Parliament Question: Infrastructural Support for Digital Education under SSA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3595 ANSWERED ON 11/08/2025 Infrastructural Support for Digital Education under SSA †3595. Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is providing adequate infrastructure support for digital education (online learning) in Maharashtra, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether there has been any deduction in the grant received by Maharashtra under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan;

(c) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the status regarding the number of schools, student-teacher ratio and facilities in schools of tribal and backward areas of Maharashtra along with the district-wise details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under domain of the respective State and UT Governments. As per information received from the State Government of Maharashtra, a total of 4,072 ICT Labs and 6,624 Smart Classrooms have been sanctioned under Samagra Shiksha and PM SHRI scheme. Further, 45,359 schools, out of 64,791 Government and Local body schools have smart TV in State of Maharashtra.

(b) & (c): Samagra Shiksha is implemented in partnership with all the States and UTs, including Maharashtra, and financial assistance is provided to them for various components based on proposals submitted in the Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWP&B). These plans are then appraised/approved by PAB in consultation with the States and UTs as per the programmatic and financial norms of the Scheme and availability of budgetary resources. The proposals of Maharashtra under Samagra Shiksha have been approved as per norms. For 2025-26, total amount of Rs.2489.88 crore has been approved.(d): State Government of Maharashtra has informed that there are 64,791 Government Schools, 24,378 Private Aided and 18,988 Private Unaided schools out of 1,08,157 total schools across Maharashtra. Student-Teacher Ratio of Maharashtra is 28:1. The district wise details of ICT Labs, Smart Classrooms and Digital Library sanctioned including tribal schools received from State Government of Maharashtra are at Annexure.

*****ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3595 FOR REPLY ON 11TH AUGUST, 2025 ASKED BY SHRI BALYA MAMA SURESH GOPINATH MHATRE HON’BLE MP REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURAL SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL EDUCATION UNDER SSA The district wise details of ICT Labs, Smart Classrooms and Digital Library sanctioned in State of

Maharashtra:

District ICT Labs Smart Classrooms Digital Library Ahmadnagar 0 0 40 Ahilyanagar 83 156 0 Akola 86 103 48 Amravati 162 171 49 Aurangabad 0 0 50 Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 244 396 0 Bhandara 47 108 44 Bid 132 179 51 Buldana 101 288 52 Chandrapur 75 142 50 Dhule 80 45 8 Gadchiroli 91 114 50 Gondiya 93 128 52 Hingoli 65 141 52 Jalgaon 138 170 51 Jalna 75 230 51 Kolhapur 75 220 48 Latur 73 156 52 Mumbai (Suburban) 285 508 0 Mumbai II 148 0 0 Nagpur 124 130 49 Nanded 160 286 51 Nandurbar 89 123 39 Nashik 234 492 43 Osmanbad 0 0 52 Dharashiv 54 162 0 Palghar 195 326 49 Parbhani 73 208 51 Pune 332 405 38 Raigarh 57 120 32 Ratnagiri 10 39 28 Sangli 51 125 49 Satara 45 81 36 Sindhudurg 10 21 40 Solapur 101 163 50 Thane 266 288 45 Wardha 24 46 23 Washim 34 90 53 Yavatmal 160 264 49 Grand Total 4072 6624 1525