Schools covered under PM SHRI scheme; state/UT-wise count and language-wise teachers details provided
Lok Sabha received state/UT-wise counts of PM SHRI schools and language-wise teacher appointment details for non-Hindi native languages.
- PM SHRI is a centrally sponsored school-education initiative meant to strengthen selected schools as a quality improvement effort.
- UDISE+ (a school data system) is used to base government scheme-linked counts of selected PM SHRI schools.
- The government provides details of teachers appointed to support instruction for students learning non-Hindi native languages such as Sanskrit, Urdu, and regional languages.
- PM SHRI school coverage in the Lok Sabha reply includes schools under Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), and NCERT.
What happened in Lok Sabha
Minister of State for Education **Jayant Chaudhary** provided a written reply in the Lok Sabha on school coverage under the **Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI)** scheme. The reply states that state/Union Territory-wise counts of PM SHRI schools and the teacher appointment details for **non-Hindi native languages** are given in an annexure.
The annexure includes two linked tables: (1) state/Union Territory-wise number of PM SHRI schools selected, and (2) language-wise and state/Union Territory-wise number of teachers appointed for non-Hindi native languages such as **Sanskrit**, **Urdu**, and **Regional Languages**.
UPSC may use this data to test how centrally sponsored education schemes translate into measurable school coverage and staffing outcomes, with an added focus on mother-tongue or non-Hindi language support through teacher appointment data.
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