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1. EXPENDITURE ON HIGHER EDUCATION:
Unstarred Question 3546
1/12/2010
(a) the percentage of GDP incurred on higher education during each of
the last three years;
(b) whether the Government proposes to increase this percentage during
the next three years; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D.
PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (c): As per the estimates made by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development, the expenditure on higher education (including technical
education) as percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 1.14, 1.13
and 1.12 during last three years i.e 2006-07 (Actuals), 2007-08 (Revised
Estimates) and 2008-09 (Budget Estimates) respectively. Expenditure on
Higher Education has increased over the years. During XI Plan, an
allocation of Rs.84943 crore has been made which is 10.3 fold increase
over the X Five Year Plan expenditure of Rs.8227.24 crore.
2. EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR SC GIRLS:
Unstarred Question 1682
(a) the present status of Special Education Development Programme for
Scheduled Caste Girls in the Country;
(b) whether the Government propose to include Scheduled Tribe Girls in
the programme; and
(c) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D.
PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (b) While most of the Schemes/Programmes of the Ministry of Human
Resource Development, promoting education development, are general in
nature aimed of benefiting all the sections of the society including SC
Girls.However, some schemes have special or exclusive focus on education
development of SCs/STs including girls are as under.
School Education
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Promotes diverse strategies, targeting SC/ST
children. Some of the features of SSA are as follows :-
i) Education Guarantee scheme in remote, sparsely populated region.
ii) Back to school camps, bridge courses and other alternative schooling
facilities.
iii) Free-text book from class I to VIII
iv) Provision of Rs. 15 lakhs to each district in special innovative
activities to promote the education.
v) Special coaching/remedial class for improving learning out-comes of
the children.
vi) Statutory representation in Village Education Committee.
vii) Recruitment of local tribal teachers.
Higher Education
i) Relaxation in the minimum qualifying marks for admission.
ii) Creation of equal opportunity Cell for SC/ST and financial
assistance of Rs. 3.00 lakh per University for it.
iii) Remedial coaching at UG/PG level.
iv) Coaching classes for preparation for National Eligibility Test
(NET).
v) Post Graduate scholarship.
vi) Exemption of tuition fees for students of B.Tech., M.Tech., M.Sc.,
M.S. and Ph.D. programmes.
(b) Does not arise.
3. PAUCITY OF QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:
Unstarred Question 1815
4/8/2010
(a) whether there is paucity of quality educational institutions for
higher studies in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether educationally backward States have asked the Union
Government to review its education policy and open more number of
educational institutions for higher studies in their States;
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
(e) the decisions taken/being taken by the Union Government in this
regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D.
PURANDESWARI)
(a) to (e): No specific assessment has been made regarding shortage of
quality educational institutions for higher studies in the country.
However, during the Eleventh Five Year Plan, the Central Government has
envisaged establishment of Central Universities in hitherto uncovered
States, and establishment of new institutions of higher learning in the
Central sector such as Indian institutes of Technology, Indian
Institutes of Management, National Institute of Technology and School of
Planning and Architecture, incentivizing States for establishment of new
educational institutions and/or expansion of existing once,
establishment of model degree colleges in the 374 identified higher
educationally backward districts where the GER is below the national
level.
4. FUNCTIONING OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS:
Unstarred Question 4277
21/4/2010
(a) whether the Government has recently reviewed the functioning of
Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country;
(b) if so, the outcome thereof;
(c) the present student-teacher ratio in KVs alongwith number of
students in KVs, State-wise;
(d) whether the results of students passing out of KVs have been
satisfactory during the each of the last three years;
(e) if so, the details thereof; stream-wise; and
(f) the steps taken by the Government to admit students other than the
wards of Government employees?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT.
D. PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b) The last review of the functioning of the Kendriya Vidyalayas
(KVs) was done by J.C. Pant Committee in the year 2002. The findings and
suggestions of the Committee are summarized at Annexure-I. Kendriya
Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has already implemented several of these
recommendations in various forms.
(c) The present student-teacher ratio is about 25:1. The total number of
students in KVs as on 30.09.2009 is 10,32,574. The State-wise break-up
of enrolment is at Annexure-II.
(d) & (e) Yes, Sir. The results of classes X and XII of KVs, for the
last three years, are at Annexure-III.
