Lok Sabha Question No. 5168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Teachers Training Programme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P. C. Mohan, Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5168 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 th  APRIL, 2022

## Teachers Training Programme

## 5168.   SHRI P.C. MOHAN: SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has launched a Teacher Training Programme for Teachers and School Heads recently and if so, the funds allocated during the last three years;

(b) whether the said funds have been fully utilized for the purpose and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) the number of teachers trained till now under this programme, State-wise;

(d) whether it is true that entire NCERT faculty has been involved in this teacher training exercise and if so, whether the faculty was given the training to undertake these activities;

(e) if so, the details thereof;

(f) the achievement of this massive training programme and whether the quality of training under this programme has been assessed till now and if so, the details thereof; and

(g)  whether  the  standardisation  of  training  across  all  geographical  aspects  of  the  country  makes sense,  especially  when  the  empirical  research  shows  that  the  contextual  teaching  practices  help towards achieving learning outcomes?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (g): The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education launched  a  National  Mission  to  improve  learning  outcomes  at  the  Elementary  level  through  an Integrated Teacher Training Programme called NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement on 21st August, 2019 under the Centrally sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha.  The face to face training was conducted from August, 2019 to mid-March, 2020.  However,  in  view  of  the  COVID  pandemic,  online  NISHTHA  training  for  elementary teachers was launched on 06th October, 2020 and the remaining training was conducted online by the NCERT on the DIKSHA platform using high quality professionally made e-content.

In  2021-22,  NISHTHA  has  been  extended  to  Secondary  level  and  for  Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN). NISHTHA 2.0 for secondary/senior secondary level teachers was launched on 29th July,  2021.  NISHTHA 3.0 focusing on  FLN for teachers and school heads of pre-primary to class V was launched on 7th September, 2021.

Consolidated year wise details of Funds Approval and Utilization for teachers training at all levels in the last 3 years is as under:

(Rs. In lakh)

|   No. | Year    |   Funds Approved | Funds Utilized   |
|-------|---------|------------------|------------------|
|     1 | 2019-20 |         146299   | 62700.71         |
|     2 | 2020-21 |          26791.5 | 11606.615        |
|     3 | 2021-22 |          39039.3 | 9712.34*         |

Source: PRABANDH

*Progress as on February, 2022

Funds allotted for teacher training could not be utilized fully due to Covid 19 pandemic. The  State/UT-wise  number  of  elementary  teachers  trained  under  NISHTHA  is  attached  as Annexure .

NCERT  faculty  has  been  involved  in  NISHTHA  training  programme.  The  faculty  of NCERT  acted  as  National  Resource  Group  (NRG)  and  was  actively  engaged  in  preparing  the training module, audio-video material, interactive activities, quizzes etc. after exhaustive brainstorming and training.

About  120  Experts  as  National  Resource  Group  (NRG)  were  identified  from  National Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT),  National  Institute  of  Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS), Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and Non- Government Organisations  who  conducted  training  directly  to      Key  Resource  Persons  (KRPs)  and  State Resource Persons (SRPs) identified by the State & UTs.

The course content/ modules were developed by NCERT after intensive consultation with all  stakeholders including states/UTs and were shared with all the states/ UTs. States/ UTs were also  given  flexibility  for  local  contextualisation  of  modules  and  their  translation  in  regional language.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE PART (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5168 FOR ANSWER ON 04.04.2022 ASKED BY SHRI P.C. MOHAN AND SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE, HON'BLE MPs REGARDING 'TEACHERS TRAINING PROGRAMME':

| State/ UT                | Face- to face Completed   | Online Completed   | Total Completed   |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh           | 0                         | 1200 (SRGs)+92843  | 94043             |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 2962                      | 3979               | 6941              |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 7743                      | 5736               | 13479             |
| Assam                    | 146889                    | 2227               | 149116            |
| Bihar                    | 149778                    | 288917             | 438695            |
| Chandigarh               | 3549                      | 4018               | 7567              |
| Chhattisgarh             | 600                       | 111936             | 112536            |
| DD&DNH                   | 2060                      | 1854               | 3914              |
| Delhi                    | 12015                     | 24156              | 36171             |
| Goa                      | 2128                      | 2804               | 4932              |
| Gujarat                  | 88716                     | 108131             | 196847            |
| Haryana                  | 64594                     | 63239              | 127833            |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 32655                     | 12017              | 44672             |
| Jammu &Kashmir           | 323                       | 92644              | 92967             |
| Jharkhand                | 66808                     | 88519              | 155327            |
| Karnataka                | 1454                      | 145774             | 147228            |
| Kerala                   | 0                         | 0                  | 0                 |
| Ladakh                   | 0                         | 4514               | 4514              |
| Lakshadweep              | 726                       | 0                  | 726               |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 498                       | 261996             | 262494            |
| Manipur                  | 2812                      | 11053              | 13865             |
| Meghalaya                | 3928                      | 20475              | 24403             |
| Maharashtra              | 247754                    | 23857              | 271611            |
| Mizoram                  | 6522                      | 2607               | 9129              |
| Nagaland                 | 15302                     | 1327               | 16629             |
| Odisha                   | 1830                      | 174197             | 176027            |
| Puducherry               | 2825                      | 3611               | 6436              |
| Punjab                   | 509                       | 614                | 1123              |
| Rajasthan                | 232638                    | 173259             | 405897            |
| Sikkim                   | 4559                      | 0                  | 4559              |
| Tamil Nadu               | 138425                    | 0                  | 138425            |
| Telangana                | 96087                     | 0                  | 96087             |
| Tripura                  | 23775                     | 11492              | 35267             |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 383119                    | 525911             | 909030            |
| Uttarakhand              | 29729                     | 689                | 30418             |
| West Bengal              | 0                         | 0                  | 0                 |
| Total                    | 17,73,312                 | 22,65,596          | 40,38,908         |