Lok Sabha Question No. 2086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: Teacher Training Schools/Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, Shantanu Thakur, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sumedhanand Saraswati

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2086 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  DECEMBER, 2019

Teacher Training Schools/Colleges

## †2086. SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

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

- (a) the State-wise total number of teacher training schools/colleges functioning in the country;
- (b) whether National Council for Teacher Education grants recognition to B.Ed. colleges in the States;
- (c) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (d) whether  focus  is  laid  on the  quality  of  training  imparted  by  private training  institutes  and that training is being given on regular basis?

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

(a) :  Total  number  of  teacher  training  institutions/colleges  functioning  in  the  country  as  on 31.03.2019 are 16728. The state-wise detail is at Annexure.

- (b) & (c) : Yes,  Sir.  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE)  grants  recognition  to B.Ed colleges by inviting applications for recognition to Teacher Education Programmes in new Teacher  Education  Institutions  (TEIs),  and  enhancement  of  intake  and  capacity  addition  in existing TEIs offering B.Ed Programme.  Applications received  in the Regional  Committees of NCTE are processed as per Norms laid down in the NCTE Regulations, 2014.
- (c) :  The  NCTE  Regulations,  2014  (as  amended  from  time  to  time)  prescribes  norms  and standards  for  running  Teacher  Education  Institutions  (TEIs).    These  Regulations  provide  for constant maintenance of quality.  The NCTE Act 1993 provides for withdrawal of recognition in case  any  TEI  is  found  to  be  not  complying  with  any  of  the  provisions  contained  in  extant Regulations.    Accordingly,  the  scheme  of  NCTE  Act,  1993  and  Regulations,  2014  both  lay emphasis on qualitative functioning of TEIs.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  2086  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  02 ND DECEMBER,  2019  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI, SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR, SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE and SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI REGARDING 'TEACHER TRAINING SCHOOLS/COLLEGES'

## State-wise number of Teacher Education Institutions functioning as on 31.03.2019

| S. No.   | State                       |   Number of Institute |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh              |                  1043 |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh           |                    21 |
| 3.       | Assam                       |                   116 |
| 4.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                     1 |
| 5.       | Bihar                       |                   425 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                |                   246 |
| 7.       | Chandigarh                  |                    15 |
| 8.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                     1 |
| 9.       | Daman and Diu               |                     3 |
| 10.      | Delhi                       |                   155 |
| 11.      | Goa                         |                    10 |
| 12.      | Gujarat                     |                   415 |
| 13.      | Haryana                     |                   756 |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh            |                   116 |
| 15.      | Jharkhand                   |                   165 |
| 16.      | Karnataka                   |                  1102 |
| 17.      | Kerala                      |                   373 |
| 18.      | Lakshadweep                 |                     2 |
| 19.      | Maharashtra                 |                  1259 |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh              |                   980 |
| 21.      | Manipur                     |                    25 |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                   |                    18 |
| 23.      | Mizoram                     |                    11 |
| 24.      | Nagaland                    |                    14 |
| 25.      | Odisha                      |                   118 |
| 26.      | Punjab                      |                   383 |
| 27.      | Puducherry                  |                    60 |
| 28.      | Rajasthan                   |                  1406 |
| 29.      | Sikkim                      |                     8 |
| 30.      | Tamil Nadu                  |                  1230 |
| 31.      | Telangana                   |                   479 |
| 32.      | Tripura                     |                    14 |
| 33.      | Uttar Pradesh               |                  4728 |
| 34.      | Uttarakhand                 |                   166 |
| 35.      | West Bengal                 |                   864 |
|          | Total                       |                 16728 |