Question : Three Tier Education Model

(a) whether the Government is considering a three tier education model for minorities;

(b) if so, whether the Government has received a suggestion from a committee in this regard;

(c) whether the report of the said committee recommended setting up of 167 central schools in rural area/blocks of minority dominated and minority concentrated districts and 44 in minority dominated and minority concentrated cities across the country and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the said committee wanted the norms of Navodaya Vidyalaya and Kendriya Vidyalaya should be suitably amended and made applicable; and

(e) if so, the details therof?

MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) & (c): The Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) a society working under the aegis of Ministry of Minority Affairs, MAEF constituted a Committee on Establishment of Educational Institutions for Minorities which has submitted its report to MAEF on 06.07.2017. The Committee in its report, has recommended for a three tier model of educational institutions for minorities having:

? 211 Central Schools at the bottom;
? 25 Community Colleges at the middle; and
? 5 National Institutes at the top level.

Out of 211 Central schools, the Committee has recommended for setting up of 167 central schools in rural area/blocks of minority dominant and minority concentrated districts and 44 in minority dominant and minority concentrated cities across the country.

(d) & (e): The said committee has also recommended for establishing Central Schools on the pattern of Navodaya Vidayalaya / Kendriya Vidyalaya by suitably amending their norms.
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