Lok Sabha Question No. 1243 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-19
Subject: Standard of Education in Government Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1243 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 th  September, 2020

Standard of Education in Government Schools

†1243. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH :

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  standard  of  school  education  in Government schools has been deteriorating day by day;
- (b)  if  so,  the  effective  steps  taken/to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the education standard in Government schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  work  out  any  plan  to  impart  compulsory school education to the children of all officers/MLAs/MPs and ministers in Government schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to improve the standard of school education and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of posts of teachers that are vacant across the country and the time by  which  these  are  likely  to  be  filled  up,  State-wise  with  particular  reference  to Haryana?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a)  to  (d):  Standard  of  education  is  a  comprehensive  term  that  includes  learners, teachers,  teaching  learning  process,  learning  environment,  curriculum,  pedagogy, learning  outcomes,  assessment,  etc.  To  take  cognizance  of  this,  Government  of India launched Samagra Shiksha - an Integrated Scheme for school education, w.e.f. 2018-19, as an overarching programme for the school education sector extending from  pre-school  to  class  XII  and  aims  to  ensure  inclusive  and  equitable  quality education at all levels of school education.

Samagra  Shiksha  focuses  on  improvement  in  quality of education by providing  support  for  different  interventions  like  in-service  training  of  teachers  and school heads, conduct of achievement surveys at state and national level, composite school grant to every school for providing a conducive learning environment, grants for library, sports and physical activities, support for Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, ICT and digital initiatives, School Leadership development programme, remedial teaching for academically weaker students, support for Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.

Further,  in  order  to  improve  the  education  standard,  the  Government  has taken several steps:-

1.  Central  RTE  Rules  have  been amended on 20th February, 2017 to include reference  on  class-wise,  subject-wise  Learning  Outcomes  at  Elementary level.
2.  National  Achievement  Survey  (NAS)  is  conducted  to  enable  States/UTs  to identify gaps in learning outcomes.
3.  A  70  indicator  based  matrix  Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI)  has  been developed to grade the States/UTs.
4. NISHTHA  (National  Initiative  for  School  Heads  and  Teachers  Holistic Advancement), an Integrated  Teacher Training  Programme  has  been introduced.
5.  It has been decided to participate in the Programme for International Students Assessment  (PISA)  to  be  conducted  by  the  Organization  for  Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2022, which is a competency based assessment.
6.  Learning Outcomes for Secondary level have been notified.

Also, the National Education Policy, 2020 focuses on improving the quality of education through various measures such as introduction of New pedagogical and curricular structure, Early Childhood Care and Education, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy and Transforming Assessment for Student Development, Experiential and Competency based Learning etc.

Further, Education is under Concurrent List of the constitution; therefore, most of  the  schools  and  their  regulation  are  under  the  jurisdiction  of  respective  State Governments and UTs.

- (e): 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.  Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution.  The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers come under the purview of  the  concerned  State/UT  Government. However, Ministry of Education has been requesting  all  the  State  and  UT  Governments  for  filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of teachers and their rational deployment through advisories/review meetings etc. The state-wise vacancies of teachers for the year 2020-21 are at Annexure.

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1243  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  19.09.2020  ASKED  BY  SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH REGARDING STANDARD OF EDUCATION IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

## Status of vacant posts of teachers in Government Schools- (2020-21)

| Sl. No      | Particular                  |   Sanctioned Post |   Vacant Post |
|-------------|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------|
| 1.          | Andaman And Nicobar Islands |              4295 |           773 |
| 2.          | Andhra Pradesh              |            246552 |         34888 |
| 3.          | Arunachal Pradesh           |             17498 |           556 |
| 4.          | Assam                       |            254262 |         13247 |
| 5.          | Bihar                       |            688157 |        275255 |
| 6.          | Chandigarh                  |              5797 |           872 |
| 7.          | Chhattisgarh                |            238561 |         51830 |
| 8.          | DNH & DD                    |              3239 |           488 |
| 9.          | Delhi                       |             83880 |          9663 |
| 10.         | Goa                         |              2853 |           569 |
| 11.         | Gujarat                     |            221581 |          5830 |
| 12.         | Haryana                     |            106263 |         10349 |
| 13.         | Himachal Pradesh            |             71069 |          5386 |
| 14.         | Jammu And Kashmir           |            131319 |         21806 |
| 15.         | Jharkhand                   |            238708 |         95897 |
| 16.         | Karnataka                   |            228887 |         32644 |
| 17.         | Kerala                      |             66762 |          1926 |
| 18.         | Ladakh                      |              6135 |           188 |
| 19.         | Lakshadweep                 |               821 |            83 |
| 20.         | Madhya Pradesh              |            469644 |         91972 |
| 21.         | Maharashtra                 |            336736 |          2892 |
| 22.         | Manipur                     |             19611 |          2560 |
| 23.         | Meghalaya                   |             21206 |           877 |
| 24.         | Mizoram                     |             11307 |             0 |
| 25.         | Nagaland                    |             19879 |           546 |
| 26.         | Odisha                      |            268486 |         10877 |
| 27.         | Puducherry                  |              5315 |          1256 |
| 28.         | Punjab                      |            131897 |          3017 |
| 29.         | Rajasthan                   |            408572 |         47666 |
| 30.         | Sikkim                      |              9273 |          5334 |
| 31.         | Tamil Nadu                  |            220714 |          3298 |
| 32.         | Telangana                   |            140902 |         17900 |
| 33.         | Tripura                     |             37457 |          1373 |
| 34.         | Uttar Pradesh               |            752839 |        217481 |
| 35.         | Uttarakhand                 |             76576 |         18620 |
| 36.         | West Bengal                 |            637414 |         72220 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                 |           6184467 |       1060139 |

Source: Information provided by the States & UTs in AWP 2020-21.