Parliament Question: Declining Enrolment of Students in Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2445 ANSWERED ON 03.08.2026 Declining Enrolment of Students in Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh †2445. Ms Iqra Choudhary: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the number of Government primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools that have been closed or merged across the country from the year 2014 up to June 30th, 2026, State-wise/UT-wise; (b) whether the enrolment rate of students in Government schools reported a continuous decline across the country during the said period; (c) if so, the outcome of any central study conducted in this regard; (d) the details of student enrolment rate in Government schools and data of schools closed or merged in Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency during the last five years, year-wise and block-wise; and (e) the total budget allocated and spent under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan and PM-Shri Yojana to check the decline in enrolment rate, strengthen basic infrastructure and improve quality of education in government schools of Saharanpur and Shamli districts during the last three years? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a): The total number of government schools, as reported by the State/UTs, on the Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) from year 2014-15 to 2025-26, are at annexure-I. (b) and (c): As per UDISE+, Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) at Upper Primary (VI-VIII), Secondary (IX- X) and Higher Secondary (XI-XII) for the year 2016-17 is 88.1, 76.4 and 43.8 respectively and for the year 2025-26 is 89.6, 81.5 and 61.7 respectively. (d): As per UDISE+, number of government schools in Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh from the year 2021-22 to 2025-26 is given below: Total Government Schools District 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 Shamli, Uttar Pradesh 621 621 622 623 623 (e): The Department of School Education & Literacy is implementing the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in partnership with all the States and UTs. Financial assistance is provided to all States and UTs for various components for implementation of the interventions under Samagra Shiksha as per norms. Approved Central Releases and the Actual Central Share released under Samagra Shiksha for Uttar Pradesh for the year 2023-24 is 664429.01 lakh and 427645.13 lakh respectively, for the year 2024-25 is 697621.18 lakh and 626479.22 lakh respectively and for the year 2025-26 is 589243.27 lakh and 562215.15 lakh respectively. The details of central share of approved PAB outlay and total central share released under the PM SHRI scheme to the State of Uttar Pradesh during FY 2023- 24 are 242.99 crore and 121.5 crore respectively, during FY 2024-25 are 402.68 crore and 246.86 crore respectively and during FY 2025-26 are 377.63 crore and 236.22 crore respectively. ******Annexure-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2445 ANSWERED ON 03/08/2026 ASKED BY HONB’LE MP MS IQRA CHOUDHARY REGARDING ‘DECLINING ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN UTTAR PRADESH’ State/UT-wise number of Government schools from the year 2014-15 to 2019-20 Government schools State/UT/India 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 India 1107101 1104796 1101371 1094543 1083747 1032570 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 344 344 344 339 339 342 Andhra Pradesh 46666 44907 44700 44896 45013 45115 Arunachal Pradesh 3408 3492 3459 3447 3179 3056 Assam 52927 53020 53042 50965 47223 47157 Bihar 74291 74689 74908 73528 72630 72610 Chandigarh 113 115 116 121 121 121 Chhattisgarh 50061 47181 47216 48848 48671 48547 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 299 299 301 300 300 300 Daman & Diu 114 119 119 115 112 109 Delhi 2844 2828 2791 2787 2784 2767 Goa 906 894 873 846 833 827 Gujarat 34817 34891 35122 35152 35202 35040 Haryana 14630 14640 14483 14450 14516 14484 Himachal Pradesh 15355 15386 15489 15465 15433 15398 Jammu & Kashmir 23874 23834 23855 23904 24080 23165 Jharkhand 41322 41159 40014 39703 35954 35931 Karnataka 50486 50424 49883 50066 50184 49834 Kerala 5104 4792 5073 4783 5011 5014 Ladakh - - - - - 913 Lakshadweep 45 45 45 45 45 45 Madhya Pradesh 121849 121976 122880 122653 122056 99411 Maharashtra 67717 67629 67154 66750 66033 65886 Manipur 2372 3332 3323 3037 3073 2876 Meghalaya 7763 7775 7793 7805 7802 7799 Mizoram 2592 2591 2595 2582 2564 2552 Nagaland 2279 2101 2097 2080 2007 2011 Odisha 58697 58740 58052 56313 55483 53260 Puducherry 436 430 424 424 423 422 Punjab 20772 20529 20568 19515 19404 19377 Rajasthan 70210 70961 68039 66943 67607 67660 Sikkim 868 870 874 853 854 851 Tamil Nadu 37911 38209 38307 37634 37728 37579 Telangana 29268 29127 29427 29845 29822 30001 Tripura 4326 4322 4320 4314 4309 4275 Uttar Pradesh 162228 162645 162927 163114 163142 137638 Uttarakhand 17753 17752 17753 17629 16934 16741 West Bengal 82454 82748 83005 83292 82876 83456 Source: UDISE+Annexure-I (Cont.) State/UT-wise number of Government schools from the year 2020-21 to 2025-26 (cont.) Government schools State/UT/India 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 India 1032049 1022386 1016010 1017660 1013322 1005245 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 342 342 342 340 335 335 Andhra Pradesh 45145 45137 45167 45000 44886 44222 Arunachal Pradesh 3061 2985 2922 2847 2558 2468 Assam 46749 45490 44925 45008 44741 44550 Bihar 75555 75558 75550 78120 76320 76435 Chandigarh 121 123 119 119 118 116 Chhattisgarh 48619 48743 48728 48803 48827 48853 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 407 388 387 360 361 353 Delhi 2751 2762 2673 2693 2681 2688 Goa 821 814 806 789 780 771 Gujarat 34967 34699 34651 34597 34638 34734 Haryana 14563 14562 14443 14374 14338 14338 Himachal Pradesh 15391 15380 15447 15217 14725 14460 Jammu & Kashmir 23167 23173 18785 18785 18785 18787 Jharkhand 35888 35840 35764 35795 35788 35819 Karnataka 49791 49679 49520 49306 48844 48527 Kerala 5020 5010 4811 4809 4808 4809 Ladakh 915 838 841 841 812 733 Lakshadweep 45 38 37 37 36 34 Madhya Pradesh 99152 92695 92741 92439 92250 91199 Maharashtra 65734 65639 65431 65157 64884 64571 Manipur 2878 2889 2922 2934 2952 2934 Meghalaya 7795 7783 7778 7779 7789 5620 Mizoram 2558 2563 2567 2587 2617 2613 Nagaland 1975 1960 1954 1952 1936 1902 Odisha 50256 49072 48767 48671 48625 48603 Puducherry 422 422 422 420 419 419 Punjab 19330 19259 19245 19242 19243 19241 Rajasthan 68813 68948 69538 70233 70155 69983 Sikkim 851 864 864 864 857 829 Tamil Nadu 37589 37636 37658 37672 37626 37539 Telangana 30015 30023 29997 30022 30057 28088 Tripura 4265 4262 4245 4238 4187 4144 Uttar Pradesh 137068 137024 137003 137102 137172 137103 Uttarakhand 16651 16484 16381 16201 16018 15834 West Bengal 83379 83302 82579 82307 82154 81591 Source: UDISE+