Lok Sabha Question No. 4982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Funds for Teachers Training and Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4982 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  MARCH, 2018

## Funds for Teachers Training and Education

## 4982. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

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

- (a)      whether  the  Government  has  been  providing  funds  to  State  Governments/UTs  for teacher's training and education;
- (b)    if so, the details of grants/ assistance allocated to each State/UT during the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c)    whether there is any monitoring mechanism to determine the quality of teachers across the country;
- (d      if so, the details in this regard; and
- (e)    the  steps  taken/to  be  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  ensure  availability  of  quality teachers across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b): The  Central  Government,  under  the  centrally  sponsored  schemes  of  Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) provides funding to State and UT Governments to improve Elementary and Secondary education respectively. Provision for in-service teacher training is an integral component of both The  State-wise details  of  funds  allocated  by  the Government  tor  teacher  training  during  the  last  three  years  under  SSA  and  RMSA, are at Annexure-I and Annexure -II, respectively.

Additionally,  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  on  Teacher  Education  (CSSTE) provides for infrastructural and institutional support to Government Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) which includes State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs),  District  Institutes  of  Education  and  Training  (DIETs),  Block  Institutes  of Teacher  Education  (BITEs),  Institute  of  Advanced  Studies  in  Education  (IASEs)  and Colleges of Teacher Education (CTEs). The State-wise details of funds allocated under CSSTE during the last three years are at Annexure-III.

(c) to (e):           Section 23(1) of RTE Act stipulates that any person possessing such minimum  qualifications,  as  laid  down  by  an  academic  authority,  authorized  by  the Central  Government,  by  notification,  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  as  a  teacher. Accordingly,  the  Central  Government  has  notified  the  National  Council  for  Teacher Education  (NCTE)  as  academic  authority  for  recruitment  of  teachers.  Additionally, NCTE, mandated for providing quality teacher education to the prospective teachers, has set norms and standards for infrastructure, instructional facilities and qualification and experience of faculty  for  the  teacher  education  institutions  in  which  teachers  are educated. The NCTE conducts inspections of recognized teacher education institutions under section 13 of the NCTE Act to monitor their quality.

Section23(2)  of  the  RTE  Act  has  been  amended  to  extend  the  period  of  inservice training for untrained elementary teachers to 31st March, 2019 in all the states 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.As  on  date(15.03.2018),  13,78,935 admissions  have been confirmed for the D.El.Ed. programme at the NIOS Portal.

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  UTs  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  for  effective  monitoring  and benchmarking of teacher performance across the country.

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ANNEXURE   REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF   LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4982  TO BE ANSWERED ON  26 th  MARCH, 2018 ASKED BY SHRI GAURAV GOGOI AND SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA REGARDING 'Funds for Teachers Training and Education'

