandan Bahuguna Viswavidyalaya 61. Gurukul Kangri
WEST BENGAL
62. Burdwan 63. Calcutta 64. Jadavpur 65. North Bengal 66. Viswa Bharati
DELHI
67. Delhi 68. Jawaharlal Nehru
PONDICHERRY
69. Pondicherry