Lok Sabha Question No. 4 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-18
Subject: National Teachers Award
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Amol Ramsing Kolhe, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Hemant Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.11.2019

## NATIONAL TEACHERS AWARD

## 4. DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  fixed  criteria  for  selection  of  teachers  for  grant  of  National Teachers Award on the 5 th September, every year, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether the  State  Governments  possess  any  right  to  amend  the rules framed  for  conferring National Awards and if so, the conditions under which such amendments can be made;
- (c)  if  not,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  take  appropriate  action  with  regard  to  the amendments made by the various States;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the  quality  of  school  education  and enriching the lives of school students?

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

(a) to (d) Yes, Sir. The Government of India has fixed criteria for selection of Teachers for National Awards. A copy of extant guidelines containing conditions of eligibility, procedure for online  self-nomination,  selection  criteria,  various  levels  of  selection  committee  i.e.  District Selection  Committee,  State  Selection  Committee  and  Independent  Jury  at  National  Level  is annexed. The authority to amend the guidelines for Selection of Teachers for National Awards rests with the Government of India.

(e) The Central Government has taken several steps to improve the quality of school education in primary and secondary schools in the country  like Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act,  National Achievement Survey, D.El.Ed. course, Integrated Scheme  for  School  Education -Samagra  Shiksha,  participation in  the  Programme  for International Students Assessment (PISA) to be conducted in 2021, Integrated Teacher Training Programme,  School  Based  Assessment  (SBA), Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI),  Youth  and Eco Clubs in all Government Schools across the country, Rangotsav to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of India.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (A)  TO  (D)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NUMBER  4  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  18.11.2019  ASKED  BY  DR. AMOL  RAMSING  KOLHE,  DR.  DNV  SENTHILKUMAR  S.,  SHRI  SUNIL  DATTATRAY TATKARE, SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE, DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE, SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL REGARDING ' NATIONAL TEACHERS AWARD'

## Revised Guidelines for Selection of Teachers for National Awards

## Introduction

The purpose of National Awards to Teachers is to celebrate the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country and to honor those teachers who through their commitment and industry have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.

1. Conditions of Eligibility of Teachers for consideration for the Awards:
- i) School teachers and Heads of Schools working in recognized primary/middle/high/higher secondary schools under the following categories:
- a) Schools  run  by  State  Govt./UTs  Administration,  schools  run  by  local  bodies, schools aided by State Govt. and UT Administration.
- b) Central  Govt.  Schools  i.e.  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs),  Jawahar  Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), Central Schools for Tibetans (CTSA), Sainik Schools run by Ministry  of  Defence  (MoD),  Schools  run  by  Atomic  Energy  Education  Society (AEES).
- c) Schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (other than those at (a) and (b) above)
- d) Schools affiliated to Council for Indian Schools Certificate Examination (CISCE) (Other than those at (a), (b) and (c) above)
7. ii) Normally retired teachers are not eligible for the award but those teachers who have served a part of the calendar year (at least for four months i.e. upto 30th April in the year  to  which  National  Awards  relate)  may  be  considered  if  they  fulfill  all  other conditions.
8. iii)         Educational  Administrators,  Inspectors  of  Education,  and  the  staff  of  training Institutes are not eligible for these awards.
9. iv)       Teacher/Headmaster should not have indulged in tuitions.
- v) Only regular Teachers and Heads of Schools will be eligible.
11. vi)       Contractual Teachers and Shiksha Mitras will not be eligible.

## 2. Considerations to guide the selection of teachers at various levels:

Teachers  will  be  evaluated  based  on  the  evaluation  matrix  given  at Annexure-I . Evaluation matrix contains two types of criteria for evaluation:

- a) Objective criteria: Under this the teachers will be awarded marks against each of the objective criteria. These criteria are given the weightage of 20 out of 100.
- b) Criteria based on performance: Under this, teachers will be awarded marks on criteria  based  on  performance  e.g.  initiatives  to  improve  learning  outcomes, innovative experiments  undertaken,  organization  of  extra  and  co-curricular activities, use of Teaching Learning Material, social mobility, ensuring experiential learning, unique ways to ensure physical education to students etc. These criteria are given the weightage of 80 out of 100.

## 3.  Procedure for application and selection:

- i) All the applications would be received through an online web portal. The portal would be developed and managed by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) assisted by CIET, NCERT under the overall supervision of MHRD.
2. ii) ASCI  would  also  ensure  coordination  with  States/UTs  regarding  timely entry  into  the  portal  and  resolution  of  technical  and  operational  issues during data entry into portal.
3. iii) MHRD will bear the entire expenditure for development and maintenance of the portal.
4. iv) In  case  of  State/UTs,  teachers  and  Heads  of  schools  themselves  shall apply directly by filling the application form online through the web portal before the prescribed cut-off date.
- v) Every applicant shall submit a portfolio, online along with the Entry Form. The portfolio shall include relevant supporting material such as documents, tools, reports of activities, field visits, photographs, audios or videos etc.
6. vi) Undertaking  by  the  applicant:  Each  applicant  shall  give  an  undertaking that  all  the  information/data  submitted  is  true  to  the  best  of  his/her knowledge  and  if  anything  is  found  at  any  later  date  to  be  untrue  then he/she will be liable to disciplinary action.

