Lok Sabha Question No. 1211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-11
Subject: Teacher Training
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2019

## Teacher Training

## 1211. SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

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

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to accelerate and amplify solutions, experiments and innovations that are underway and are being attempted in the areas of teacher training and professional development; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) & (b): As education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, a majority of the schools are  under  the  jurisdiction  of  respective  States  and  Union  Territories  (UT).  Hence,  the recruitment,  service  conditions  and  deployment  of  teachers  are  primarily  in  the  domain  of respective  State  Governments  and  UT  Administrations.  However,  Samagra  Shiksha,  a centrally  sponsored  scheme  which  has  been  launched  in  2018-19  for  the  education  sector extending  from  pre-school  to  class  12  by  subsuming  three  erstwhile  schemes  i.e.,  Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  and  Teacher Education (TE) has provisions for induction and in-service training of teachers.

The purpose of teachers' training is not only improvement of skills but also to facilitate a shift in the understanding of teaching and learning as stipulated by the Right of Children to Free  and  Compulsory  Education (RTE)  Act,  2009  and  National  Curriculum  Framework (NCF)  2005.  The  RTE  Act  also  attaches  immense  significance  to  the  role  of  teachers  in improving elementary education by making available professionally trained teachers for the school  system.  Moreover,  teacher  training  is  provided  for  all  levels  of  teachers  from  preprimary to the higher secondary level. In-service teacher training is provided to elementary school  teachers  through  the  institutional  structure  of  Block  Resource  Clusters  and  Cluster Resource Centers. Additionally, pre-service teacher training is provided to eligible candidates in Government Teacher Education Institutes like District Institute of Education and Training (DIET),  Colleges  of  Teacher  Education  (CTEs)  and  Institutes  of  Advanced  Studies  in Education  (IASEs).  The  State  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (SCERT) prepares  a  combined  annual  teacher  training  calendar  with  active  participation  of  various state  agencies  and  is  also  the  nodal  agency  in  the  state  for  conduct  of  Teacher  Training. Accordingly,  funds  are  provided  to  states  and  UTs  for  Teacher  Training  under  Samagra Shiksha. Section 23(2) of The Right of Children to free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 has been amended,  according  to  which  all  untrained  in-service  elementary  teachers  are  required  to acquire minimum qualifications as laid down by the academic authority by 31 st March, 2019. The  National  Institute  of  Open  Schooling  (NIOS)  has  been  entrusted  with  the  task  of conducting the training of untrained in-service elementary teachers. 13,78,979 untrained inservice  teachers  have confirmed  admissions  at  NIOS  Portal.  NIOS  is  conducting  D.El.Ed. programme  through  Open  Distance  Learning  (ODL)  mode  and  SWAYAM  platform. SWAYAMPRABHA DTH channels are also used for this purpose. Further, a four year B.Ed integrated course to bring about qualitative improvement in teacher education programmes in India has been conceptualised and regulations for this course has been published in official gazette on 22 nd November, 2018. The model curriculum prepared for this course includes crucial aspects like Gender, Inclusive education, ICT, Yoga, Global Citizenship Education (GCED) and Health & Sanitation. The teaching specialization would primarily be for the primary levels and the secondary level. In order to provide supplementary learning material for students and for upgrading the skills of teachers, MHRD has developed a dedicated Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform. The high quality e-learning material both for students and teachers are being uploaded by Ministry and States/UTs on this portal. This is expected to substantially augment the knowledge base of the students and technical skills of teachers at no additional

cost.

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