Lok Sabha Question No. 2935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-20
Subject: Vacancy under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2935 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 th  MARCH, 2017

## Vacancy under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

## 2935.    SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

(a)  whether  there  is  any  vacancy  under  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  either  at  State  or  Central level;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  there  is  any  provision  for  having  non-official  Members  under  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan;

(d) if so, the details thereof, including qualifications needed for becoming the same, as well as period of appointment;

(e) whether the Government has appointed or plans to appoint such non-official Members under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) Programme is being implemented since 2001 for universalization of elementary education by improving the access, retention, bridging social & gender gap and improving quality.   Under the scheme, 19.46 lakh posts of additional teachers have been sanctioned since its inception to maintain the appropriate pupil teacher ratio of 40:1 for  primary  schools  and  35:1  for  upper  primary  schools  as  per  the  norms  provided  in  the Schedule  to  Right  of  the  Child  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act  2009.    Out  of these, 15.75 lakh teachers have been recruited by States and UTs and 3.71 lakh posts of teachers are vacant as on 31.12.2016.  The matters relating to recruitment, promotion, service rule, pay scale etc., of teachers fall within the purview of the State Government.

(c) & (d): In  order  to  facilitate  universal  elementary  education,  the  Government  of  India decided  to  set  up  the  National  Mission  for  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  in  the  Ministry  of Human Resource Development (MHRD) through a Resolution  dated  2 nd January,  2001.    The SSA National Mission is the nodal body for all matters relating to elementary education at the national level and is vested with full executive and financial powers in its sphere of work.  The SSA  National  Mission  has  two  apex  bodies  namely  Governing  Council  (GC)  under  the Chairmanship of Prime Minister of India and Executive Committee (EC) under the Chairmanship of Minister, HRD.

The GC of SSA comprises, amongst others, six non-official Members from teachers & teacher  unions;  five  persons  from  among  educationists  &  scientist;  six  persons  from  NGOs working in the field of education; three persons from women's organizations and three persons working amongst  Scheduled Castes (SCs) & Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the field of elementary education.    Similarly,  EC  comprises  of  seven  non-officials  comprising  of  Teachers,  NGOs representatives and educationists.

The  nominations  on  the  National  Mission  for  SSA  are,  accordingly,  made  by  the Government of India as per the composition laid down under the Resolution.  The Members of SSA National Mission hold office for a term of two years and are eligible for re-nominations.

(e) & (f): The  last  GC  and  EC  of  National  Mission  of  SSA  were  constituted  in  October, 2013 for a period of two years. The constitution of the GC will be done after a clarification is obtained on whether it would be an 'Office of Profit' for the Members of Parliament, who are the members of the GC.  Further, the GC has met only once since SSA was launched in 2001. The reconstitution of EC, however, is under process.

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