Lok Sabha Question No. 703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Teachers Training
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Teachers Training

## 703. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

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

- (a) the status of the Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Training and progress made under the same so far;
- (b)  whether any proposals under different components of the scheme have been placed before the Project Approval Board(PAB) and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) Whether any of such proposals have been sanctioned by the PAB and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the details of institutions referred to as the 'international mentoring partners' for the said 'school of education' mentioned in the scheme and names of such institutions that have been narrowed down by the Government, if any?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a)  to  (d):  The  Central  Sector  Scheme  of  Pandit  Madan  Mohan  Malaviya  National  Mission  on Teachers  & Teaching having All India  coverage,  was  launched  by  the  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  of India on 25 th December, 2014 with an outlay of Rs. 900 crore and the scheme has been approved for continuation till March 2020. The Mission addresses current and urgent issues of supply of qualified teachers, attracting talent into teaching profession and raising the quality of teaching in schools and colleges.  The  Mission  also  pursues  the  long  term  goals  of  building  a  strong  professional  cadre  of teachers by setting performance standards and creating top class institutional facilities for innovative teaching and professional development of teachers.

Eleven  Project  Approval  Board  (PAB)  meetings  have  been  held  till  now  under  the  Scheme PMMMNMTT and out of 137 proposals received from various Universities/Institutes from all over the country and presented to PAB, a total of 64 proposals have been approved till now for setting up institutional arrangements under various components of the Scheme viz. (i) Schools of Education, (ii) Centres  of  Excellence  for  Curriculum  and  Pedagogy  such  as  Teaching  Learning  Centres,  Faculty Development Centres,  Centres  of  Excellence  in  Science  &  Maths  Education,  (iii)  Inter-University Centres  for  Teachers'  Education,  (iv)  National  Resource  Centre  for  Education,  (v)  Centres  for Academic  Leadership  and  Education  Management,  (vi)  Innovations,  Awards,  Teaching  Resource Grant, including Workshop & Seminar, (vii) Subject Networks for Curricular Renewal and Reforms, (viii)  Induction  training  programmes  of  newly  recruited  faculty  in  higher  education  and  (ix) Academic leadership development programme for senior academic and administrative functionaries of  higher  education  institutions  and  (x)  National  Resource  Centres  for  online  refresher  courses. Schools of Education which have been set up in Central Universities are required to collaborate with international  institutions  and  such  tie-ups  are  within  the  academic  autonomy  of  the  concerned Universities. A total of Rs. 213.81 crore has been released till now under the scheme.

Some of the gainful outcomes and benefits that have accrued from the Scheme are (i) Pre-Service Training of Teachers  in Central Universities, (ii) Specialised research in teacher education undergoing in Central Universities, (iii) Professional development, In-Service teacher/faculty training and capacity building done which were propelled by different training programs conducted by the Centres of Excellence in Curriculum & pedagogy, (iv) Teaching Resources being developed which can  be  categorized  into  ICT  enabled,  low  cost  infrastructure,  e-content,  course  modules,  etc.,  (v) Inclusive  education  and  Special  focus  areas  in  Disability  Studies,  focus  on  women's  University, teacher  education  in  tribal  areas,  NER  and  educationally  backward  regions,  (vi)  Subject  Based Networks setup, (vii) Academic Leadership development training programme for Vice-Chancellors, Principals, HoDs, Registrars etc. and (viii) Induction training programmes for Faculty & Academic Staff in Central and State Universities, CFTIs and Degree & PG Degree colleges to familiarize them in their roles as freshly inducted university teachers.

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