Lok Sabha Question No. 5281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-04-03
Subject: Regional Language Teachers Required in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 5281

ANSWERED ON-03/04/2023

## Regional Language Teachers Required in Schools

## 5281. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  have  made  any  assessment  to  find  out  the  number  of  regional  teachers required for implementation of policy of regional language based instruction for school children under NEP 2020 in various States especially in Odisha; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the existing strength of regional teachers, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) & (b): The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, inter-alia, provides that wherever possible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond, is to be the home language/mother  tongue/local  language/regional  language.  For  this  purpose,  NEP  2020  suggests  that States,  especially  States  from  different  regions  of  India,  may  enter  into  bilateral  agreements  to  hire teachers in large numbers from each other, to satisfy the three-language formula, as recommended in NEP 2020, in their respective States,  and also to encourage the study of  Indian languages  across the country.  The  Government  has  taken  number  of  steps  for  implementation  of  NEP,  2020  including designing a suggestive implementation plan 'SARTHAQ  (Students' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement  through  Quality  Education)'  and  sharing  it  with  States/UTs.  The  details  of  state-wise strength of regional teachers in government, government-aided and un-aided schools are annexed.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5281 FOR 03 RD  APRIL, 2023 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI SHRI  CHANDRA  SEKHAR  SAHU  REGARDING  " REGIONAL  LANGUAGE  TEACHERS REQUIRED IN SCHOOLS".

| State/UT                 | Language Name         | Number of teachers   |
|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Bengali               | 674                  |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Hindi                 | 1584                 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Punjabi               | 1                    |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Sanskrit              | 2                    |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Tamil                 | 156                  |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Telugu                | 75                   |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Urdu                  | 30                   |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | English               | 2753                 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Odia(lower)           | 6                    |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Hindi                 | 12901                |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Kannada               | 277                  |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Odia                  | 518                  |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Sanskrit              | 864                  |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Tamil                 | 1268                 |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Telugu                | 236898               |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Urdu                  | 4687                 |
| Andhra Pradesh           | English               | 63267                |
| Andhra Pradesh           | Arabic                | 44                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | Hindi                 | 6097                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh Assam  | English Assamese      | 17610 251019         |
| Assam                    | Bengali               | 37946                |
| Assam                    | Hindi                 | 8340                 |
| Assam                    | Manipuri              | 933                  |
| Assam                    | Nepali                | 179                  |
| Assam                    | Sanskrit              | 528                  |
| Assam                    | Urdu                  | 197                  |
| Assam                    | English               | 38265                |
| Assam                    | Bodo                  | 13600                |
| Assam                    | Khasi                 | 30                   |
| Assam                    | Garo                  | 478                  |
| Assam                    | Mizo                  | 24                   |
| Assam                    | Hmar                  | 240                  |
| Assam                    | Bishnupriya Manipuri  | 18                   |
| Assam                    | Karbi                 | 660                  |
| Assam                    | Arabic                | 487                  |
| Bihar                    | Bengali               | 1317                 |
| Bihar                    | Hindi                 | 519051               |
| Bihar                    | Punjabi               | 855                  |
| Bihar                    | Sanskrit              | 2787                 |
| Bihar                    | Urdu                  | 11900                |
| Bihar                    | English               | 44852                |
| Bihar                    | French                | 50                   |
| Bihar                    | Arabic                | 204                  |
| Bihar                    | Bodhi                 | 11                   |
| Bihar                    | Maithili              | 91                   |
| Bihar                    | Persian               | 21                   |
| Bihar                    | Other Indian language | 1737                 |
| Chandigarh               | Hindi                 | 2723                 |
| Chandigarh               | Punjabi               | 372                  |
| Chandigarh               | Sanskrit              | 32                   |

| State/UT                           | Language Name         | Number of teachers   |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Chandigarh                         | Tamil                 | 22                   |
| Chandigarh                         | English               | 6187                 |
| Chandigarh                         | French                | 9                    |
| Chhattisgarh                       | Hindi                 | 223024               |
| Chhattisgarh                       | Sanskrit              | 3166                 |
| Chhattisgarh                       | Urdu                  | 349                  |
| Chhattisgarh                       | English               | 34243                |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Gujarati              | 2157                 |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Hindi                 | 371                  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Marathi               | 441                  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Sanskrit              | 13                   |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | Urdu                  | 33                   |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | English               | 1474                 |
| Delhi                              | Bengali               | 63                   |
| Delhi                              | Gujarati              | 18                   |
| Delhi                              | Hindi                 | 118480               |
| Delhi                              | Marathi               | 4                    |
| Delhi                              | Punjabi               | 155                  |
| Delhi                              | Sanskrit              | 643                  |
| Delhi                              | Tamil                 | 25                   |
| Delhi                              | Urdu                  | 475                  |
| Delhi                              | English               | 31657                |
| Delhi                              | Bodo                  | 2                    |
| Delhi                              | French                | 52                   |
| Delhi                              | German                | 9                    |
| Delhi                              | Other Indian language | 13                   |
| Goa                                | Gujarati              | 1 761                |
| Goa                                | Hindi                 |                      |
| Goa                                | Kannada               | 72                   |
| Goa                                | Konkani               | 687 1848             |
| Goa                                | Marathi               |                      |
| Goa                                | Sanskrit              | 22                   |
| Goa Goa                            | Tamil                 | 2 1                  |
| Goa                                | Telugu Urdu           | 100                  |
| Goa                                | English               | 10083                |
| Goa                                | French                | 16                   |
| Goa                                | Arabic                | 4                    |
| Goa                                | Portuguese            | 4                    |
| Goa                                | Other Indian language | 235                  |
| Gujarat                            | Gujarati              | 322813               |
| Gujarat                            | Hindi                 | 12773                |
| Gujarat                            | Marathi               | 1135                 |
| Gujarat                            | Odia                  | 213                  |
| Gujarat                            | Sanskrit              | 790                  |
| Gujarat                            | Sindhi                | 14                   |
| Gujarat                            | Tamil                 | 24                   |
| Gujarat                            | Telugu                | 40                   |
| Gujarat                            | Urdu                  | 1091                 |
| Gujarat                            | English               | 38498                |
| Gujarat                            | Other Indian language | 727                  |
| Haryana                            | Hindi                 | 175568               |
| Haryana                            | Punjabi               | 1254                 |
| Haryana                            | Sanskrit              | 1766                 |
| Haryana                            | Telugu                | 12                   |
| Haryana Haryana                    | Urdu English          | 258 57505            |
| Haryana                            | French                | 95                   |
| Haryana                            | Russian               | 2                    |

