Lok Sabha Question No. 1702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-02
Subject: Trained Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1702 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2020

## Trained Teachers

1702. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the quality of education in rural areas is not upto the mark due to lack of trained teachers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase the teaching profession especially in rural areas of district Gopalganj, Bihar; and

(d) the quantum of fund allotted to the State of Bihar under the Samagra Shiksha?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (d): Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers are primarily in the domain of the respective State and Union  Territory  Government.  The  recruitment  of  teachers  is  a  continuous  process  and  the vacancies keep arising due to retirement and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength.

As  per  Section  23(1)  of  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education (RTE) Act, 2009, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has been notified as an academic  authority  to  lay  down  minimum  qualifications  for  a  person  to  be  eligible  for appointment as a teacher in schools, and accordingly, the NCTE has notified the minimum qualifications  vide  notification  dated  25th  August,  2010  as  amended  from  time  to  time, wherein passing Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is mandatory.

Section 23(2) of The Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 was amended to ensure all untrained in-service elementary teachers are trained. Accordingly, 958513 teachers have successfully completed the online D.El.Ed.  course conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).

The  Central  Government  through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs for deployment of additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of schooling  and  for  in-service  training  of  teachers,  school  Heads,  subject  teachers,   resource persons, master trainers, Education  Administrators, Teachers  Educators, key resource persons, induction training of newly recruited teachers at elementary and secondary levels. Training of teachers is also provided through digital medium on SWAYAM and DIKSHA platform.

Further,  the  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy has  launched  a  National

Initiative  for  School  Heads'  and  Teachers'  Holistic  Advancement  (NISHTHA)-  a  capacity building programme for "Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training".  It  aims  to  build  competencies  of  all  the  teachers  and  school  principals  at  the elementary stage.

Under Samagra Shiksha Rs. 3673.91Crore has been allocated as central share for the State of Bihar during the year 2019-20.

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