(a) & (b): Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) provides support under ‘Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India’ to the State Governments for setting up of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) with the capacity of 480 students in each school. Besides, residential Ashram schools have been set up under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Establishment of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub Plan Areas’. The objective of these interventions is to provide congenial environment and facilities to Scheduled Tribe (ST) students for their educational development. During the last three financial years and current year as on 31.07.2018, a total of 87 EMRSs have been sanctioned across the country as at Annexure 1. As on 31.07.2018, total number of functional EMRSs is 219 and the number of functional Ashram Schools that have been funded by MoTA and run by States as on 19.03.2018 is 1099.
Apart from the above, Government through Ministry of Human Resource Development is implementing various interventions which provides for opening of new schools and additional rooms in schools. As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE), developed by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), 2015-16, total number of Schools functional in 177 Districts having ? 50% ST population including 14 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Districts having =25% ST population is as under:
Primary only 172643
Primary with Upper Primary 54743
Primary with Upper Primary and Secondary and Hr. Secondary 4673
Upper Primary Only 27719
Upper Primary with Secondary and Hr. Secondary 2043
Primary with Upper Primary and Secondary 8583
Upper Primary with Secondary 6670
Secondary only 6552
Secondary with Higher Secondary 4861
Higher Secondary only 1890
All Schools 290377
(c) & (d): As per statistics available in U-DISE, 2014-15 and 2015-16 annual average dropout rate by educational level among Scheduled Tribes during 2013-14 and 2014-15 is as under:
Year Primary Upper Primary Elementary Secondary
2013-14 7.98 8.43 8.12 27.20
2014-15 6.93 8.59 7.46 24.68
Statement showing State wise annual average drop-out rate by educational level among Scheduled Tribes as per available statistics in U-DISE 2014-15 & 2015-16 is at Annexure 2.
States have been advised and funded by MoTA to take the following measures to address the issue of drop out and to improve literacy rates among tribal people:
(i) Development of Bilingual Primers containing text both in regional and tribal language but in local official script through Tribal Research Institutes.
(ii) Content of the primers in the Tribal Cultural context.
(iii) School vacation to be in synchronization with major tribal festivals.
(iv) Construction of Girls toilets to check girl drop out, for physical safety, and to address sanitation issues.
(v) Schools being positioned as nursery grounds for spotting & nurturing of natural talents of ST students for Academics, Sports, Traditional & Modern Skills etc.
(vi) Expansion of Scope of Education for Tribal children to include sports, physical education, work education, vocational education, Tribal Art, painting, crafts, kitchen gardening, health, hygiene and nutrition, etc. to make the school education useful, relevant and interesting for the children and tribal communities.
(vii) Promotion of Kitchen garden and Sports.
(viii) Traditional Food (minor millet) in school meals.
(ix) School management to engage teachers to overcome shortage.
(x) 100% physical enrolment of children.
(xi) Engagement of trained lady health workers as Warden / Asstt. Wardens in girls’ hostels.
