Question : FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS OF AND LIRA PRADESH .

(a) whether due to more enrolment of students under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the enrolment of students in higher classes has gone up;

(b) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years, States and Union Territory (UT)- wise;

(c) whether the Government of Andhra Pradesh has taken Rs. 303 crore from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) to improve higher school infrastructure;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government of Andhra Pradesh has sought financial assistance from the Union Government also to meet the infrastructure expenditure for higher classes since the amount provided by NABARD is inadequate;

(f) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and (g) the assistance provided/ likely to be provided by the Union Government to the Government of Andhra Pradesh?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M.A.A. FATMI)

(a) & (b): As per the Selected Educational Statistics, compiled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, total enrolment in classes IX-X during 2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 is as under:-

2002-03: 2, 17,95,73:5
2003-04: 2,32,75,955 
2004-05: 2,43,30,661