Lok Sabha Question No. 2622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2622 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

## 2622. SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government has chalked out a programme to roll out televised online lectures in regional languages and enable the teachers to interact with experts in the studios during the lecture;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also true that since many schools had come up after the launch of the Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  and  the  Right  to  Education  Act  (RTE)  Act,  many  teachers without training had been hired and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is also true that some teachers had studied till school and they were given five years to get trained, but many have not acquired the training till now; and
- (e) if  so,  the details thereof along with the further action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) to (e):          The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 was amended  in 2017 to ensure that all in-service teachers acquire  the  minimum qualifications prescribed under the Act by 31 st March, 2019.  The National Institute of Open Schooling  (NIOS)  has  been  entrusted  to  conduct  this  training  through  Open  Distance Learning (ODL) mode.

This training programme is delivered online through the SWAYAM platform where content/text,  audio-videos,  self  check  exercises  and  discussions  form  an  integral  part.   The study  material  of  this  programme  is  available  in  different  regional  languages  on  the  NIOS website.  Interactive  radio  programmes  -Mukta  Vidya  Vani  and  Community  Radio  at  91.2 Mhz, video sessions on Swayamprabha DTH Channel-32 are also a part of the programme.

A total of 13,78,935 admissions of in-service untrained teachers have been confirmed for the programme. The State/UT wise details are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2622 FOR ANSWER ON 12.03.2018 ASKED BY SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM REGARDING SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN

State/UT wise details of in-service untrained teachers

| State Code   | State Name             | Admission Confirmed   |
|--------------|------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1            | Andaman and Nicobar    | 113                   |
| 2            | Andhra Pradesh         | 5503                  |
| 3            | Arunachal Pradesh      | 4511                  |
| 4            | Assam                  | 133878                |
| 5            | Bihar                  | 281119                |
| 6            | Chandigarh             | 421                   |
| 7            | Chhattisgarh           | 59438                 |
| 8            | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 348                   |
| 9            | Daman and Diu          | 127                   |
| 10           | Delhi                  | 370                   |
| 11           | Goa                    | 878                   |
| 12           | Gujarat                | 14657                 |
| 13           | Haryana                | 3458                  |
| 14           | Himachal Pradesh       | 9040                  |
| 15           | Jammu and Kashmir      | 3474                  |
| 16           | Jharkhand              | 70183                 |
| 17           | Karnataka              | 3673                  |
| 18           | Kerala                 | 663                   |
| 19           | Madhya Pradesh         | 165504                |
| 20           | Maharashtra            | 7141                  |
| 21           | Manipur                | 25230                 |
| 22           | Meghalaya              | 26979                 |
| 23           | Mizoram                | 7496                  |
| 24           | Nagaland               | 5651                  |
| 25           | Odisha                 | 55638                 |
| 26           | Puducherry             | 304                   |
| 27           | Punjab                 | 9899                  |
| 28           | Rajasthan              | 37941                 |
| 29           | Sikkim                 | 4405                  |
| 30           | Tamil Nadu             | 25543                 |
| 31           | Telangana              | 17189                 |
| 32           | Tripura                | 8903                  |
| 33           | Uttar Pradesh          | 178099                |
| 34           | Uttarakhand            | 37221                 |
| 35           | West Bengal            | 173938                |
|              | Total                  | 13,78,935             |

Source: NIOS