Parliament Question: PM SHRI Schools in Telangana

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 1520 ANSWERED ON – 09/02/2026 PM SHRI Schools in Telangana

1520. Shri Arvind Dharmapuri:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the number of PM SHRI schools approved in the country and the criteria used for their selection particularly in Telangana district-wise;

(b) whether learning outcomes and digital adoption in PM SHRI schools have improved as compared to non-PM SHRI schools or pre-upgradation baseline and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to expand PM SHRI School Scheme coverage in Telangana, especially in rural and aspirational districts; and

(d) if so, the details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a): Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) is a centrally sponsored scheme which aims to strengthen more than 14,500 schools across the country out of which 13,076 schools have been selected as PM SHRI schools from 33 States/UTs along with KVS/NVS/NCERT. Of these, 794 PM SHRI schools have been selected from State of Telangana. The district wise list of number of PM SHRI Schools in the State of Telangana is attached as Annexure I.

The criteria adopted by the Government for selecting the schools under the PM SHRI scheme are provided under “Selection Methodology” of the PM SHRI Framework, available at

the link: https://pmshri.education.gov.in/assets/pdf/part1_pmshri.pdf.

(b): PM SHRI scheme has a provision to incorporate digital learning in PM SHRI schools by establishing ICT labs, smart classrooms, computer labs, internet facility and digital libraries along with digital educational content. Platforms like DIKSHA are being utilized to provide a repository of high-quality digital learning resources, enabling resource- sharing among educators and students.

Further, the data pertaining to learning outcomes of students of PM SHRI schools may

be accessed at link: https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en.

(c) & (d): Under PM SHRI scheme, a maximum of two schools per block/ULB are selected with an upper limit on the total number of schools across India. Further, a total of 794 PM SHRI schools have been selected from State of Telangana out of which 654 PM SHRI Schools are from rural areas and 50 PM SHRI schools are from aspirational districts. The district-wise details of PM SHRI schools including rural and aspirational districts may be

accessed on the website of PM SHRI scheme at the link: https://pmshri.education.gov.in/state. *****Annexure I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1520 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026 ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI, HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING “PM SHRI SCHOOLS IN TELANGANA”

The district wise list of number of PM SHRI Schools in the State of Telangana is placed below:

S.No. Name of the district Number of PM SHRI School 1 ADILABAD 24 2 BHADRADRI KOTHAGUDEM 24 3 HANUMAKONDA 19 4 HYDERABAD 3 5 JAGITIAL 20 6 JANGOAN 15 7 JAYASHANKAR BHUPALAPALLY 8 8 JOGULAMBA GADWAL 22 9 KAMAREDDY 28 10 KARIMNAGAR 22 11 KHAMMAM 28 12 KUMURAM BHEEM ASIFABAD 18 13 MAHABUBABAD 23 14 MAHABUBNAGAR 26 15 MANCHERIAL 25 16 MEDAK 31 17 MEDCHAL MALKAJGIRI 25 18 MULUGU 11 19 NAGARKURNOOL 27 20 NALGONDA 43 21 NARAYANPET 19 22 NIRMAL 20 23 NIZAMABAD 40 24 PEDDAPALLI 16 25 RAJANNA SIRCILLA 16 26 RANGA REDDY 41 27 SANGAREDDY 44 28 SIDDIPET 33 29 SURYAPET 31 30 VIKARABAD 30 31 WANAPARTHY 21 32 WARANGAL 16 33 YADADRI BHUVANAGIRI 25 Total 794 *****