Parliament Question: Digitalisation of class rooms in Government schools

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 511 ANSWERED ON 04/02/2026 Digitalisation of class rooms in Government schools 511 Shri Sandosh Kumar P:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

(a) the State-wise list of number of Government and Government-aided schools having digitalised classrooms across the country;

(b) the initiatives taken by Government for digital technology integration in Government schools across the country;

(c) the amount spent for digital technology integration in Government and Government-aided schools across the country for the last five years; and

(d) the State-wise details of the amount disbursed for the last five years for digital technology integration in Government and Government-aided schools? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a): The Department of School Education and Literacy is implementing Samagra Shiksha – an Integrated Scheme for School Education from 2018-19, which aims to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels of school education. Samagra Shiksha is implemented in partnership with all the States and UTs. Under Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance is provided to States/UTs, for setting up ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms in Government and Government Aided Schools having classes VI to XII.

As per PRABANDH portal, till date, 1,79,153 ICT Labs and 1,76,738 Smart Classrooms have been sanctioned to State/UT Governments. The State/UT wise number of ICT Labs and Smart classrooms approved, in Government and Government-aided schools, are at Annexure-I.

(b): A comprehensive initiative called PM eVidya was initiated as part of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan’ on 17th May, 2020, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education across the country under the aegis of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. States/Union Territories (UTs) collaborate with NCERT to utilise, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of these initiatives as per their requirements in mother tongue/local/regional languages. PM eVidya includes 200 DTH TV Channels allotted to States/UTs/Autonomous Bodies (ABs)/Other Ministries in Government of India and 400 Radio channels to enable them to provide supplementary education as per their requirement in various Indian languages for classes 1-12.

Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) is the Nation’s One Nation, One Digital platform for providing quality e-content for school education including Government schools in States/UTs along with QR coded Energised Textbooks (ETBs) for all grades. States/UTs/ABs have generated and contributed over 3.7 lakh content in mother local/regional languages enablingmultilingualism. DIKSHA Offline supports areas with limited or no internet connectivity. The stakeholders have access to more than 450+ Virtual Labs and 100 Virtual skill labs (50 each in Hindi and English) on DIKSHA.

As per UDISE+ 2024-25 data, 5,93,615 Government Schools are equipped with internet connection. Additionally, The Government of India, in the Budget 2025-26, has announced provision of broadband connectivity to all Government Secondary Schools in rural areas, under the ‘BharatNet’ project to enhance digital infrastructure in remote areas by BSNL.

(c) & (d): The State/UT wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred in the last five years (i.e. from 2020-21 to 2024-25) for ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms in Government and Government-aided schools are at Annexure-II.

*****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 511 FOR REPLY ON 04TH FEBRUARY, 2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI SANDOSH KUMAR P REGARDING “DIGITALISATION OF CLASS ROOMS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS” The State/UT wise number of ICT Labs and Smart classrooms approved in Government and Government-aided schools S. States/UTs ICT Labs Approved Smart Classrooms Approved No.

1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 162 49 2 Andhra Pradesh 9671 6840 3 Arunachal Pradesh 794 345 4 Assam 8400 7146 5 Bihar 4942 11586 6 Chandigarh 155 186 7 Chhattisgarh 6965 10771 8 D&D – D&H 153 192 9 Delhi 2208 5696 10 Goa 463 87 11 Gujarat 6179 7155 12 Haryana 5446 3556 13 Himachal Pradesh 3893 2858 14 Jammu and Kashmir 4341 4428 15 Jharkhand 5447 2459 16 Karnataka 9536 4099 17 Kerala 2489 752 18 Ladakh 200 165 19 Lakshadweep 28 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 8489 12573 21 Maharashtra 11387 6006 22 Manipur 997 565 23 Meghalaya 545 25 24 Mizoram 1166 244 25 Nagaland 811 712 26 Odisha 10084 11776 27 Puducherry 258 152 28 Punjab 8965 3938 29 Rajasthan 13408 16891 30 Sikkim 385 301 31 Tamil Nadu 16595 9832 32 Telangana 7419 6248 33 Tripura 1782 1162 34 Uttar Pradesh 20098 34533 35 Uttarakhand 1108 2829 36 West Bengal 4184 581 Total 1,79,153 1,76,738

Source: PRABANDH Portal (as on 21.01.2026)ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 511 FOR REPLY ON 04TH FEBRUARY, 2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI SANDOSH KUMAR P REGARDING “DIGITALISATION OF CLASS ROOMS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS” The State/UT-wise details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred in the last five years (i.e.

from 2020-21 to 2024-25) for ICT Labs in Government and Government-aided schools** (Rs. in Lakh) S. ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms States/UTs No. Fund Allocated Fund Utilized* 1 A&N Islands 145.7 664.8 2 Andhra Pradesh 30334.4 38039.2 3 Arunachal Pradesh 1688.6 1070.0 4 Assam 35790.7 28612.2 5 Bihar 14994.7 35937.8 6 Chandigarh 574.9 204.8 7 Chhattisgarh 32774.5 6958.2 8 DND- DNH 1064.3 788.3 9 Delhi 3895.1 2148.0 10 Goa 13.4 6.6 11 Gujarat 20707.6 15949.8 12 Haryana 11968.6 10975.9 13 Himachal Pradesh 11720.3 7530.3 14 J & K 13698.9 6288.3 15 Jharkhand 24908.7 15070.9 16 Karnataka 12158.8 6892.6 17 Kerala 1227.3 612.0 18 Ladakh 862.7 657.0 19 Madhya Pradesh 31852.9 4915.9 20 Maharashtra 12136.9 11349.2 21 Manipur 2681.3 4031.8 22 Meghalaya 1637.7 1602.8 23 Mizoram 2519.4 2071.3 24 Nagaland 2428.8 1360.6 25 Odisha 20159.6 21662.3 26 Puducherry 450.4 520.3 27 Punjab 19793.1 6680.7 28 Rajasthan 36101.9 11302.6 29 Sikkim 1421.5 1143.8 30 Tamil Nadu 62936.1 27045.6 31 Telangana 15538.4 22404.3 32 Tripura 6582.8 7353.5 33 Uttar Pradesh 93071.8 49310.1 34 Uttarakhand 10575.8 0.0 35 West Bengal 10695.2 0.0 Total 549112.8 351161.4

Source: PRABANDH Portal (as on 22.01.2026) * It includes State share and the unspent balance of previous years ** The funds allocated and utilized do not directly relate as it is a continuous process