## Funds allocated for In-Service training of  Teachers under SSA

| Sl. No.   | State/UT                  | 2015-16           | 2016-17           |   2017-18 |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 13.41             | 20.02             |     21.06 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            | 1787.82           | 1915.07           |   3646.52 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 154.33            | 251.46            |    390.12 |
| 4         | Assam                     | 2047.07           | 2164.13           |   3533.8  |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 2052.29           | 2102.93           |   5864.42 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                | 7.80              | 6.70              |     20.5  |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              | 1329.24           | 1521.58           |   2376.38 |
| 8         | D. & N Haveli             | 15.18             | 16.44             |     16.36 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               | 4.58              | 9.79              |      8.94 |
| 10        | Delhi                     | 118.47            | 387.90            |    426.47 |
| 11        | Goa                       | 28.36             | 38.24             |     50    |
| 12        | Gujarat                   | 2581.48           | 2523.75           |   2487.41 |
| 13        | Haryana                   | 116.76            | 257.57            |    476.29 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          | 456.08            | 301.46            |    319.64 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 499.13            | 950.88            |   1327.06 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 | 749.88            | 1253.84           |   2292.68 |
| 17        | Karnataka                 | 1755.64           | 2094.50           |   6326.16 |
| 18        | Kerala                    | 1704.32           | 1784.48           |   1827.66 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep               | 8.66              | 13.62             |     10.22 |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh            | 2355.00           | 4048.40           |   5672.36 |
| 21        | Maharashtra               | 3757.13           | 6468.44           |   8137.7  |
| 22        | Manipur                   | 185.20            | 184.68            |    369.34 |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 | 19.10             | 57.60             |    180    |
| 24        | Mizoram                   | 150.33            | 147.86            |    229.04 |
| 25        | Nagaland                  | 144.35            | 133.07            |    340.26 |
| 26        | Odisha                    | 1962.52           | 3106.14           |   4548.24 |
| 27        | Puducherry                | 6.50              | 1.50              |      6    |
| 28        | Punjab                    | 540.03            | 764.82            |    508.2  |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 | 1353.55           | 1960.62           |   4499.36 |
| 30        | Sikkim                    | 56.79             | 49.84             |     52.93 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                | 2223.11           | 2138.12           |   2758.9  |
| 32        | Telangana                 | 1146.83           | 1307.75           |   1987.02 |
| 33        | Tripura                   | 357.59            | 345.69            |    261.31 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             | 1363.72           | 1355.90           |   1723.71 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand               | 350.37            | 438.02            |    618.24 |
| 36        | West Bengal               | 503.25            | 447.61            |   1318.2  |
| Total     | Total                     | 31905.87 40570.42 | 31905.87 40570.42 |  64632.5  |

Source PAB minutes

Annexure - II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF   LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4982 TO BE ANSWERED ON  26 th  MARCH, 2018 ASKED BY SHRI GAURAV GOGOI AND SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA REGARDING 'Funds for Teachers Training and Education.

## Funds allocated for In-Service training of  Teachers under RMSA

(Rs. In lakhs)

| Sl. No.   | State/ UTs                 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------|----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar. Islands |     15.63 |     29.66 |     20.05 |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh             |   1016.64 |   2439.55 |   2250.09 |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh          |     42.12 |    119.25 |    103.41 |
| 4         | Assam                      |    633.09 |   3165.06 |   2056.83 |
| 5         | Bihar                      |    520.62 |   5047.37 |   4695.56 |
| 6         | Chandigarh                 |     11.56 |     17.75 |     11.87 |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh               |    377.27 |    852.48 |    326.81 |
| 8         | Dadra& Nagar Haveli        |      8.78 |     12.75 |     15.36 |
| 9         | Daman & Diu                |      7.05 |     25.96 |     37.73 |
| 10        | Delhi                      |    262.35 |    192.06 |     74.85 |
| 11        | Goa                        |     12.27 |    250.07 |     87.9  |
| 12        | Gujarat                    |    188.1  |    569.05 |    600.04 |
| 13        | Haryana                    |    230.97 |    407.04 |    137.94 |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh           |    194.04 |   1460.01 |    551.58 |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir            |    173.45 |   1472.11 |    787.88 |
| 16        | Jharkhand                  |     59.07 |    526.81 |    532.87 |
| 17        | Karnataka                  |   1343.82 |   1782.4  |   2056.48 |
| 18        | Kerala                     |    588.01 |   1817.77 |   2623.55 |
| 19        | Lakshadweep                |      2.74 |     20.3  |     25.7  |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh             |    446.7  |    789.99 |   1114.92 |
| 21        | Maharashtra                |   1569.39 |   1882.91 |   3178.76 |
| 22        | Manipur                    |     73.92 |    585.02 |    213    |
| 23        | Meghalaya                  |     38.99 |    183.07 |    156.11 |
| 24        | Mizoram                    |     61.74 |    305.37 |    125.94 |
| 25        | Nagaland                   |     64.41 |    345.57 |    121.04 |
| 26        | Odisha                     |    450.18 |    936.26 |   1146.24 |
| 27        | Puducherry                 |     23.61 |     88.66 |     13.83 |
| 28        | Punjab                     |    552.99 |   1239.82 |    503.62 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                  |    646.22 |   1951.04 |   1190.22 |
| 30        | Sikkim                     |     14.07 |    214.53 |     64.53 |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                 |   1932.27 |   2546.79 |   2588.56 |
| 32        | Telangana                  |    658.5  |   1642.29 |   2646    |
| 33        | Tripura                    |    128.82 |    222.5  |     87.61 |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh              |    250.01 |    995.43 |    931.08 |
| 35        | Uttarakhand                |    153.51 |    497.53 |    429.45 |
| 36        | West Bengal                |    424.49 |   1104.28 |   1243.85 |
|           | Total                      |  13177.4  |  35738.5  |  32751.2  |