## District Selection Committee:

- vii) First  level scrutiny will  be  done by District Selection Committee (DSC) headed by the District Education Officer. Members of DSC would be as under:
- a)  District Education Officer: Chairperson
- b)  Representative of State/UT Govt.: Member
- c)  One Reputed academician nominated by District Collector: Member
- viii) The major functions to be performed by DSC are as under:
- a)  Physical verification of the facts/ information provided by the applicant by forming verification teams.
- b)  Evaluation/ marking of the applicants as per the format at Annexure-I.
- c)  Certificate  by  DSC:  The  DSC  shall  certify  that  marks  have  been awarded after due verification of the facts.
- d)  After  the  detailed  evaluation  of  the  applications,  DSC  will  shortlist 3 names and  forward  these  to State  Selection  Committee through online portal along with vigilance clearance certificate of each of the 3 applicants.
- e)  In  addition  to  the  applications  received,  the  DSC  in  exceptional circumstances, may suo-moto consider name of maximum one person among  the  outstanding  teachers  including  special  educators  and differently  abled  teachers/heads  of  schools.  The  evaluation  will  be done as per the format at Annexure-I .
- f) DSC  may  take  into  account  performance  of  teachers  in  various streams of studies viz. science, arts, music, physical education etc.

## The State Selection Committee (SSC)

- ix) The  State  Selection  Committee  (SSC)  will  be  headed  by  Principal Secretary/ Secretary of State Education Department. Members of SSC will be as under:
- a)  Principal Secretary/ Secretary of State Education Department: Chairperson
- b)  Nominee of Union Govt.: Member
- c)  Director/Commissioner of Education: Member Secretary
- d)  Director, SCERT or equivalent if there is no SCERT: Member
- x) The major functions to be performed by SSC are as under:
- a)  Re-verification of the facts/ information/marks of the nominations received from all the DSCs.
- b) Evaluate all the nominations and prepare  shortlist of the best candidates, subject to the maximum number allotted to the States/UTs as per Annexure-II and forward the same to Independent Jury at National level through online portal .

## Organization Selection Committee (OSC) (For other organizations)

- xi) The composition of OSC is as under:
- a)  Chairperson/ Director/ Commissioner/ Head  of the Organization: Chairperson
- b)  One officer from the Organization nominated by the Chairperson
- c)  Nominee of Union Govt.: Member
- d)  One reputed academician deputed by the Chairperson: Member
- xii) The major functions to be performed by OSC are as under:
- c)  The  Organizations  may  follow  their  internal  processes  for  receiving nominations.
- d) Evaluate all the nominations and prepare  shortlist of the best candidates, subject to the maximum number allotted to the Organizations as per Annexure-II and forward the same to Independent Jury at National level through online portal .

## Independent Jury at National level

- xiii) Independent Jury at National levelheaded by retired Secretary, Department of School Education& Literacy, MHRD would review the list of candidates as forwarded by all the 36 SSCs and 7 OSCs and carry out fresh assessment .
- a.  Each nominee is required to make a presentation before the Jury.
- b.  The jury shall select names from the list subject to the maximum of 45 (+2 Special Category for differently abled teachers etc.).
- c.  TA/DA for nominees shall be paid by MHRD.
- d.  Secretarial assistance to the Jury will be provided by NCERT.
- xiv) All  other  awards  have  been  subsumed  under  the  National  Awards  to Teachers.
- xv) The timelines for the year 2019 areas under:

| S.No.   | Activity                                                                                                         | Timelines for 2019                              |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| i       | Opening of web-portal for inviting online applications.                                                          | 6 th May to 25 th June, 2019 (12:00 midnight)   |
| ii      | District Selection Committee nominations to be forwarded to the State Selection Committee through online portal. | 26 th June to 12 th July, 2019 (12:00 midnight) |
| iii     | State Selection Committee shortlist to be forwarded through online portal to Independent National Jury           | 13 th July to 24 th July, 2019 (12:00 midnight) |
| iv      | Letters/communication to be issued by MHRD through online portal to all the shortlisted candidates               | 29 th July, 2019                                |
| v       | Selection process by Jury                                                                                        | 13 th , 16 th and 17 th August, 2019            |
| vi      | Finalization of names by Independent National Jury                                                               | 17 th August, 2019                              |
| vii     | Intimation to the final selected candidates after approval of Hon'ble HRM.                                       | 26 th August, 2019                              |
| viii    | Rehearsal and Award function                                                                                     | 4 th & 5 th September, 2019                     |

