Lok Sabha Question No. 2593 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Untrained Teacher
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Partha Pratim Ray

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2593 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Untrained Teacher

## 2593. SHRI PARTHA PRATIM RAY:

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

(a) whether  the  Government  is  preparing  any  data  of  non-trained  teachers  both  in primary, upper-primary, secondary and Higher Secondary schools throughout the country till date;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise; and
- (c) the initiatives taken by the Government to train the non-trained teachers?

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

## (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) to (c): 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. 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)  & (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2593  FOR  ANSWER  ON  12.03.2018  ASKED  BY SHRI PARTHA PRATIM RAY REGARDING UNTRAINED TEACHER

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