Lok Sabha Question No. 1499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Accountability of Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1499 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  March, 2018

## Accountability of Teachers

## 1499. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMEN T be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has any scheme in place, or plan thereof, to improve the  attendance,  performance  and  accountability  of  teachers  in  primary  and secondary education and if so, the details thereof, including the attendance rates, classroom  performance,  and  any  other  metrics  demonstrating  the  effect  of  the scheme;
- (b)  the timeline for implementation of such scheme in schools;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  considered  outlining  education  outcomes  for primary  and  secondary  schools,  including  but  not  limited  to  measures  such  as centrally-determined testing and curricula; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE

## DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a)  to  (d): The  recruitment  and  service  conditions,  including  monitoring  of  teachers' attendance are primarily in the domain of State Governments and UT Administrations. However, the Central Government continuously pursues with States/UT s to implement norms  of  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE) Act,  2009  in various forums and has also issued advisories from time to time for the same.

Section 24 of the RTE Act, 2009 mandates that a teacher appointed under subsection  (1)  of  the  Section  23  shall  perform  the  following  duties,  namely  (a)  maintain regularity and punctuality in attending school and (b) complete entire curriculum within specified time.

The steps taken by the Central Government to improve teachers' performance include,  inter  alia,  monitoring  teachers'  attendance  through  School  Management Committees/School Management Development Committees/Block Resource

Centres/Clusters  Resource  Centres  and  encouraging  States  and  UT s  to  use  digital technology like installation of Bio-metric/digital attendance system in schools.

Further,  Section  23(2)  of  the  RTE Act  has  been  amended  to  ensure  that  all untrained in-service teachers working in Government, Government aided, and Private un-aided schools acquire minimum qualification as laid down by an academic authority, authorized by the Central Government, by 31st March, 2019. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has been entrusted to conduct this training through ODL(Open Distance Learning) mode. The online D.El.Ed. course has started from 3rd October, 2017.  A  total  of  13,63,867  admissions  have  been  confirmed  for  the  D.El.Ed. programme at the NIOS Portal.

In order to focus on quality of education, the Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act have been amended to include reference on  class-wise,  subject-wise  Learning  Outcomes.  The  Learning  Outcomes  for  each class  in  Languages  (Hindi,  English  and  Urdu),  Mathematics,  Environmental  Studies, Science  and  Social  Science  up  to  the  elementary  stage  have,  accordingly,  been finalized and shared with all States and UT s. Further, a National Achievement Survey based  on  learning  outcomes  has  been  conducted  on  13th  November,  2017  with  a sample  frame  upto  district  level  to  enable  states/UT s  to  identify  gaps  in  learning outcomes at district level and design strategies to address those gaps. District reports are available along with learning gaps for each district. Similarly, National Achievement Survey for Class X students has been conducted on 5th February, 2018.

The  NCERT  has  developed  a  framework  for  Performance  Indicators  for Elementary  School  T eachers  (PINDICS)  and  shared  with  the  states  for  effective monitoring and benchmarking of teacher performance across the country. Additionally, for  improving  the  quality  of  school  education,  the  School  Standards  &  Evaluation framework,  known  as  'Shaala  Siddhi'  has  been  developed,  to  enable  schools  to evaluate their performance in a more focused and strategic manner and to facilitate them to make professional judgments for improvement.

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