(f) Wards of non-government employees including children from any other
category are considered for admission under Category-VII of admission
priority. KVS has opened 50 schools during 2006-07 in special focus
districts, which are educationally backward and where the proportion of
students other than wards of Government employees is relatively
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5. SETTING UP OF NITS
Starred Question 194
2/12/2009
(a) whether the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) have been set
up in all the States / Union Territories;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) if not, whether the Government proposes to set up more NITs in the
country including in Andaman and Nicobar Islands;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether NITs have succeeded in establishing their space in the
prevailing technical and educational environment; and
(f) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)
(a) to (f): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (f) OF LOK SABHA STARRED
QUESTION NO.194 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2009 REGARDING SETTING UP OF
NITs ASKED BY SHRI BISHNU PADA RAY AND SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO,
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
(a) to (b): At present, there are 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
located at Agartala (Tripura), Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya
Pradesh), Calicut (Kerala), Durgapur (West Bengal), Hamirpur (Himahcal
Pradesh), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Jalandhar (Punjab), Jamshedpur (Jharkhand),
Kurukshetra (Haryana), Nagpur (Maharashtra), Patna (Bihar), Raipur (Chhattisgarh),
Rourkela (Orissa), Silchar (Assam), Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir), Surat
(Gujarat), Surathkal (Karnataka), Tiruchirapalli (Tamil Nadu) and
Warangal (Andhra Pradesh).
(c) to (d): Government of India has taken a decision to open 10 new
National Institutes of Technology (NITs), as per provision made in the
11th Five Year Plan document. Union Cabinet has since approved the
proposal for setting up of these 10 new NITs in the States / UTs viz.
(i) Arunachal Pradesh,
(ii) Manipur,
(iii) Meghalaya,
(iv) Mizoram,
(v) Nagaland,
(vi) Goa (which will also cater to UTs of Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar
Haveli and Lakshadweep),
(vii) Puducherry (which will cater to Andaman & Nicobar Islands also),
(viii) Sikkim,
(ix) Delhi (which will also cater to Chandigarh), and
(x) Uttarakhand.
(e) to (f) : It was envisaged by the Government of India that setting up
of NITs will provide a boost to the spread of Technical Education in our
Country. The 20 NITs, have been brought under an umbrella legislation
viz. National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007 (29 of 2007), which
declares these Institutions as ‘Institutions of National Importance’.
After the setting up of the 10 new NITs, the students from all over the
Country will get adequate scope of pursuing technical education. It will
also provide immense scope to the hitherto deprived students of the
weaker sections of the society. Therefore, it is quite clear that the
NITs have brought out a radical change and opened up greater vistas for
the talented students throughout the Country.
6. GRANTS TO UNIVERSITIES BY UGC
Unstarred Question 1173
13/7/2009
(a) the norms prescribed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) for
providing grants to the Universities and Colleges both Government and
private in the States;
(b) the grants sanctioned / provided to each of the such Universities
and Colleges during the last three years;
(c) whether the Government proposes to increase the grants to these
Universities and Colleges; and
(d) if so, details thereof alongwith the steps taken in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SMT. D.
PURANDESWARI)
(a) & (b):The University Grants Commission (UGC) provides financial
assistance to eligible universities/colleges which are included under
section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956 and declared fit to receive central
assistance / UGC grants under section 12B of the UGC Act in conjunction
with the UGC (fitness of Certain Universities for Grants) Rules, 1974
and the UGC (Fitness of Institutions for Grants) Rules, 1975. A
statement showing the grants released during the last three years is
annexed.
(c) & (d):The Government has increased the quantum of assistance during
XI Plan period to eligible universities and colleges under various
schemes. During the Eleventh Plan, about 6000 colleges and 150
universities, which are technically under the purview of UGC but do not
get assistance as they do not meet the minimum eligibility norms, are
also proposed to be strengthened, with focus on under-served areas, to
enable these institutions to fulfil the criteria for UGC assistance. A
sum of Rs 7000 crore has been provided in the Eleventh Plan for this
purpose. Additionally during the Eleventh Plan, 160 State universities
and 5625 colleges, which are provided development grants by UGC but due
to the budgetary constraints the funding is low and insufficient, axe
proposed to be provided one-time assistance. A sum of Rs 3000 crore has
been earmarked for the purpose in the Eleventh Plan. Both, schemes will
be subject to the matching commitments on funding by the States.
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