Lok Sabha Question No. 1200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Education in Meghalaya
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

## 1200. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

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

- (a) the State of primary and secondary education in schools in the North Eastern Region, especially in Meghalaya;
- (b) the number of schools in the region with an average pupil-teacher ratio, State-wise;
- (c) the funds sanctioned and utilised by the Government to improve the educational standards in the region during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (d) the steps taken to implement Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and to promote the quality of primary and secondary education in this region; and
- (e) whether the Government is aware of any issue being faced by teachers and if so, the steps taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to address the issue in a timely manner?

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

- (a) & (b) : The status of primary and secondary education and percentage of schools with RTE compliant  pupil-teacher  ratio  in  North  Eastern  region  including  Meghalaya  is  summarised below:

| State Name        | Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)   | Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER)   | Gender Parity Index (GPI)   | Gender Parity Index (GPI)   | %of Govt. School with RTE Compliant PTR (Elementary)   |
|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|                   | Primary                       | Secondary                     | Primary                     | Secondary                   |                                                        |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 104.97                        | 87.45                         | 1.00                        | 1.00                        | 68.22                                                  |
| ASSAM             | 102.60                        | 78.28                         | 1.03                        | 1.15                        | 79.42                                                  |
| MANIPUR           | 110.20                        | 83.46                         | 1.00                        | 1.01                        | 83.66                                                  |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1200 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## Education in Meghalaya

| MEGHALAYA      |   146.08 |   89.56 |   1.01 |   1.17 |   83.74 |
|----------------|----------|---------|--------|--------|---------|
| MIZORAM        |   116.19 |  101.5  |   0.98 |   1.06 |   90.78 |
| NAGALAND       |    85.34 |   71.96 |   1.03 |   1.07 |   98.41 |
| SIKKIM         |    91.19 |  115.99 |   0.92 |   1.13 |   99.18 |
| TRIPURA        |   100.73 |  110.9  |   1.01 |   1.07 |   98.24 |
| National Level |    94.18 |   79.28 |   1.02 |   1.03 |   71.96 |

Source : UDISE 2017-18 (provisional)

- (c)  :  The  amount  of  funds  sanctioned  and  utilised  by  the  Department  to  improve  the  educational standards in NE region of the country are as follows:
- (d) : The Central Government has taken the following initiatives for improving the quality in school education in the country including NE Region :
- (i)  The  Central  rules  to the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act, 2009  have  been  amended  and  class-wise,  subject-wise  Learning  Outcomes  have  been  shared with all States and Union Territories.
- (ii)  The  National  Achievement  Survey  (NAS)  2017  was  held  on  13th  November  2017  for assessing the competencies developed by the children at the grade levels III, V and VIII. The NAS district report cards have been shared with the States and UTs to help in identifying gaps at the district  level and devise strategies  for  further  improvement. Subsequently, a  framework of intervention has been developed and shared with States to improve the quality of learning in the schools.
- (iii) : The online D.El.Ed. course was started from 3rd October, 2017 and 56,125 teachers from NE Region have successfully completed the training.
- (iv) In order to provide e-learning material, different facilities like e- PATHSHALA, DIKSHA portal,  SWAYAM  (Study  Webs  to  Active  Learning  for  Young  Aspiring  Minds),  SWAYAM PRABHA DTH Channels have been made available by the Ministry.
- (v) Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha launched in 2018-19, funds are given to all States and UTs for strengthening of infrastructure and  provision of  other  facilities

(Rs. In Crore)

| Year    |   Budget Estimates | Expenditure                |
|---------|--------------------|----------------------------|
| 2016-17 |            3935.57 | 3694.86                    |
| 2017-18 |            4229.27 | 4215.90                    |
| 2018-19 |            4580.18 | 4125.14                    |
| 2019-20 |            5176.78 | 3157.38 (as on 03.02.2020) |

in schools to ensure that all schools meet the prescribed norms, training of in-service steachers, headmasters  and  principals,  remedial  teaching  for  academically  weaker  students,  provision  of library  grants  to  schools,  ICT  and  digital initiatives,  strengthening  of  teacher  education institutions, Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc. (vi) An integrated Teacher Training Programme titled NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement) has been launched to train around 3 lakh teachers and  other  functionaries  in  the  NE  States  to  make  classrooms  learner-friendly  and  improving children's competencies. (vii) MHRD has designed a 70 indicators based matrix called Performance Grading Index (PGI)

to grade the States and UTs.

(e) : Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools come under the jurisdiction of the respective States and Union Territory (UT) Government which is the appropriate Government under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers and other staff come under the purview of the concerned State/UT Government.

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