Lok Sabha Question No. 36 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-17
Subject: Standard of Teacher Training
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 36 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.07.2017

## Standard of Teacher Training

36. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the standard of teacher training colleges has fallen down rapidly in recent years across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the action taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the teacher training colleges across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) & (b) No study has been conducted by NCTE on this issue. However, there are several empirical pointers towards this fact and the most significant is the percentages of CTET examination. CTETs conducted during previous years reveal that output of the teacher training institutions are of sub -standard quality. The percentage of students who passed the CTET examination during the period 2011 to 2016 ranges from 0.9%in November, 2012 to 29.51% in February 2016 for paper I related to teachers of level I to V.The corresponding success rate for Paper II related to teachers of level VI to VIII is 0.45% in November, 2012 to 16.42% in September 2015. Thus, the overall poor pass percentages indicates that the quality of learning in TEIs is not satisfactory.
- (c) The National Council for Teacher Education has taken several decisions in the past one year with a view to improve the quality of TEIs in the country. Some of recent initiatives are listed below:
- (i) A  new  ranking  and  accreditation  framework  TeachR  has  been  announced  by  NCTE. TeachR is a significant departure from the old system of assessing TEIs largely on the basis  of  physical  infrastructure.  The  new  framework  used  4  pillars  i.e.  Physical  assets

(10%), academic assets (20%), Teaching-Learning Quality (30%) and Learning Outcomes (40%).  An attempt is being made by NCTE to make this process objective and factual by putting all evidence on a digital platform and getting an independent set of expert teachers to assigned scores on the basis of peer review of the evidence.  This will make it possible for TEIs being scored to later contest their scores and for it to be reexamined based on the evidence that has been digitised.

- (ii) This  accreditation  is  now  valid  only  for  a  period  of  5  years,  after  which  a  fresh accreditation shall be required.
- (iii) A process has been put in place through which every two years the best 100 TEIs in the country will be announced.
- (iv) Efforts  are  on  to  identify  sub-standard  TEIs  through  a  mechanism  of  Mandatory Affidavit,  whereby  the  TEIs  are  required  to  file  necessary  information  through  an affidavit.
- (v) The interest from the Endowment Fund and Reserve Fund, which is being kept as fixed deposit  in  the  joint  name  of  institution  and  NCTE  is  proposed  to  be  utilised  to  build capacity of staff and faculty of teacher education institutions and NCTE.
- (vi) A National Teacher Platform (NTP) is under development to host a variety of quality academic resources for teacher educators, teacher pupils and in-service teachers.  The NTP will also aid NCTE in performing certain regulatory functions.
- (vii) A  robust  online  system  of  granting  recognition  to  new  TEIs  is  envisaged.    This  is expected to substantially reduce unwarranted discretion and motivated delays.
- (viii) For  better  supervision  and  optimum  utilization  of  human  and  other  resources,  all recognition work is being centralized in New Delhi while the decision making process is  being  de-centralized  with  the  help  of  digital  processes  so  that  members  of  the Regional Committee can take decision through online voting without having to travel to Delhi.
- (ix) E-governance has been fully adopted in NCTE.  It has gone fully paperless through the 100% adoption of e-office developed by NIC.  This will help in better record keeping, speed and transparency.

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