(xii) Implementation of scheme of Pre-matric and post-matric Scholarship for STstudents.
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Annexure 1
Annexure 1 referred to in reply to Part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3128 for answer on 06.08.2018
List of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) sanctioned during 2015-16 to 2018-19 (till 31.07.2018)
Sl. No. Year of Sanction State District Block/ Taluka
1 2015-16 Arunachal Pradesh Kurung Kumey Nyapin
2 2015-16 Arunachal Pradesh Tirap Khonsa
3 2016-17 Arunachal Pradesh West Siang Tirbin
4 2016-17 Arunachal Pradesh Lohit Wakro
5 2017-18 Arunachal Pradesh Lower Dibang Valley Dambuk
6 2015-16 Assam Barpeta Bajali
7 2016-17 Assam Kokrajhar Chapar
8 2016-17 Assam Karbi Analong Diphu
9 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Balod Dondi
10 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Balrampur Balrampur
11 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Baloda Bazar Kasdol
12 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Dhamtari Nagri
13 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Gariyaband Chura
14 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Janjgir Champa Sakti
15 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Mahasamund Pithora
16 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Mungeli Lormi
17 2015-16 Chhattisgarh Sukma Sukma
18 2015-16 Gujarat Sabarkantha Poshina
19 2016-17 Gujarat Bharuch Valiya
20 2017-18 Gujarat Narmada Sagbara
21 2017-18 Gujarat Chhotaudepur Nasvadi
22 2017-18 Gujarat Surat Mandvi
23 2016-17 Jammu & Kashmir Rajouri
24 2016-17 Jammu & Kashmir Kargil Kargil
25 2017-18 Jammu & Kashmir Poonch
26 2018-19 Jammu & Kashmir Bandipora Gurej
27 2018-19 Jammu & Kashmir Leh
28 2018-19 Jammu & Kashmir Koteranka Budhal
29 2016-17 Jharkhand Jamtara Phatehpur
30 2016-17 Jharkhand Khunti Karra
31 2016-17 Jharkhand Latehar Latehar
32 2016-17 Jharkhand Sarai kela Nimdih
33 2017-18 Jharkhand West Singhbhum Jagannathpur
34 2017-18 Jharkhand Ranchi
35 2018-19 Jharkhand Dhanbad
36 2018-19 Jharkhand Garhwa
37 2015-16 Karnataka Yadgir
38 2017-18 Kerala Palakkad Attapady
39 2018-19 Kerala Wayanad
40 2015-16 Madhya Pradesh Satna Chitrakoot
41 2015-16 Madhya Pradesh Khargone Khargone
42 2015-16 Madhya Pradesh Mandla Mandla
43 2015-16 Madhya Pradesh Singrauli Singrauli
44 2015-16 Maharashtra Dhule Pimpalner
45 2015-16 Maharashtra Nanded Kinwat
46 2015-16 Maharashtra Chandrapur Rajura
47 2016-17 Maharashtra Gadchiroli Chamorshi
48 2016-17 Maharashtra Nasik Dindori
49 2017-18 Maharashtra Nandurbar Akrani
50 2017-18 Maharashtra Yavatmal Maregaon
51 2016-17 Manipur Churachandpur
52 2016-17 Manipur Ukhrul
53 2018-19 Manipur Chandel
54 2016-17 Meghalaya Ribhoi Umling
55 2018-19 Meghalaya East Garo Hills Samanda
56 2015-16 Mizoram Champhai Champhai
57 2015-16 Nagaland Kohima Tseminyu
58 2015-16 Nagaland Phek Pfutsero
59 2015-16 Odisha Mayurbhanj Bangriposi
60 2015-16 Odisha Rayagada Gunupur
61 2015-16 Odisha Mayurbhanj Karanjia
62 2015-16 Odisha Sambalpur Kuchinda
63 2015-16 Odisha Sundargarh N.A
64 2015-16 Odisha Kandhamal Phulbani
65 2016-17 Odisha Balasore Nilagiri
66 2016-17 Odisha Deogarh Debagarh
67 2016-17 Odisha Jharsuguda Laikera
68 2016-17 Odisha Keonjhar Champua
69 2016-17 Odisha Koraput Jeypore
70 2016-17 Rajasthan Jaipur N.A
71 2015-16 Sikkim South District Sumbuk
72 2016-17 Sikkim East District Pakyong
73 2016-17 Tamil Nadu Thiruvanna Malai Kalasapakkam
74 2016-17 Tamil Nadu Nilgiris M. Palada
75 2016-17 Tamil Nadu Namakkal Kolimalai
76 2016-17 Tamil Nadu Vellore Yellagiri Hills
77 2017-18 Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram N.A
