Parliament Question: Government school infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO – 4183 ANSWERED ON 01/04/2026 Government school infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh 4183 Shri Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy: Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state: (a) whether Government is aware that Government of Andhra Pradesh earlier implemented Nadu-Nedu scheme to provide infrastructure in all Government schools; (b) whether financial assistance has been provided for setting up Smart Classrooms in Government/aided schools under Samagra Shiksha; (c) if so, details of proposals received from Government of Andhra Pradesh for setting up Smart Classrooms during the last five years and current year, year-wise and district-wise; (d) outlay approved and spent for Smart Classrooms in Andhra Pradesh during above period, year-wise and district-wise; and (e) steps taken to strengthen the teacher training in schools and how the Central Government is helping States in this regard? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY) (a): As per information received from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nadu-Nedu scheme was implemented during 2019-20 to 2023–24, to strengthen infrastructure in all Government schools. (b): Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance is provided to States/UTs for improving the school infrastructure including setting up of ‘Smart Classrooms’. Under Samagra Shiksha, ‘ICT and Digital Initiatives’ component covers Government and Government Aided Schools having classes VI to XII. Under this component financial assistance is provided for establishing ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms in schools as per following norms:ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms-Programmatic Norms: The non-recurring/recurring grant under ‘ICT and Digital Initiatives’ is available to the States for following two options: - (i). Option I: Under this option schools which have not availed the ICT facility earlier can either opt for ICT labs or smart classrooms as per their requirement and need. In case of more than 700 enrolment, an additional ICT lab can also be considered. States/UTs have flexibility to procure hardware such as tablets / laptops / notebooks / integrated teaching learning devices and open-source operating system as well as Hardware, Software, training and resource support. This would include support for digital boards, smart classrooms, virtual classrooms and DTH channels on pro rata basis for number of schools approved. (ii). Option II: Under this option schools which have already availed the ICT lab facility earlier can avail smart classrooms / tablets as per the norms of the scheme. ICT Labs and Smart Classrooms-Financial norms: ICT Labs: A non-recurring grant of up to Rs. 6.40 lakh per school and recurring grant of upto Rs. 2.40 lakh per school per annum for a period of 5 years. From 2023-24, the scheme also offers step-wise funding based on school enrolment. (Strength <100: Rs. 2.5 Lakhs, Strength between 100 – 250: Rs. 4.5 Lakhs, Strength between 250 – 700: Rs.6.4 Lakhs) Smart Classrooms: The non-recurring grant for Smart Class rooms (2 smart classrooms per school) is of Rs. 2.40 lakh and the recurring grant is Rs. 38,000/- per school per annum (including E Content and Digital Resources, Charges for Electricity). (c): As per information received from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, details of proposals received for setting up of Smart Classrooms from 2021-22 to 2025-26 year-wise and district-wise, are at Annexure-I. (d): As per information received from the State Government of Andhra Pradesh, details of fund allocated and utilised for Smart Classrooms, year-wise and district- wise in Andhra Pradesh from 2021-22 to 2025-26 are at Annexure-II.