Sources: PMS (2016-17 & 2017-18)  and PAB minutes

ANNEXURE   REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF   LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4982 TO BE ANSWERED ON  26 th  MARCH, 2018 ASKED BY SHRI GAURAV GOGOI AND SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA REGARDING 'Funds for Teachers Training and Education'

## Funds allocated under CSSTE

| S.No   | Name of State             |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|--------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |     99.44 |     0     |    19.7   |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh            |   1456.71 |   653.73  |   891.174 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh         |    726.64 |   802     |  2413.25  |
| 4      | Assam                     |   3850.13 |  3777.1   |  4682.54  |
| 5      | Bihar                     |    171.52 |   169.74  |   212.74  |
| 6      | Chandigarh                |      0    |    12.95  |     3.15  |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh              |   1008.54 |   717.948 |  1764.34  |
| 8      | Dadar &Nagar Haveli       |      0    |     0     |     0     |
| 9      | Daman& Diu                |      0    |     0     |     0     |
| 10     | Delhi                     |   1464.87 |  1886.35  |  2076.06  |
| 11     | Goa                       |    475.39 |   103.794 |   124.84  |
| 12     | Gujarat                   |   3573.57 |  2272.88  |  3269.42  |
| 13     | Haryana                   |   4216.43 |  3496.62  |  2957.89  |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh          |   1415.41 |  1874.34  |  2000.27  |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir           |      0    |  3518.84  |  3109.27  |
| 16     | Jharkhand                 |    465.11 |   131.04  |   456.516 |
| 17     | Karnataka                 |   3878.69 |  2782.39  |  2637.24  |
| 18     | Kerala                    |   2228.42 |  1555.08  |  1867.31  |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh            |   2035.79 |  2650.74  |  2737.33  |
| 20     | Maharashtra               |   2773.18 |  2226.28  |  2349.43  |
| 21     | Manipur                   |   4303.73 |  1053.07  |  1170.13  |
| 22     | Meghalaya                 |    491.26 |   503.89  |   708.64  |
| 23     | Mizoram                   |   1640.18 |  2574.02  |  2492.44  |
| 24     | Nagaland                  |   1576.54 |  4035.84  |  1944.94  |
| 25     | Lakshadweep               |      0    |     0     |     0     |
| 26     | Orissa                    |   2090.03 |  2211.22  |  3274.46  |
| 27     | Puducherry                |     93.14 |   172.75  |   245.2   |
| 28     | Punjab                    |   1782.59 |  1347.73  |  1637.73  |
| 29     | Rajasthan                 |   5148.95 |  4215.2   |  4548.16  |
| 30     | Sikkim                    |    446.73 |   457.488 |  1059.74  |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                |   4826.2  |  3123.93  |  4861     |
| 32     | Telangana                 |      0    |   517.818 |   590.35  |
| 33     | Tripura                   |   2748.66 |   240.453 |   281.43  |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh             |   6199.55 |  5247.05  |  6365.41  |
| 35     | Uttarakhand               |   2484.63 |  3764.74  |  4216.61  |
| 36     | West Bengal               |    368.7  |   395.982 |   363.58  |
|        | Total                     |  64040.7  | 58493     | 67332.3   |

Source TEAB

(Rs. In lakhs)