Lok Sabha Question No. 2468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: Teacher Training
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Kirron  Kher

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2468 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  July, 2019

## Teacher Training

## 2468. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to revise the format for training of the teachers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken in this regard so far;
- (c) whether the Government has issued any directives to the States for improvement in standard/quality of education and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide quality educati    on in villages at par with the cities?

## AN S W E R MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) & (b) : The  Central  Government  has  introduced  a  4-year  Integrated  Teacher  Education Programme (ITEP) for pre-service training,  to offer graduation with certain specializations built into it namely  Primary  and  Secondary  Education.  In  this  regard,  a  Gazette  Notification  dated  29 th March, 2019 has been published and applications have been invited from 3 rd June, 2019.

Further, for in-service training of teachers, school heads and other functionaries, at the elementary level, approval has been given for an Integrated Teacher Training Programme to be conducted through National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)  and  National  Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), in all States and UTs.

(c) & (d) :   The Central Government has taken several initiatives to improve the quality of education:

(i). The Central Government has launched an Integrated Scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha, from 2018-19 which subsumes the erstwhile centrally sponsored schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). Under Samagra  Shiksha,  funds  are  given  to  all  States  and  UTs  for  various    interventions  to  improve  the quality  of  education  such  as  training  of  in-service  teachers,  headmasters  and  principals,  remedial teaching  for  academically  weaker  students,  provision  of  library  grants  to  schools,  ICT  and  digital initiatives, strengthening of teacher education institutions, Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.

(ii). In order to focus on quality education, the Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act have been amended to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise Learning  Outcomes  for  all  elementary  classes.  The  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and Training  (NCERT)  conducted  a  National  Achievement  Survey,  under  which  learning  outcomes  of students were evaluated, through a District level sampling and gaps were identified.

(iii). Government of India  has decided to participate in the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) to be conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2021.

(iv). Approval  has  been  given  for  conducting  a  Census  based  audit  called Shagunotsav of  all government  and  government  aided  schools  in  all  States  and  UTs.  Further,  in  2019-20  approval  has been  given  for  conducting  a School  Based  Assessment  (SBA) of  all  elementary  stage  students,  to evaluate learning outcomes.

(v). The  online  D.El.Ed.  course  was  started  from  3rd  October,  2017  and  9,58,513  teachers  have successfully completed the training.

(vi). MHRD has designed  a  70  indicators  based  matrix Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI) to grade  the  States  and  UTs.    To  collect  timely  and  accurate  data,  an  Educational  Management Information System called UDISE+ (UDISE plus) has been launched in 2018-19.

(vii). In 2019-20, approval has been given for setting up Youth and Eco Club in  all  Government Schools across the country. In order to experience and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of India and to encourage experimental learning, Rangotsav was organized in schools in 2018-19.

All the above mentioned quality interventions are provided at par to schools of rural and urban areas. Additionally, the Central Government has issued advisories to States and UTs for redeployment of teachers  and  to  ensure that  all  school  teachers  should  spend  adequate  time  serving  in  rural areas through a transparent policy.

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