**Executive Summary**
This document is the response from the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education to questions raised in Lok Sabha regarding student enrollment in private and government schools. It provides State/UT-wise enrollment data for 2024-25, notes government awareness of enrollment trends, and outlines measures being taken to strengthen government school enrollment. The data is available online at the provided URL.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Data Availability:**
* State/UT-wise enrollment data from pre-primary to higher secondary in Private and Government schools for 2024-25 is available at: <https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl_ques>.
* **Government Initiatives:**
* The Central Government assists States and UTs through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha.
* Hot cooked meals are provided from Balvatika to class 8 under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Yojna.
* Financial assistance/grants are given to States and UTs for various activities. These are aimed to reduce dropout rates and increase enrollment in Government schools.
* Activities include opening/strengthening schools up to Senior Secondary level.
* Activities also include strengthening school infrastructure, setting up and upgrading Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) up to class 12, and setting up residential schools/hostels.
* Other activities include transport allowance, enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/residential camps, provision of vocational education and ICT facilities, free textbooks and uniform, transport/escort facility.
* Financial assistance/grant is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs.
* PM SHRI Schools are being established in every block as exemplar NEP, 2020 schools to develop templates for other government schools.
**Impact Analysis**
**States and UTs**
* **Impact:** States and UTs are the primary implementers of educational programs and are responsible for the majority of schools. They receive assistance from the Central Government.
* **Action Required:** Utilize Central Government schemes and financial assistance to improve government school enrollment and reduce dropout rates.
**Students**
* **Impact:** Students benefit from improved school infrastructure, access to resources like textbooks and uniforms, and programs aimed at increasing enrollment and retention.
* **Action Required:** Participate in educational opportunities provided by the Government and their respective State/UT.
**Children with Special Needs**
* **Impact:** Beneficiaries of financial assistance and grants to get aids and appliances to support their education.
* **Action Required:** Avail of provided assistance and resources.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Education: The primary subject as the answering authority and responsible for educational policy and initiatives.
UDISE+: Unified District Information System for Education Plus, the data source for student enrollment information.
Samagra Shiksha: A centrally sponsored scheme to assist states and UTs in school education.
Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN): A centrally sponsored scheme to provide hot cooked meals in schools.
PM SHRI Schools: Schools being set up as exemplar NEP, 2020 schools.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2500
ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025
Student Enrollment in Private and Government Schools
2500. Dr. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) the number of students up to the senior secondary level enrolled in private and Government schools
in the country, State/UT-wise;
(b) whether the Government is aware of the steady increase in private school enrollment and the
corresponding decline in Government school enrollment in several States and if so, the details thereof;
(c) the measures being taken or proposed by the Government to reverse this trend and strengthen
enrollment and retention of students up to the senior secondary level in Government schools; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d): As per UDISE+ (Unified District Information System for Education Plus), State/UT wise
enrolment from pre-primary to higher secondary in Private and Government schools for the year 2024-
25 are available at https://www.education.gov.in/en/parl_ques.
Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under
the domain of respective State and UT Governments. Central Government assist States and UTs through
the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha and hot cooked meal provided from Balvatika to
class 8 under Pradhan Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) Yojna. Financial assistance/grant
is also provided to the States and UTs for various activities to reduce dropout and increase enrolment in
Government schools, which include opening/strengthening of new schools up to Senior Secondary level,
strengthening school infrastructure, setting up and up gradation and running of Kasturba Gandhi Balika
Vidyalayas (KGBV) upto class 12, setting up of residential schools/hostels named Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose Avasiya Vidyalayas, hostels under Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan
(PM-JANMAN) and Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan (DAJGUA), transport allowance,
undertaking enrolment drives, seasonal hostels/residential camps, provision of vocational education and
ICT facilities in schools, providing free text books and free uniform, transport/escort facility, etc,
financial assistance/grant is also provided for aids and appliances for children with special needs. PM
SHRI Schools are being set up in every block as exemplar NEP, 2020 schools to develop a template for
other government schools.
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