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| Category A: Objective Criteria   | Category A: Objective Criteria                                                                                                                                                    | Category A: Objective Criteria   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Sl No.                           | Criteria                                                                                                                                                                          | Maximum Marks / Ceiling          |
| 1                                | Work done by teacher to encourage community, parents, alumni etc. to contribute to the school in any way e.g. physical infrastructure, computers, mid day meal, funds, books etc. | 3                                |
| 2                                | Publication (Research papers/Articles in international/national journals{with ISSN}, Books {with ISBN}, etc.) in the last 5 years                                                 | 3                                |
| 3                                | Annual Performance Appraisal Reports or other performance appraisal tools of last 3 years                                                                                         | 3                                |
| 4                                | Is the teacher attending school regularly without any complaints?                                                                                                                 | 3                                |
| 5                                | Whether the teacher is regularly attending the in-service training he/she is deputed to?                                                                                          | 2                                |
| 6                                | Work done by teacher to increase enrolment and reduce dropouts.                                                                                                                   | 2                                |
| 7                                | Whether the teacher is enrolled for any course under SWAYAM or any other MOOCS platform                                                                                           | 2                                |
| 8                                | Development of e-contents, textbooks, teacher handbooks for SCERTs, Boards or NCERT                                                                                               | 2                                |
| Subtotal                         | Subtotal                                                                                                                                                                          | 20                               |

| Category B: Criteria based on performance (Indicative and illustrative only)   | Category B: Criteria based on performance (Indicative and illustrative only)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Category B: Criteria based on performance (Indicative and illustrative only)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl No.                                                                         | Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Maximum Marks                                                                  |
| 1                                                                              | Innovative experiments (like use of ICT, joyful learning technique) undertaken by teacher for greater impact of his/her teaching on the students. Development and use of appropriate pedagogic approaches in day to day teaching activities including Teaching Learning Material, Low cost teaching aids etc. (Based on number, scale and impact of innovations/experiments) | 30                                                                             |
| 2                                                                              | Organization of extra and co-curricular activities (Based on number, scale and impact of experiments)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 25                                                                             |
| 3                                                                              | a) Mobilization of society for school infrastructure and for spreading social awareness among children. b) Promotion of nation building and national integration                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 25                                                                             |
| Subtotal                                                                       | Subtotal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 80                                                                             |
| Grand Total                                                                    | Grand Total                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 100                                                                            |

Annexure-II State / UT / Organizations wise maximum number of nominations allowed

| S.no   | States/UTs/Organizations            | Max. nominations   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                      | 6                  |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 3                  |
| 3      | Assam                               | 3                  |
| 4      | Bihar                               | 6                  |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                        | 3                  |
| 6      | Goa                                 | 3                  |
| 7      | Gujarat                             | 6                  |
| 8      | Haryana                             | 3                  |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                    | 3                  |
| 10     | Jammu& Kashmir                      | 3                  |
| 11     | Jharkhand                           | 3                  |
| 12     | Karnataka                           | 6                  |
| 13     | Kerala                              | 6                  |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh                      | 6                  |
| 15     | Maharashtra                         | 6                  |
| 16     | Manipur                             | 3                  |
| 17     | Meghalaya                           | 3                  |
| 18     | Mizoram                             | 3                  |
| 19     | Nagaland                            | 3                  |
| 20     | Odisha                              | 6                  |
| 21     | Punjab                              | 6                  |
| 22     | Rajasthan                           | 6                  |
| 23     | Sikkim                              | 3                  |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                          | 6                  |
| 25     | Telangana                           | 6                  |
| 26     | Tripura                             | 3                  |
| 27     | Uttar Pradesh                       | 6                  |
| 28     | Uttarakhand                         | 3                  |
| 29     | West Bengal                         | 6                  |
|        | Subtotal                            | 129                |
|        | Union Territory                     |                    |
| 30     | A&N Islands                         | 1                  |
| 31     | Chandigarh                          | 1                  |
| 32     | D&N Haveli                          | 1                  |
| 33     | Daman & Diu                         | 1                  |
| 34     | Delhi                               | 2                  |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                         | 1                  |
| 36     | Puducherry                          | 1                  |
|        | Subtotal                            | 8                  |
|        | Others                              |                    |
|        | Atomic Energy Education Society     | 1                  |
| 37 38  | Under Deptt. Of Atomic Energy) CBSE | 6                  |
| 39     | C.I.S.C.E.                          | 2                  |
| 40     | CTSA                                | 1                  |
| 41     | Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan        | 4                  |
| 42     | Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti           | 2                  |
| 43     | Sainik Schools Under M/o Defence    | 1                  |
|        | Subtotal                            | 17                 |
|        | Grand Total                         | 154                |