Lok Sabha Question No. 334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-05
Subject: Academic Support to Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 th  February, 2018

Academic Support to Colleges

## 334. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has setup resource centres in every district to provide academic support to schools and colleges, if so, the details thereof, State and UT-wise;
- (b) whether there are any districts which do not have such centres, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the kind of support these centres provide to local education institutes; and
- (d)  whether  these  centres  have  been  working  efficiently  and  if  so,  the  details  of  any  study conducted by the Government to study the effectiveness of these centres?

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

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)  to  (c):                  The  Central  Government  implements  the  flagship  programme  of  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for universalizing elementary education. SSA mandates the setting up of a Block Resource  Centre  (BRC)  in  each  Community  Development  (CD)  Block  and  Cluster  Resource Centre (CRC) in every Cluster of approximately 18-20 schools, for providing training and on-site support  to  schools  and  teachers.  SSA  provides  institutional  support  to  these  BRCs  and  CRCs.

Every  district  under  SSA  is  covered  by  BRCs  and  CRCs. At  the  BRC  level,  there  is  a provision of six Resource Persons for subject specific teaching, two Resource Persons for Inclusive Education for children with special needs, and at the CRC level there is a provision of one CRC Coordinator to provide academic support to schools.   Details  of  the sanctioned  and  operational BRCs and CRCs under the SSA are at Annexure I.

Further, the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education (CSSTE) aims to provide infrastructural and institutional support to Government Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). Under CSSTE, District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) have been sanctioned in 623 districts of the country so far. The details of State and UT wise DIETs are at Annexure II. These DIETs are imparting  pre-service  as  well  as  in-service  teacher  training.  Further,  to  emphasize  the  focus  on quality interventions and teacher training, CSSTE provides for programme related interventions to DIETs such as Faculty Development, Programme & Activities, and Technology Support, etc.

DIETs have  been  sanctioned  in  623  districts  since  as  per  the  CSSTE  Guideline  (2012), DIETs can be sanctioned only in districts established upto 31st March, 2011. Hence, DIETs have not been sanctioned in districts established after the 31.03.2011.

(d):      In 2010, the Ministry of Human Resource Development conducted a study titled 'Study of Effectiveness of BRCs and CRCs in providing Academic Support to Elementary Schools' to assess the performance of BRCs and CRCs and their support to elementary schools. The Study covered 14  States,  viz.  Assam,  Haryana,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Mizoram, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal. The major findings of the study include, inter alia; greater need for focus of Resource Persons on academic work, capacity building of Resource Persons, and need for Information Technology (IT) enablement. The Report acknowledged that training given to teachers through the BRCs and CRCs was satisfactory.

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Annexure I Annexure-I referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No334 for answer on 05.02.2018 asked by Shri Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu regarding Academic Support to Colleges.

## Status of Academic Support through BRCs and CRCs, 2017-18

|         | State             | BRC        | BRC         | CRC        | CRC         |
|---------|-------------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
| Sl. No. |                   | Sanctioned | Operational | Sanctioned | Operational |
| 1       | A. &N. Islands    | 9          | 9           | 37         | 37          |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    | 671        | 671         | 4034       | 4034        |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh | 100        | 100         | 221        | 221         |
| 4       | Assam             | 145        | 145         | 3416       | 3416        |
| 5       | Bihar             | 537        | 537         | 5755       | 5513        |
| 6       | Chandigarh        | 2          | 1           | 20         | 20          |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh      | 150        | 150         | 2703       | 2662        |
| 8       | D. &Nagar Haveli  | 1          | 1           | 22         | 11          |
| 9       | Daman&Diu         | 2          | 2           | 7          | 7           |
| 10      | Delhi             | 28         | 28          | 272        | 119         |
| 11      | Goa               | 12         | 12          | 105        | 105         |
| 12      | Gujarat           | 263        | 263         | 4268       | 4268        |

| 13   | Haryana          |   119 |   119 |   1487 |   1487 |
|------|------------------|-------|-------|--------|--------|
| 14   | Himachal Pradesh |    78 |    78 |   2456 |   2456 |
| 15   | Jammu &Kashmir   |   143 |   143 |   1600 |   1600 |
| 16   | Jharkhand        |   265 |   265 |   2264 |   2264 |
| 17   | Karnataka        |   204 |   204 |   4103 |   4103 |
| 18   | Kerala           |   159 |   159 |   1385 |   1385 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep      |     3 |     3 |      9 |      9 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh   |   322 |   322 |   6198 |   6198 |
| 21   | Maharashtra      |   408 |   408 |   6170 |   6170 |
| 22   | Manipur          |    35 |    35 |    225 |    146 |
| 23   | Meghalaya        |   234 |   234 |    611 |    611 |
| 24   | Mizoram          |    26 |    26 |    171 |    171 |
| 25   | Nagaland         |    52 |    46 |    134 |    125 |
| 26   | Odisha           |   316 |   316 |   4806 |   4806 |
| 27   | Puducherry       |     6 |     6 |     34 |     34 |
| 28   | Punjab           |   146 |   146 |   1499 |   1499 |
| 29   | Rajasthan        |   301 |   301 |   3074 |   3074 |
| 30   | Sikkim           |    31 |    31 |    109 |    109 |
| 31   | TamilNadu        |   413 |   413 |   4088 |   4074 |
| 32   | Telangana        |   592 |   592 |   1766 |   1766 |
| 33   | Tripura          |    60 |    60 |    332 |    332 |
| 35   | Uttar Pradesh    |   880 |   880 |   8249 |   8249 |
| 34   | Uttarakhand      |    95 |    95 |    994 |    994 |
| 36   | West Bengal      |   364 |   364 |   4217 |   4217 |
|      | Total            |  7172 |  7165 |  76841 |  76292 |

Source: Targets from PAB Minutes 2017-18 & Achievement from QPRs Received from State/UT

## Annexure II

Annexure-II  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question No334 for answer on 05.02.2018 asked by Shri Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu regarding Academic Support to Colleges.

|   S.No | State/UT Name          |   Total No. of Sanctioned DIETs in the State/UTs |
|--------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | AndamanandNicobar      |                                                1 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh         |                                               13 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |                                               11 |
|      4 | Assam                  |                                               27 |
|      5 | Bihar                  |                                               33 |
|      6 | Chandigarh             |                                                0 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh           |                                               19 |
|      8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli |                                                0 |
|      9 | DamanandDiu            |                                                0 |
|     10 | Delhi                  |                                                9 |

| 11    | Goa              |   1 |
|-------|------------------|-----|
| 12    | Gujarat          |  27 |
| 13    | Haryana          |  21 |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh |  12 |
| 15    | JammuandKashmir  |  22 |
| 16    | Jharkhand        |  24 |
| 17    | Karnataka        |  30 |
| 18    | Kerala           |  14 |
| 19    | Lakshadweep      |   1 |
| 20    | MadhyaPradesh    |  50 |
| 21    | Maharashtra      |  34 |
| 22    | Manipur          |   9 |
| 23    | Meghalaya        |   7 |
| 24    | Mizoram          |   8 |
| 25    | Nagaland         |  11 |
| 26    | Odisha           |  30 |
| 27    | Puducherry       |   1 |
| 28    | Punjab           |  17 |
| 29    | Rajasthan        |  33 |
| 30    | Sikkim           |   3 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu       |  32 |
| 32    | Telangana        |  12 |
| 33    | Tripura          |   6 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh    |  73 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand      |  13 |
| 36    | West Bengal      |  19 |
| Total | Total            | 623 |

Source: Teacher Education Approval Board (TEAB) Meeting Minutes 2017-18