Development

Literacy and Education
higher grades, there is a need to
maintain a favourable PTR,
especially in Devadurga, Manvi and
Sindhnur taluks.
4.8. Infrastructure and Access
As already mentioned, accessibility
of schools and related facilities is
very vital in attaining universal
literacy. That is why the Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and the
recently enacted Right to Education
(RTE) Act, 2009 specify norms for
various facilities to be met in order
to achieve universal literacy. The
district has a total of 1434
habitations out of which 1420
habitations have been provided
with primary schools. Hence, 99 per
cent of habitations have access to
primary schooling and 1412
habitations, i.e., 98.47 per cent,
have higher primary schools within
the radius of 3 kilometers. Further,
there were 1937 primary schools,
out of which 409 or 21 per cent were
private management schools. The
development of road infrastructure;
extension of transport facilities to
remote areas; and concessional bus
pass facilities; have made schools
accessible to students. This is also
supported by hostels and
residential schools.
4.9. Eight Basic Facilities - School
Infrastructure Index
A school needs to have proper
ambience for studies. A good
building, adequate number of class
rooms with blackboard and other
learning equipment, ventilation and
electricity, drinking water and
toilets, especially for girls are few
basic amenities that are essential.
Under the SSA eight basic
infrastructural facilities, viz.,
common toilets, separate toilets for
girls, electricity, play ground,
library, ramps, a compound wall
along with drinking water facilities
are provided to all schools.
Annexure 4.2 provides information
about the proportion of schools
possessing the given facilities and
the same is depicted in Figure 4.9.
Figure 4.9: Schools Having Basic Facilities in Raichur District,
2011-12 (%)
Source: DISE, 2011-12
The infrastructure facilities in
schools of the district have
definitely improved. All the schools
have drinking water facility and
toilets for boys and girls separately.
More than 97 per cent of them have
electricity connection, 93 per cent
have ramps, more than 80 per cent
have separate toilets for girls and
boys; about 62 per cent of have
compound wall and 52 per cent of
have play ground. The extent of
deficiency in few of the
infrastructure facilities is huge and
Table 4.20 reports the facility that
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