Lok Sabha Question No. 5032 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-26
Subject: Capacity Building of Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5032 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  MARCH, 2018

## Capacity Building of Teachers

## 5032.  SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a) the details of financial allocations towards Special Training of children, State/UT-wise under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009; and
- (b) the details of financial allocations towards capacity building of teachers for Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation?

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

a): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act 2009, mandates that all  children  in  the  age  group  of  6-14  years  shall  be  in  schools  for  completing  elementary education.  Section  4  of  the  RTE  Act  provides  for  special  training  for  age  appropriate admission of out of school children. Those children who have missed out certain academic years either for having never enrolled to school or having dropped out of school, have a right to special training in residential and non residential mode, subsequently to be mainstreamed in  formal  schools  in  age  appropriate  class.  State/UT-wise  details  of  financial  allocations towards  special  training  of  children  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Sarva  Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for 2017-18 are at Annexure.

(b):  Under  SSA,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States/UTs for  capacity  building  of teachers. Provision  for  in-service  teacher  training  is  an  integral  component  of  the  SSA. During 2017-18, an amount of Rs. 33684.16 lakh was allocated to States/UTs for in-service training  of  teachers  at  Block  Resource  Level  and  Rs.  30948.34  lakh  was  allocated  for  inservice training of teachers at Cluster Resource Level.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5032, ASKED BY SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH, TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2018 REGARDING 'OUT OF SCHOOL'

Statement showing State/UT-wise details of financial allocations towards special training in 2017-18

| Sl.   | No. State                |   Rs. (in lakhs) |
|-------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1     | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |             0    |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh           |          3677.79 |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh        |           469.26 |
| 4     | Assam                    |          8830.56 |
| 5     | Bihar                    |          5206.58 |
| 6     | Chandigarh               |           246.03 |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh             |          2067.94 |
| 8     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli      |            14.34 |
| 9     | Daman &Diu               |             8.68 |
| 10    | Delhi                    |           914.3  |
| 11    | Goa                      |            15.1  |
| 12    | Gujarat                  |          4969.02 |
| 13    | Haryana                  |           717.41 |
| 14    | Himachal Pradesh         |           330.92 |
| 15    | Jammu &Kashmir           |          1877.18 |
| 16    | Jharkhand                |          2069.82 |
| 17    | Karnataka                |           800.91 |
| 18    | Kerela                   |           173.67 |
| 19    | Lakshdweep               |             0    |
| 20    | Madhya Pradesh           |          4502.75 |
| 21    | Maharashtra              |          8521.25 |
| 22    | Manipur                  |           789.5  |
| 23    | Meghalaya                |          1052.1  |
| 24    | Mizoram                  |           643.38 |
| 25    | Nagaland                 |           449.82 |
| 26    | Odisha                   |          1942.07 |
| 27    | Puducherry               |             4.06 |
| 28    | Punjab                   |           174.55 |
| 29    | Rajasthan                |           516.25 |
| 30    | Sikkim                   |             2.38 |
| 31    | Tamil Nadu               |          1804.93 |
| 32    | Telangana                |          2241.96 |
| 33    | Tripura                  |           366.92 |
| 34    | Uttar Pradesh            |           421.11 |
| 35    | Uttarakhand              |           107.77 |
| 36    | West Bengal              |           200.64 |
| Total |                          |         56130.9  |

Source: Annual Work Plan & Budget, SSA