Lok Sabha Question No. 1541 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-05
Subject: Non-performing Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: R. PARTHIPAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1541 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  March, 2018

## Non-performing Teachers

## 1541. SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  noticed  non-performance  of  teachers  is demotivating  in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether the Government has also noticed any difference in rural and urban areas in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)    the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a)  to  (c):  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 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 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 mandates that a teacher appointed under sub-section (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.

Section 23(2) of the RTE Act has been amended to extend the period of inservice  training  for  untrained  elementary  teachers  to  31st  March,  2019. As  per  the above amendment, all untrained in-service teachers working in Government, Government aided and Private un-aided schools should 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.

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, the  NCERT  has  developed  a  framework  for  Performance  Indicators  for  Elementary School Teachers (PINDICS) and shared with the states.

All the above mentioned interventions are provided at par to schools of rural and urban area. Additionally, the central Government has issued advisories to States and UTs for redeployment of teachers and to ensure that all school teachers should spend adequate time serving in rural areas through a transparent policy.

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