Educationally backward districts
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LOK SABHA   105 Special Focus Districts were initially identified during the year 2005.  The Schemes under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, however, target educationally backward blocks.  Further, University Grants Commission (UGC) in 2007, has identified educationally backward districts mainly based on the criterion of Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) less than National Average.  The list of these educationally backward districts is annexed.  The Government proposes to incentivise State Governments to establish one college in each of these districts during the XI Five Year Plan.  These steps will significantly contribute in increasing the access of education alongwith inclusiveness in the educationally backward districts. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development  Smt. D. Purandeswari in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.                                                             ..... HB/SB/backward11.3  Annexure S. No. Districts S. No. Districts S. No. Districts Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Manipur 1. Adilabad 1. Dangs 1. Tamenlong 2. Khammam 2. Panchmahals     3. Mahbubnagar     Meghalaya 4. Warrangal Himachal Pradesh 1. East Garo Hills     1. Chamba     Assam 2. Kinnaur Orissa 1 Barpeta 3. Lahaul & Spiti 1. Balasore 2. Darrang Jharkhand 2. Boudh 3 Dhemaji 1. Deoghar 3. Gajapati 4. Dhubri 2. Garhwa 4. Ganjam 5. Goalpara 3. Giridih 5. Kalahandi 6. Karbi Anglong 4. Godda 6. Kandhamal 7. Kokrajhar 5. Gumla 7. Keonjhar 8. Lakhimpur 6. Jamtara 8. Koraput 9. Morigaon 7. Latehar 9. Mayurbhanj 10. Nalbari 8. Lohardagga 10. Nawarangpur 11. North Cachar Hills 9. Palamau 11. Sambalpur 12. Sibsagar 10. Sahebganj 12. Sundergarh 13. Sonitpur 11. Saraikela     14. Tinsukhia 12. Simdega Rajasthan     13. West Singhbhum 1. Banswara Bihar     2. Dungarpur 1. Araria Karnataka 3. Jaiselmer 2. Darbhanga 1. Bidar 4. Sikar 3. Katihar         4. Madhepura Kerala Sikkim 5. Madhubani 1. Waynad 1. North Sikkim 6. Muzaffarpur     2. South Sikkim 7. Paschim Champaran Madhya Pradesh 3. West Sikkim 8. Purba Champaran 1. Balaghat     9.. Purnea 2. Barwani Tamil Nadu 10. Sheohar 3. Dewas 1. Cuddalore 11. Sitamarhi 4. Dindori 2. Tiruvannamalai 12. Supaul 5. Mandla         6. Shahdol Tripura Chhattisgarh 7. Sheopur 1. Dhalai 1. Bastar 8. Sidhi 2. North Tripura 2 Bilaspur 9. Umaria 3. South Tripura 3. Dantewara 10. West Nimer (Khargone)     4. Jashpur     Uttar Pradesh 5. Kanker Maharashtra 1. Barabanki 6. Koriya 1. Ahmednagar 2. Sitapur 7. Rajnandgaon 2. Chandrapur West Bengal 8. Sarguja 3. Dhule 1. Bankura     4. Gadchiroli 2. North 24 Pargana     5. Nanded 3. Purulia         4. West Midnapur