78 2015-16 Telangana Khammam Khammam
79 2015-16 Telangana Nizamabad Nizamabad
80 2017-18 Telangana Bhadradri Palwancha
81 2017-18 Telangana Nagarkurnool Kalwakurthy
82 2016-17 Tripura Gomati Amarpur
83 2016-17 Tripura Dhalai
84 2018-19 Tripura Sepahijala
85 2016-17 Uttar Pradesh Lalitpur
86 2017-18 Uttarakhand Udam Singh Nagar Bajpur
87 2018-19 West Bengal Kalimpong Kalimpong Sadar
Annexure-2
Annexure-2 referred to in reply to part (c) & (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3128 for answer on 06.08.2018
U-DISE 2014-15
Average Annual Drop-out Rate by Educational Level: Scheduled Tribes: 2013-14
State/UT Primary Upper Primary Elementary Secondary Class XI-XII
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
A &n Islands 0.71 - 0.11 0.69 0.61 0.65 0.70 - 0.29 13.32 2.97 8.32 23.26 24.14 23.65
Andhra Pradesh 7.48 7.55 7.51 8.07 4.91 6.58 7.65 6.81 7.25 8.10 6.11 7.14 10.05 1.71 6.11
Arunachal Pradesh 12.06 10.26 11.17 3.59 6.12 4.88 9.51 8.96 9.23 14.11 10.96 12.58 17.65 13.62 15.66
Assam 7.34 6.33 6.84 4.86 4.57 4.71 6.52 5.74 6.13 30.50 31.13 30.82 9.15 8.27 8.73
Bihar 5.10 4.78 4.95 5.66 6.90 6.28 5.24 5.33 5.29 24.42 24.53 24.47 - - -
Chandigarh 1.28 - - 10.61 11.54 11.02 5.56 - 0.38 - - - - 5.26 0.00
Chhatisgarh 4.35 4.21 4.28 6.51 5.61 6.06 5.09 4.69 4.89 27.93 26.55 27.22 - 0.77 0.18
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.86 2.40 1.61 4.82 6.59 5.65 2.64 4.21 3.39 34.55 33.06 33.87 5.29 3.04 4.24
Daman & Diu - - - - - - - - - 37.69 55.58 36.67 29.69 30.16 29.92
Delhi 0.03 - - - - - - - - - - - 14.74 - 4.55
Goa - - - - - - - - - 11.61 4.28 8.15 9.38 - 4.42
Gujarat 3.33 3.34 3.33 8.51 10.07 9.25 5.05 5.55 5.29 25.10 21.27 23.32 10.23 7.82 9.08
Haryana - * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Himachal Pradesh 0.01 - - - - - - - - 5.90 8.01 6.90 10.78 6.83 8.89
J & K 6.54 6.28 6.41 6.79 9.48 8.04 6.61 7.20 6.89 22.04 19.68 21.01 11.96 2.78 8.25
Jharkhand 9.71 8.89 9.31 9.72 10.00 9.86 9.72 9.20 9.46 27.79 26.10 26.96 3.69 3.15 3.42
Karnataka 3.62 3.53 3.58 4.03 3.87 3.96 3.44 3.65 3.71 28.85 26.56 27.78 - - -
Kerala - - - - - - - - - 15.55 14.19 14.88 - 6.50 3.02
Lakshadweep - - - 1.11 2.58 1.87 0.22 - - 9.52 8.16 8.78 3.24 3.26 3.25
Madhya Pradesh 11.69 12.13 11.90 14.59 16.74 15.67 12.55 13.60 13.06 34.55 34.35 34.45 9.38 8.79 9.10
Maharashtra 2.65 2.81 2.73 3.00 4.97 3.92 2.77 3.52 3.12 21.31 21.32 21.32 6.94 8.95 7.82
Manipur 22.97 22.41 22.70 5.63 4.89 5.26 18.84 18.18 18.52 14.82 17.31 16.07 - 0.70 -
Meghalaya 77.91 10.05 10.98 5.82 6.91 6.40 10.30 9.13 9.71 25.72 23.17 24.35 - - -
Mizoram 12.71 13.52 13.10 6.92 5.58 6.27 10.90 11.02 10.96 22.55 20.05 21.31 - 0.89 -
Nagaland 20.81 20.73 20.78 18.49 18.28 18.89 20.40 19.97 20.19 35.65 36.25 35.96 17.97 13.21 15.69
Odisha 5.69 6.09 5.88 7.40 7.51 7.46 6.14 6.47 6.30 52.43 51.85 52.15 - - -
Puducherry * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Punjab 64.34 73.65 69.14 92.71 90.46 91.78 75.61 78.74 77.11 43.35 42.53 43.08 90.91 88.00 90.37
Rajasthan 9.37 10.80 10.04 7.20 6.75 7.00 8.73 9.64 9.17 21.39 22.48 21.87 - - -
Sikkim 6.43 1.03 3.95 2.87 2.33 2.58 5.22 1.57 3.43 9.13 9.29 9.22 11.32 8.05 9.49
Tamilnadu 4.22 3.84 4.04 7.54 7.89 7.71 5.28 5.16 5.22 17.22 14.20 15.78 0.30 8.21 4.34
Telangana 14.14 14.83 14.48 9.40 10.45 9.90 12.70 13.51 13.09 16.28 14.80 15.58 14.84 12.10 13.56
Tripura 4.82 5.11 4.96 4.45 4.39 4.42 4.70 4.88 4.79 30.15 29.98 30.07 8.05 9.76 8.76
Uttar Pradesh 7.24 5.02 6.16 4.60 5.37 4.99 6.50 5.12 5.82 24.22 13.97 19.41 22.77 12.59 17.94
Uttarakhand 5.65 6.44 6.03 3.24 6.94 5.09 4.77 6.62 5.68 8.68 7.95 8.31 - - -
West Bengal 6.14 5.94 6.04 6.88 7.83 7.36 6.37 6.55 6.46 20.88 25.99 23.48 7.59 7.29 7.45
