Indian Govt Scheme - Sarkari Yojna - सरकारी योजना

LOK SABHA 

Secondary Schools

2252. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI
          SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR
          SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR
          SHRI GAUTHAM SIGAMANI PON

Will the Minister of EDUCATION  be pleased to state:

(a) whether as per study India has about one secondary school for every 10 SC dominated villages and every 12 ST dominated villages and if so, the details thereof and the reasons  therefor;

(b) whether there is disparity between primary, middle and secondary level schools and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether these schools are far away from   the place of residence resulting in difficulty in reaching the school by students of SC/ST community and if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps  taken by  the Government;

(d) whether the Government is providing facilities to SC/ST students of Tamil Nadu to encourage them to attend schools and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether these schools also lack basic infrastructure facilities and if so, the details thereof and the corrective steps  taken by the Government in  this regard ?

(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (c) Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Education is implementing the Samagra Shiksha scheme. Bridging Gender and Social category gaps at all levels of school education is one of the major objectives of the scheme. Samagra Shiksha reaches out to children belonging to Socio-Economic Disadvantaged groups including Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST).

For providing universal access to quality secondary education, the neighbourhood norms notified by the state/UT are applicable for opening of new Secondary schools. In the case of the States and Union Territories, which have not notified the neighbourhood norms for Secondary Schools, Samagra Shiksha provides support for access to   secondary schools within a distance of 5 Km of a habitation while ensuring their viability and cost effectiveness.

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Samagra Shiksha also focuses on the identified Special Focus Districts (SFDs).

Number of Government Secondary schools approved in SC and ST SFDs are as under: