Lok Sabha Question No. 1295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Teachers Training
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NINONG ERING, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, B.N. CHANDRAPPA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  JULY, 2017

## Teachers Training

## 1295.   SHRI NINONG ERING: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  a  large  number  of  untrained  teachers  are  being employed in Government schools across the country at the primary and upper primary levels and if so, the facts and the details thereof, State/UT and year-wise ;
- (b) whether the Government is also aware that several State Governments have been employing teachers without any professional training resulting poor quality in education ;
- (c) if so, whether the Government and NCTE propose to lay down the minimum qualification for teachers at the elementary school levels and also to provide mandatory professional training; and
- (d) if so, the steps Union Government proposes to take in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): The State Governments and UTs have reported a total of 5,11,679 teachers, as on 31 st March, 2015, working in the Government & Government aided schools at elementary level (primary and  upper  primary)  who  need  to  acquire  the  minimum  qualifications,  as  prescribed  by  National Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE).  State  wise  details  regarding  the  number  of  in-service untrained teachers working in the Government & Government-aided schools at elementary level is given at Annexure.

(c): Section 23(1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, lays down that ' Any person possessing such minimum qualifications, as laid down by an academic authority, authorised by the Central Government, by notification, shall be eligible for appointment as a teacher '.  In  exercise of the powers conferred under this Section, NCTE has been notified by the Central Government as the academic authority to lay down the minimum qualifications required for a person  to  be  appointed  as  a  teacher  at  elementary  level.  Accordingly,  NCTE  vide  its  notification dated 23rd August, 2010 (as amended vide notification dated 29th July, 2011) has prescribed such minimum qualifications. The Proviso to Section 23(2), RTE Act, 2009 lays down that ' Provided that a  teacher  who,  at  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  does  not  possess  minimum  qualifications  as  laid down under sub-section(1), shall acquire such minimum qualifications within a period of five years '. (d) As States have reported that in-service untrained teachers still exist at elementary level, the Central Government has initiated the process of amending the RTE Act, 2009 to extend the period

available for such training by 31 st March, 2019.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  AND  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1295  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.07.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI NINONG ERING, SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA, ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR AND SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA REGARDING TEACHERS TRAINING

State-wise  number  of  untrained  teachers  working  in  Government  and  Government-aided  at elementary level:

| S.No.   | State/UT          |   No. of teachers enroll |   untrained yet to No. of teachers undergoing training |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1       | A&N Island        |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh    |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh |                        0 |                                                   1512 |    1512 |
| 4       | Assam             |                     8584 |                                                  36213 |   44797 |
| 5       | Bihar             |                    66500 |                                                  31851 |   98351 |
| 6       | Chandigarh        |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh      |                     5147 |                                                   6816 |   11963 |
| 8       | D&N Haveli        |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 9       | Daman &Diu        |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 10      | Delhi             |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 11      | Goa               |                      134 |                                                      0 |     134 |
| 12      | Gujarat           |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 13      | Haryana           |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh  |                     1259 |                                                      0 |    1259 |
| 15      | Jharkhand         |                     6109 |                                                  15308 |   21417 |
| 16      | Karnataka         |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 17      | Kerala            |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 18      | Lakshadweep       |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh    |                     1197 |                                                    258 |    1455 |
| 20      | Maharashtra       |                      352 |                                                      0 |     352 |
| 21      | Manipur           |                     2228 |                                                   2224 |    4452 |
| 22      | Meghalaya         |                     8000 |                                                  11437 |   19437 |
| 23      | Mizoram           |                        0 |                                                    570 |     570 |
| 24      | Nagaland          |                        0 |                                                   7115 |    7115 |
| 25      | Odisha            |                    15114 |                                                   3448 |   18562 |
| 26      | Puducherry        |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 27      | Punjab            |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 28      | Rajasthan         |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 29      | Sikkim            |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu        |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 31      | Telangana         |                        0 |                                                      0 |       0 |
| 32      | Tripura           |                    25954 |                                                   2187 |   28141 |
| 33      | Uttar Pradesh     |                      317 |                                                  15242 |   15559 |
| 34      | Uttarakhand       |                      268 |                                                   1516 |    1784 |
| 35      | West Bengal       |                   107046 |                                                 127773 |  234819 |
|         | Total             |                   248209 |                                                 263470 |  511679 |

Source: State and UT Governments

Note: The RTE Act, 2009 is not applicable to the State of Jammu and Kashmir.