Lok Sabha Question No. 2223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-24
Subject: Technical Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2223 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.12.2018

## Technical Education

## †2223. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that there is a huge shortage of teachers for technical education in the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received requests from several State Governments  to  meet  this  shortage  during  the  last  two  years  and  the current year;
- (d) if so, the details thereof Statewise; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  the shortage of teachers in technical education across the country especially in Uttar Pradesh?

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

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) & (b): There are some vacancies in the faculty of the technical education, but the same is made good by research scholars, contract, adjunct and visiting faculty. The state-wise  details  of  faculty  position  in  AICTE  approved  institutions  for  the  last four years including Maharashtra is enclosed as per Annexure.

(c) & (d): No such requests were received by this Ministry to meet the shortage in faculty of technical education from State Governments.

(e): The steps taken by the Government to meet the shortage of teachers in technical education across the country including Uttar Pradesh are:

- i. The  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education  is  implementing  Trainee Teacher  Scheme  (TTS)  with  an  aim  to  attract  bright  undergraduate  and postgraduate students to teaching profession by providing scholarships for M.Tech/Ph.D. fellowships and assured job for advancing their professional growth.
- ii. Based  on  the  report  of  Kaw  Committee  and  requests  received  from stakeholders, 'Student To Faculty Ratio' (SFR) has been revised from 1:15 to 1:20  in  APH  2018-19  for  Engineering  and  Technology  (UG  Programmes). Revision of SFR Norms, to some extent, would address the faculty shortage in AICTE approved Institutions.
- iii. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is one-stop web location for interactive e-contents for all courses from School to University Level (Post Graduate Students) covering all disciplines; high quality learning experience using multimedia on anytime & anywhere.

Moreover,  to  improve  the  quality  of  technical  education  the  Technical Education  Quality  Improvement  Programme  (TEQIP)  was  commenced  in 2003,  as  presently  TEQIP-III  is  ongoing.  Interventions  of  project  such  as twinning/mentoring, student learning assessment, recruitment of recruitment of faculty, direct participation of affiliating technical universities are  main  features  of  TEQIP.  Presently  1225  contract  faculty  have  been recruited in 53 participating engineering colleges.

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## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN PART (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. REGARDING TECHNICAL EDUCATION

| State                  | 2015 - 2016        | 2015 - 2016      | 2015 - 2016   | 2015 - 2016   | 2016 - 2017        | 2016 - 2017      | 2016 - 2017   | 2016 - 2017   |
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|
| State                  | Availaible Faculty | Required Faculty | Shortfall     | Shortfall %   | Availaible Faculty | Required Faculty | Shortfall     | Shortf %      |
| Andaman and Nicobar    | 55                 | 46               | 0             | 0.00          | 59                 | 66               | 7             | 10.6          |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 74744              | 81099            | 6355          | 7.84          | 74250              | 78133            | 3883          | 4.97          |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 85                 | 48               | 0             | 0.00          | 133                | 109              | 0             | 0.00          |
| Assam                  | 1881               | 1691             | 0             | 0.00          | 1887               | 1689             | 0             | 0.00          |
| Bihar                  | 3064               | 4015             | 951           | 23.69         | 5215               | 4758             | 0             | 0.00          |
| Chandigarh             | 632                | 679              | 47            | 6.92          | 646                | 527              | 0             | 0.00          |
| Chhattisgarh           | 8038               | 8750             | 712           | 8.14          | 8102               | 9031             | 929           | 10.2          |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 54                 | 88               | 34            | 38.64         | 65                 | 88               | 23            | 26.1          |
| Daman and Diu          | 39                 | 65               | 26            | 40.00         | 43                 | 65               | 22            | 33.8          |
| Delhi                  | 4235               | 5065             | 830           | 16.39         | 4231               | 4788             | 557           | 11.6          |
| Goa                    | 831                | 873              | 42            | 4.81          | 865                | 877              | 12            | 1.37          |
| Gujarat                | 27113              | 35872            | 8759          | 24.42         | 27820              | 35021            | 7201          | 20.5          |
| Haryana                | 29262              | 34720            | 5458          | 15.72         | 26527              | 30907            | 4380          | 14.1          |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 3889               | 4885             | 996           | 20.39         | 3683               | 4000             | 317           | 7.93          |
| Jammu and Kashmir      | 1839               | 2020             | 181           | 8.96          | 1932               | 1946             | 14            | 0.72          |
| Jharkhand              | 2641               | 3364             | 723           | 21.49         | 3047               | 3488             | 441           | 12.6          |
| Karnataka              | 44868              | 51122            | 6254          | 12.23         | 45981              | 50349            | 4368          | 8.68          |
| Kerala                 | 21072              | 23361            | 2289          | 9.80          | 23203              | 23483            | 280           | 1.19          |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 36194              | 41434            | 5240          | 12.65         | 36165              | 40720            | 4555          | 11.1          |
| Maharashtra            | 79275              | 92702            | 13427         | 14.48         | 78425              | 88018            | 9593          | 10.9          |
| Manipur                | 47                 | 33               | 0             | 0.00          | 73                 | 68               | 0             | 0.00          |
| Meghalaya              | 146                | 156              | 10            | 6.41          | 147                | 151              | 4             | 2.65          |
| Mizoram                | 53                 | 42               | 0             | 0.00          | 69                 | 60               | 0             | 0.00          |
| Nagaland               | 66                 | 63               | 0             | 0.00          | 70                 | 90               | 20            | 22.2          |
| Odisha                 | 20670              | 22096            | 1426          | 6.45          | 20678              | 21829            | 1151          | 5.27          |
| Puducherry             | 2659               | 3125             | 466           | 14.91         | 2634               | 3024             | 390           | 12.9          |
| Punjab                 | 25074              | 27218            | 2144          | 7.88          | 21267              | 26000            | 4733          | 18.2          |
| Rajasthan              | 24664              | 30361            | 5697          | 18.76         | 22304              | 27790            | 5486          | 19.7          |
| Sikkim                 | 304                | 317              | 13            | 4.10          | 242                | 317              | 75            | 23.6          |
| Tamil Nadu             | 119519             | 123803           | 4284          | 3.46          | 119478             | 121299           | 1821          | 1.50          |
| Telangana              | 60300              | 78859            | 18559         | 23.53         | 51538              | 71315            | 19777         | 27.7          |
| Tripura                | 244                | 348              | 104           | 29.89         | 268                | 386              | 118           | 30.5          |
| Uttar Pradesh          | 65094              | 76560            | 11466         | 14.98         | 64950              | 76105            | 11155         | 14.6          |
| Uttarakhand            | 6619               | 7458             | 839           | 11.25         | 6558               | 7532             | 974           | 12.9          |
| West Bengal            | 14397              | 16761            | 2364          | 14.10         |                    |                  | 1597          | 9.34          |
| Total                  | 593313             | 677972           | 84923         | 12.49         | 15503 580779       | 17100 650006     | 70039         | 10.6          |