Lok Sabha Question No. 2237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-02
Subject: SATH-E Programme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Shrirang Appa Barne, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Hemant Patil, Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2237 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2019

## SATH-E Programme

## 2237.   SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE: DR. HEENA GAVIT: SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL: SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD: DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR S.:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of number of teachers in position in primary and upper primary schools in rural and urban areas across the country during the last five years;
- (b) the list of number of teachers who had the minimum qualifications to teach as per norms laid  down  by  the  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  Act,  2009  as  on March, 2015, State-wise;
- (c)  the  list  of  number  of  teachers  who  have  the  requisite  qualifications  as  per  norms  laid down by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 as March, 2019, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has implemented SATH-E roadmaps;
- (e) if  so, the details of number of schools merged in the last two years under the SATH-E initiative along with the list of vacancies of teachers at elementary and secondary level under the SATH-E initiative; and
- (f)  the  number of  children  benefited  from  the  remediation  programme  under  the  SATH-E initiative?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  As  per  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  (UDISE)  the  number  of teachers in position in primary and upper primary schools in rural and urban areas across the country during the last five years is as follows:

| Year                 | Primary school only   | Primary school only   | Upper Primary school only   | Upper Primary school only   | Primary &Upper Primary school   | Primary &Upper Primary school   |
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                      | Rural                 | Urban                 | Rural                       | Urban                       | Rural                           | Urban                           |
| 2013-14              | 3097995               | 792487                | 1515213                     | 577931                      | 236194                          | 89185                           |
| 2014-15              | 3183579               | 887513                | 1605008                     | 583264                      | 166007                          | 51369                           |
| 2015-16              | 3199357               | 912349                | 1655690                     | 610887                      | 112650                          | 28103                           |
| 2016-17              | 3293187               | 947338                | 1674880                     | 626236                      | 111392                          | 25850                           |
| 2017-18(provisional) | 3176553               | 910149                | 2026368                     | 743685                      | 64704                           | 26588                           |

(b)  &  (c):  Section  23(2) of  The Right  of  Children to  free  and  Compulsory  Education  Act, 2009  was  amended  to  train  all  untrained  in-service  elementary  teachers.  The  National Institute  of  Open  Schooling  (NIOS)  was  entrusted  with  the  task  of  conducting  D.El.Ed programme through Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode for the training of untrained inservice elementary teachers. 958513 teachers have successfully completed this course.

(d)  to  (f):  Sustainable  Action  for  Transforming  Human  Capital  in  Education  (SATH-E) project is implemented  by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog in the State of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. NITI Aayog, inter-alia, has provided the following information:

| Odisha                                                                                                                               | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1803 schools merged in last two years The number of vacancies of teachers at elementary level is 4410 and at secondary level is 8515 | 35996 different level schools located in same campus have been merged in 16167 schools. The number of vacancies of teachers at elementary level is 38898 and at secondary level is 41971                               | 4312 schools have been rationalised. No consolidation started at Secondary level. There was no vacancy of teachers created at elementary level in merged school. All teachers have been rationalized to the host and other nearby schools.                           |
| The number of children benefited from remediation program is 3474567 in 2018-19 and 3432675 in 2019-20.                              | 66.52 lakh students were benefited at elementary level and 9.19 lakh at class 9 in the year 2018-19. In the year 2019- 20, 64.92 lakh students at elementary level and 9.29 lakhs students of class 9 were benefitted. | The remediation programme named GYAN SETU has been started in October, 2018 for class II to IX. Around 75% students of class 2 nd to 9 th get benefited in regular monitoring. It has been reported that functional literacy and numeracy has improved by13% to 15%. |