All India 7.97 7.98 7.98 8.03 8.85 8.43 7.99 8.25 8.12 27.42 26.96 27.20 3.09 2.77 2.94
-: States reporting negative drop-out rate have not been reported. *: State do not have enrolment in this caste
U-DISE 2015-16
Average Annual Drop-out Rate by Educational Level: Scheduled Tribes: 2014-15
State/UT Primary Upper Primary Elementary Secondary Class XI-XII
Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total Boys Girls Total
A &n Islands 1.03 - 0.35 6.31 2.25 4.35 2.76 0.49 1.66 12.72 10.49 11.62 23.89 21.81 22.86
Andhra Pradesh 13.74 13.61 13.68 13.04 10.36 11.76 13.53 12.66 13.11 16.13 17.22 16.67 3.03 5.89 4.40
Arunachal Pradesh 12.16 10.45 11,32 5.39 8.83 7.16 10.11 9.93 10.02 17.09 14.65 15.90 19.51 17.26 18.40
Assam 16.21 16.57 16.39 6.47 7.94 7.22 13.05 13.71 13,38 23.86 26.95 25.42 - 0.88 0.06
Bihar 3.55 2.60 3.09 6.23 4.43 5.33 4.25 3.10 3.69 7.58 7.65 7.63 - - -
Chandigarh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Chhatisgarh 6.09 5.54 5.82 9.77 7.67 8.74 7.36 6.28 6.83 26.45 23.50 24.93 3.87 4.22 4.05
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0.01 0.74 0.37 4.30 5.45 4.84 1.96 2.80 2.36 24.06 22.40 23.29 12.50 4.32 8.95
Daman & Diu - - - - - - - - - 28.58 23.41 26.20 4.76 - -
Delhi * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Goa - - - - - - - - - 14.21 10.14 12.26 18.32 16.28 17.30
Gujarat 2.62 2.65 2.64 8.02 9.43 8.69 4.47 4.94 4.69 32.36 30.41 31.45 9.38 5.51 7.51
Haryana * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Himachal Pradesh 0,01 0.62 0.31 1.35 2.32 1.83 0.54 1.30 0.91 3.60 6.27 4.87 10.43 4.09 7.54
J & K 8.74 8.59 8.67 8.44 11.60 9.92 8.65 9.43 9.02 28.62 28.97 28.78 17.83 14.63 16.42
Jharkhand 8.91 8,14 8.53 12.06 11.54 11.80 9.79 9.11 9.46 27.35 26.19 26.78 0,39 4.47 2.44
Karnataka 2.11 1.49 1.81 5.03 6.94 5.95 3.14 3.40 3.26 28.47 27.49 28.00 11.59 7.62 9.68
Kerala 2.81 0.24 1.57 0.70 . . 2.01 - 0.35 15.84 7.44 11.77 13.40 1.03 7.08
Lakshadweep 0.40 . . 2.74 3.43 3.09 1.38 1.18 1.28 9.06 4.81 6.79 2.40 3.24 2.86
Madhya Pradesh 8.96 9.34 9.14 14.45 15.93 15.18 10.72 11.56 11.13 34.40 34.85 34.62 8.73 6.34 7.59
Maharashtra 2.81 2.48 2.65 4.23 6.56 5.32 3.32 3.89 3.59 20.87 20.61 20.75 4,71 4.90 4.79
Manipur 13.33 13.50 13.41 6.95 5.90 6.43 11.61 11.40 11.50 17.95 17.26 17.61 - - -
Meghalaya 10.92 8,85 9.89 6.69 5.86 6.25 9.78 7.97 8.86 21.24 20.08 20.62 - - -
Mizoram 10.84 10.70 10.77 6.39 4.96 5.70 9.41 8.85 9.14 23.25 20.87 22.07 1.32 - -
Nagaland 6.32 5.25 5.79 8.30 7.84 8.07 6.96 6.09 6.53 17.46 18.90 18.19 9.15 1.88 5.69
Odisha 6.82 7.11 6.96 9.02 8.11 8.58 7.43 7.39 7.41 33.56 31.51 32.56 @ @ @
Puducherry * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Punjab * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Rajasthan 5.38 6.11 5.72 4.12 3.07 3.65 5.00 5.23 5.11 16.47 15.47 16.03 - - -
Sikkim 5.18 . 2.40 5.44 1.52 3.36 5.27 0.14 2.78 18.59 13.90 16.01 13.91 12.53 13.12
Tamilnadu 4,89 4,94 4.91 13.52 13.33 13.43 7.67 7.70 7,69 22.58 16.12 19.48 8.17 2.25 5.29
Telangana 8.26 8.01 8.14 6.53 6.07 6.31 7.71 7.40 7.56 15.70 13.55 14.68 2.73 6.60 4.57
Tripura 2.48 2.28 2.38 3.13 3.53 3.32 2.70 2.69 2.69 30.44 29.13 29.82 6.88 5.32 6.20
Uttar Pradesh 6.13 4.21 5.20 . 1.59 0.11 4.03 3.43 3.73 0.59 7.57 4.01 - - -
Uttarakhand 1.52 0.34 0,95 5.99 . 2.84 3.16 0.02 1.65 13.82 6.75 10.33 - - -
West Bengal 6.00 5.02 5.52 9.24 5.91 7.57 7.04 5.31 6.19 23.72 24.14 23.93 13.76 9.14 11.65
All India 7.02 6.84 6.93 8.48 8.71 8.59 7.48 7.44 7.46 24.94 24.40 24.68 . - -
-: States reporting negative drop-out rate have not been reported. *: State do not have enrolment in this caste
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