Lok Sabha Question No. 5 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: Female Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Supriya Sadanand Sule

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## Female Teachers

## 5. DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

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

- (a)  whether  there  is  an  acute  shortage  of  women  teachers  in  primary,  upper  primary  and secondary level schools in rural areas and a number of schools in rural areas operate out of Kachcha buildings and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has assessed the student-women teacher ratio in the country and if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any survey/study to ascertain the required vis-avis  actual  teacher-student  ratio  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes to set  up  schools  under  PPP  mode to impart  quality education in the country particularly in rural areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to improve the teacher-student ratio and recruitment quality of teachers especially women teachers for the betterment of education system in rural areas?

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

(a) to (e):  Education  is  in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, therefore, majority of the schools are under the jurisdiction of the respective State and Union Territory (UT) Government.  Hence,  the  recruitment,  service  conditions  and  deployment  of  teachers  as  also management of the schools are primarily in the domain of the respective State Government and

UT Administration.  As  per  the  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE) 2018-19  (provisional),  out  of  the  total  number  of  teachers  in  Government  primary,  upper primary and secondary schools in rural areas, 40.56% are female teachers and  the total number of schools having Kachcha building blocks in rural areas is 24940.

The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009 in  its Schedule lays down Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both primary and upper primary schools which  are  30:1  and  35:1  respectively.  As  per  the  framework  of  erstwhile  scheme  Rashtriya Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)-  now  subsumed  under  Samagra  Shiksha,  PTR  at secondary level should be 30:1. As per UDISE 2017-18 (provisional), the PTR at national level for primary schools is 23:1, for upper primary schools is 25:1 and for Secondary level is 26:1. 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.  However, Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  been  requesting  all  the  States  and  UT Governments  for  filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of  teachers  and  their  rational  deployment,  for which the Ministry issues advisories to all States and UTs from time to time.

Further,  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

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