(a) & (b):The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), which is an
assessment brought out annually by PRATHAM, a non-governmental
organisation, has in its Report of 2012 mentioned that 28% of children
in rural areas go to private schools. However, according to the District
Information System for Education (DISE), which is a school-based
national data base on elementary education, the percentage of children
in private schools in rural areas was 16.99 in 2011-12 at elementary
level, which was marginally higher than in the preceding year.. The
state-wise percentage of rural children going to private schools at the
elementary level in 2011-12 is annexed.
(c):Under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which became operative from 1st April, 2010, every private school, including those in rural areas, has to seek recognition from the prescribed authority, and shall be granted recognition only if it fulfills the norms and standards specified under the RTE Act.
(c):Under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which became operative from 1st April, 2010, every private school, including those in rural areas, has to seek recognition from the prescribed authority, and shall be granted recognition only if it fulfills the norms and standards specified under the RTE Act.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1458, ASKED BY SHRI MAHABALI SINGH AND SHRI P. KUMAR, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.03.2013 REGARDING “MUSHROOMING OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS”
Percentage enrolment in private schools in rural areas
S. No.
|
States / UTs
|
2011-12
|
1
|
A & N ISLANDS
|
15.30
|
2
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
25.34
|
3
|
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
|
13.48
|
4
|
ASSAM
|
4.67
|
5
|
BIHAR
|
0.04
|
6
|
CHANDIGARH
|
2.58
|
7
|
CHHATTISGARH
|
10.52
|
8
|
D & N HAVELI
|
5.73
|
9
|
DAMAN & DIU
|
33.29
|
10
|
DELHI
|
31.13
|
11
|
GOA
|
8.62
|
12
|
GUJARAT
|
11.82
|
13
|
HARYANA
|
30.30
|
14
|
HIMACHAL PRADESH
|
25.64
|
15
|
JAMMU & KASHMIR
|
30.15
|
16
|
JHARKHAND
|
4.45
|
17
|
KARNATAKA
|
17.68
|
18
|
KERALA
|
16.51
|
19
|
LAKSHADWEEP
|
0.00
|
20
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
17.06
|
21
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
7.56
|
22
|
MANIPUR
|
44.40
|
23
|
MEGHALAYA
|
13.33
|
24
|
MIZORAM
|
9.40
|
25
|
NAGALAND
|
39.33
|
26
|
ORISSA
|
4.04
|
27
|
PUDUCHERRY
|
46.02
|
28
|
PUNJAB
|
16.91
|
29
|
RAJASTHAN
|
33.16
|
30
|
SIKKIM
|
14.45
|
31
|
TAMIL NADU
|
25.68
|
32
|
TRIPURA
|
4.35
|
33
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
32.22
|
34
|
UTTARAKHAND
|
31.37
|
35
|
WEST BENGAL
|
4.87
|
India
|
16.99
| |
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1458
ANSWERED ON 06.03.2013
MUSHROOMING OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
1458 . Shri MAHABALI SINGH
P. KUMAR
Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:-
(a) whether as per ASER report 2012 of the Non-Governmental Organisation Pratham, 28 percent of children in rural areas are going to private schools and this percentage is likely to rise to 50 percent by the year 2018;
(b) if so, the State-wise percentage of rural children going to private schools along with the rationale behind the said fact; and
(c) the action plan formulated by the Government to check the mushrooming of private schools in the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)
** see above **
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