Year End Review for the Department of School Education - 2014

Year End Review for the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development 

YEAR END REVIEW 2014

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
· All States/ UTs have notified the RTE (Right to Education) Rules


· 2,04,686 Primary and 1,59,427 Upper Primary schools have been sanctioned for opening under SSA till date , of which 98.34% are operational.

· Improvement of school infrastructure and facilities:

·  Residential hostel buildings for children in habitations un-served by regular schools and also for children without adult protection. 797 residential schools/ hostels to cater to 88,400 children have been sanctioned under SSA out of which 771 are functional. KGBVs (Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas) for Upper primary girls 3,609 have been sanctioned, 3,593 are operational with enrolment of 3.52 lakh girls.

·   Recruitment of additional teachers- 19,85,484 teacher posts have been sanctioned under SSA, 15,06,451 have been recruited. It has improved the PTR

PTR in Elementary Schools

	Primary	Upper Primary
2005-06	38	31
2014-15	25	17

·   Provision of text-books to children: 8.72 crore children were supplied free text books in 2014-15.

·  Uniforms to all girls, SC, ST and BPL children, have been provided for 8.14 lakh children.

·  Special training for Out-of- School children for age appropriate admissions in regular schools has been provided for 14.77 lakh children in 2014-15 amounting to outlay of Rs. 569.70 crores.


Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas

 i.            The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) are sanctioned in Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) with rural female literacy below the national average as per Census 2001, provided such residential schools are set up only in those EBBs which do not have a residential school at upper primary level for girls under any other scheme of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment or the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

  ii.            As on 30th September, 2014, a total no. of 3609 KGBVs were sanctioned out of which 3593 (99.56%) are operational. 3.52 lakh girls have been enrolled in these KGBVs out of which 21525 (6.10%) girls are enrolled from Muslim Community.

  iii.            Socio-economic reasons and reluctance of the community to send girls to residential schools are the main reasons for low enrolment amongst educationally backward minorities.  In order to promote elementary education amongst girls, opening of schools in the neighbourhood to make access easier for girls, appointment of additional teachers including women teachers, free textbooks, free uniforms, separate toilets for girls, mid-day meal programme to improve nutrition levels, gender sensitization of teachers, gender-sensitive teaching-learning materials and intensive community mobilization efforts to promote girls education, are being undertaken by the Government.

Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) 

  i.            Mid Day Meal Scheme covers children studying in classes I-VIII in Government, Government aided and Special Training Centres (STCs) including Madarsas/ Maktabs supported under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

  ii.            The Government has provided Rs. 13215 crores for the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) in the current year. During the year 2013-14, 10.80 crore children studying in 11.58 lakh institutions have availed Mid Day Meal.

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan 

   i.            The RMSA guidelines provide for augmenting secondary school infrastructure through construction of additional class rooms, laboratories, toilet blocks, drinking water, libraries etc. Till date 10513 new schools have been approved under the scheme.

  ii.            The centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) has prescribed norms that are same for all the States/Union Territories (UTs) in the country. The funds are provided to States/UTs under RMSA based on the Annual Work Plan & Budget proposals submitted by States/UTs and appraised for their eligibility as per Schemes norms by Government of India. State/UT proposals vary depending on state specific requirements.

    iii.            Against the budget allocation of Rs. 550 Crore, Rs. 1500 Crore, Rs. 2512.45 Crore, Rs. 3171.62 Crore and Rs. 3045.85 Crore during 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 for RMSA respectively, Rs. 547.83 Crore, Rs. 1481.95 Crore, Rs. 2495.89, Rs. 3171.62 Crore and Rs. 3045.85 Crore have been released. Grant-in-aid schools are assisted under RMSA only for in-service training of teachers. Extension of RSMA components to such schools will be subject to amendment of the scheme and availability of funds.

Model Schools

   i.            The Centrally sponsored scheme to set up 6,000 model schools at the rate of one school per block as benchmark of excellence is being implemented from 2009-10.  The scheme envisages setting up of 3,500 schools in educationally backward blocks (EBBs) through State/UT Governments and the remaining 2,500 schools under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in blocks which are not educationally backward.

  ii.            Under the State sector component of the scheme which is being implemented from 2009-10, 2490 model schools have so far been approved in 23 States/UTs.  Financial sanctions amounting to Rs. 3725.00 crore have been accorded for setting up 2329 model schools in 23 States.  1087 model schools have so far been functional in 12 States.  Insofar as PPP component of Model School Scheme is concerned, the Ministry has decided to undertake review of this component and the future course of action is thus dependent upon the outcome of the review.



National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme (NMMSS)

96798 scholarships (Rs.6000/- per annum) have been sanctioned to students of Classes IX to XII belonging to economically weaker sections during nine months of current financial year to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue the study at secondary stage under the Scheme.

Adult Education


Adult Education Bureau of Department of School Education & Literacy deals with two major schemes namely; Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Adult Education & Skill Development (Saakshar Bharat) under implementation since 2009 and Centrally Sponsored scheme of Support to NGOs/SRCs/Institutions for Adult Education & Skill Development. The major achievements of these two schemes are as under:

·                     Under Saakshar Bharat Mission by December, 2014, 395 districts in 26 States and one in UT are covered.

·                     About 3.92 crore learners appeared for biannual basic literacy assessment tests conducted by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) so far. About 2.86 crore learners (including 2.05 crore females), comprising of 0.67 crore SCs, 0.36 crore STs & 0.23 crore Minorities have successfully passed the Assessment Tests under Basic Literacy up to March, 2014. In addition, about 41 lakh learners have taken up the assessment test held in August, 2014, data in respect of 36, 67,247 learners received out of which 27, 15,054 learners have been declared passed. Result of remaining learners is under compilation.

·                     1.53 lakh Adult Education Centres are reported functioning by November, 2014.

·                     2.58 million persons have been trained as Voluntary Teachers; 42.6 million Primers in 13 languages and 26 local dialects have been produced and distributed.

·                     Around 29 lakh learners have been benefited under Vocational Training programme through Jan Shikshan Sansthan between 2009 to 2014 out of which the women beneficiaries were 25.02 lakhs which constitutes around 85% of the total beneficiaries.

·                     As on 29th December, 2014 accounts of 63.16 lakhs certified adult literates have reportedly opened accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna Scheme, with the active effort of Saakshar Bharat.


Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS)

i.              The following seven Regional Offices of KVS are functioning:-

1.       Agra, Uttar Pradesh
2.      Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
3.      Gurgaon, Haryana
4.      Ranchi, Jharkhand
5.      Raipur, Chhattisgarh
6.      Ernakulam, Kerala
7.      Tinsukia, Assam.
                                                
ii.            The following five Zonal Institute of Education and Training (ZIET) of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan are functioning:-

1.      Bhubaneswar (Odisha)
2.      Gwalior (MP)
3.      Chandigarh (UT)
4.      Mysore (Karnataka)
5.      Mumbai (Maharashtra)

iii.          Board Examination results of Class XII was all time high in the year 2014 with the pass percentage of 97.39. Pass percentage in class X was 99.59 which is again the highest watermark till now.

iv.          During the year 2014-15 approval of the Government was accorded for opening of 54 new KVs. Out of these, 11 KVs have been made functional. List is attached at the Annexure given in the end.

v.            1250 e-class-rooms in 125 KVs were established and e-content was developed by KV teachers in-house.

vi.          126 students from different KVs were selected for participation in JENESYS Program of Japan Education Foundation who visited Japan.

vii.        Provision of doctors and nurses has been made in KVs to provide emergent medical help to students and staff.




Annexure
Details of Kendriya Vidyalayas opened during the year 2014 till date.

Academic Year	S.No.	Name of Kendriya Vidyalaya	State	Sector	Date of Issue
2014 till date	01	Sector 28, Rohini Distt., North West Delhi	Delhi	Civil	11.08.2014
	02	Shivgarh, Distt., Raebareli	Uttar Pradesh	Civil	11.08.2014
	03	Jalore Distt., Jalore	Rajasthan	Civil	22.09.2014
	04	Miryalguda Distt., Nalgonda	Telengana	Civil	22.09.2014
	05	Chamrajnagar Distt., Chamrajnagar	Karnataka	Civil	01.10.2014
	06	Gangrani Distt., Kushinagar	Uttar Pradesh	Civil	08.10.2014
	07	Mahabubabad Distt., Warangal	Telengana	Civil	29.10.2014
	08	Tenali, Distt. Guntur	Andhra Pradesh	Civil	31.10.2014
	09	Hardoi, Distt. Hardoi	Uttar Pradesh	Civil	31.10.2014
	10	Sasaram, Distt. Rohtas	Bihar	Civil	31.10.2014
	11	Janjgir, Distt. Janjgir, Champa	Chhatisgarh	Civil	31.10.2014