(e): Strengthening of teacher training programmes is supported under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in alignment with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. Financial support is provided under this scheme as per State-specific proposals inter alia for in-service training of teachers, school heads, subject teachers, resource persons, master trainers, education administrators, teacher educators, key resource persons, and induction training of newly recruited teachers through State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), as the nodal agencies. All DIETs are being developed as Centres of Excellence, in phases to empower teachers by way of better pre and in-service Teachers Training. Under Samagra Shiksha, teacher capacity building for digital education is being supported through the DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) platform, which provides e-content and digital learning resources. Further NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) is also being implemented as an integrated teacher training programme on DIKSHA, which includes modules related to the use of ICT and technology in teaching and learning. *****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4183 ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026 ASKED BY SHRI YERRAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDY REGARDING GOVERNMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ANDHRA PRADESH Details of proposals received from Government of Andhra Pradesh for setting up Smart Classrooms from 2021-22 to 2025-26 year-wise and district-wise Sl. Name of the District 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-25 2025-26 No. Physical Physical Physical Physical Physical 1 ANAKAPALLI 0 0 0 124 21 2 ANANTAPUR 215 0 257 87 145 3 ANNAMAYYA 0 0 0 71 41 4 ASR 0 0 0 66 89 5 BAPATLA 0 0 0 55 48 6 CHITTOOR 218 260 247 64 91 7 EAST GODAVARI 225 0 345 23 37 8 ELURU 0 0 0 57 31 9 GUNTUR 166 15 200 62 37 10 KADAPA 92 0 213 56 87 11 KAKINADA 0 0 0 40 69 12 KONASEEMA 0 0 0 48 53 13 KRISHNA 204 0 210 49 47 14 KURNOOL 194 38 284 110 85 15 MANYAM 0 0 0 91 42 16 NANDYAL 0 0 0 54 56 17 NELLORE 185 95 212 54 56 18 NTR 0 0 0 57 50 19 PALNADU 0 0 258 104 73 20 PRAKASAM 180 0 0 75 100 21 SRI SATYASAI 0 0 0 66 113 22 SRIKAKULAM 263 0 105 251 83 23 TIRUPATI 0 0 0 62 27 24 VISAKHAPATNAM 162 27 251 44 6 25 VIZIANAGARAM 134 0 189 80 80 26 WEST GODAVARI 179 0 376 36 16ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4183 ANSWERED ON 01.04.2026 ASKED BY SHRI YERRAM VENKATA SUBBA REDDY REGARDING GOVERNMENT SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE IN ANDHRA PRADESH Details of fund allocated and utilised for Smart Classrooms in Andhra Pradesh, year-wise and district-wise from 2021-22 to 2025-26 (Rupees In Lakh) Sl. Name of the 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-25 2025-26 No. District Allocati Utilizatio Allocati Utilizatio Alloc Utilizati Allocati Utilization Alloc Utilizatio on n on n ation on on ation n 1 ANAKAPALLI 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 216 0.00 261.6 0.00 2 ANANTAPUR 283.20 0.00 283.2 0.00 899.8 900 98.4 4.80 434.4 0.00 3 ANNAMAYYA 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 43.2 0.00 141.6 0.00 4 ASR 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 14.4 0.00 204 0.00 5 BAPATLA 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 38.4 0.00 146.4 0.00 6 CHITTOOR 208.80 0.00 832.8 0.00 1425. 1425.6 12 0.00 223.2 0.00 8 7 EAST GODAVARI 223.20 0.00 223.2 0.00 1051 1051.2 19.2 4.80 103.2 0.00 8 ELURU 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 45.6 0.00 112.8 0.00 9 GUNTUR 232.80 0.00 268.8 0.00 749 748.8 93.6 2.40 172.8 0.00 10 KADAPA 88.80 0.00 88.8 0.00 600.2 600 28.8 2.40 228 0.00 11 KAKINADA 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 31.2 0.00 196.8 0.00 12 KONASEEMA 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 96 0.00 220.8 0.00 13 KRISHNA 201.60 0.00 201.6 0.00 706 705.6 43.2 2.40 148.8 0.00 14 KURNOOL 252.00 0.00 343.2 0.00 1024. 1024.8 132 2.40 328.8 0.00 6 15 MANYAM 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 14.4 0.00 110.4 0.00 16 NANDYAL 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 64.8 0.00 194.4 0.00 17 NELLORE 177.60 0.00 405.6 0.00 914.8 914.4 38.4 2.40 141.6 0.00 18 NTR 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 72 0.00 187.2 0.00 19 PALNADU 196.80 0.00 196.8 0.00 816.2 816 112.8 0.00 271.2 0.00 20 PRAKASAM 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 43.2 2.40 266.4 0.00 21 SRI SATYASAI 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 50.4 0.00 321.6 0.00 22 SRIKAKULAM 300.00 0.00 300 0.00 552 552 81.6 2.40 264 0.00 23 TIRUPATI 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 14.4 0.00 72 0.00 24 VISAKHAPATNA 153.60 0.00 218.4 0.00 820.4 820.8 86.4 2.40 98.4 0.00 M 25 VIZIANAGARAM 136.80 0.00 136.8 0.00 590.6 590.4 45.6 2.40 230.4 0.00 26 WEST 175.20 0.00 175.2 0.00 1077. 1077.6 43.2 2.40 72 0.00 GODAVARI 4 *****