| State/UT         | Language Name         | Number of teachers   |
|------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Haryana          | Other Indian language | 1134                 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hindi                 | 71643                |
| Himachal Pradesh | Punjabi               | 208                  |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sanskrit              | 2090                 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Urdu                  | 141                  |
| Himachal Pradesh | English               | 26055                |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Hindi                 | 24744                |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Kashmiri              | 15889                |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Punjabi               | 163                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Sanskrit              | 164                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Urdu                  | 19381                |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | English               | 105136               |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Dogri                 | 487                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Arabic                | 450                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Persian               | 41                   |
| Jammu &Kashmir   | Other Indian language | 651                  |
| Jharkhand        | Bengali               | 3237                 |
| Jharkhand        | Gujarati              | 210                  |
| Jharkhand        | Hindi                 | 161869               |
| Jharkhand        | Odia                  | 367                  |
| Jharkhand        | Punjabi               | 35                   |
| Jharkhand        | Sanskrit              | 1060                 |
| Jharkhand        | Urdu                  | 3743                 |
| Jharkhand        | Santhali              | 522                  |
| Jharkhand        | Mundari               | 189                  |
| Jharkhand        | Khadia                | 22                   |
| Jharkhand        | Kuruk                 | 139                  |
| Jharkhand        | Ho                    | 118                  |
| Karnataka        | Gujarati              | 42                   |
| Karnataka        | Hindi                 | 14989                |
| Karnataka        | Kannada               | 291874               |
| Karnataka        | Malayalam             | 216                  |
| Karnataka        | Marathi               | 4138                 |
| Karnataka        | Sanskrit              | 696                  |
| Karnataka        | Sindhi                | 13                   |
| Karnataka        | Tamil                 | 442                  |
| Karnataka        | Telugu                | 541                  |
| Karnataka        | Urdu                  | 13766                |
| Karnataka        | English               | 99823                |
| Karnataka        | French                | 145                  |
| Karnataka        | Arabic                | 46                   |
| Karnataka        | Persian               | 16                   |
| Karnataka        | Tibetan               | 58                   |
| Karnataka        | Other Indian language | 4084                 |
| Kerala           | Hindi                 | 820                  |
| Kerala           | Kannada               | 2770                 |
| Kerala           | Malayalam             | 206230               |
| Kerala           | Sanskrit              | 670                  |
| Kerala           | Tamil                 | 1271                 |
| Kerala Kerala    | English Arabic        | 55513 1199           |
| Ladakh           | Hindi                 | 389                  |
| Ladakh Ladakh    | Sanskrit Urdu         | 4 745                |
| Ladakh           | English               | 4593 376             |
| Ladakh           | Laddakhi              |                      |
| Ladakh Ladakh    | Balti Purgi           | 17 31                |

| State/UT        | Language Name         | Number of teachers   |
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Lakshadweep     | Hindi                 | 31                   |
| Lakshadweep     | Malayalam             | 551                  |
| Lakshadweep     | English               | 204                  |
| Lakshadweep     | Arabic                | 20                   |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Hindi                 | 520934               |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Marathi               | 747                  |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Sanskrit              | 3429                 |
| Madhya Pradesh  | Urdu                  | 2694                 |
| Madhya Pradesh  | English               | 73404                |
| Maharashtra     | Bengali               | 270                  |
| Maharashtra     | Gujarati              | 1383                 |
| Maharashtra     | Hindi                 | 45364                |
| Maharashtra     | Kannada               | 2499                 |
| Maharashtra     | Marathi               | 468494               |
| Maharashtra     | Sindhi                | 224                  |
| Maharashtra     | Tamil                 | 245                  |
| Maharashtra     | Telugu                | 493                  |
| Maharashtra     | Urdu                  | 35620                |
| Maharashtra     | English               | 193997               |
| Manipur         | Hindi                 | 3875                 |
| Manipur         | Manipuri              | 9626                 |
| Manipur         | English               | 28193                |
| Meghalaya       | Assamese              | 1426                 |
| Meghalaya       | Bengali               | 445                  |
| Meghalaya       | Hindi                 | 645                  |
| Meghalaya       | Nepali                | 47                   |
| Meghalaya       | Urdu                  | 152                  |
| Meghalaya       | English               | 37056                |
| Meghalaya       | Khasi                 | 8974                 |
| Meghalaya       | Garo                  | 6407                 |
| Meghalaya       | Mizo                  | 8                    |
| Mizoram         | Bengali               | 29                   |
| Mizoram Mizoram | Hindi Nepali          | 662 112              |
| Mizoram         | English               | 14432                |
| Mizoram         | Mizo                  | 7469                 |
| Mizoram         | Other Indian language | 662                  |
| Nagaland        | English               | 30567                |
| Nagaland        | Angami                | 45                   |
| Nagaland        | Ao                    | 155                  |
| Nagaland        | Konyak                | 17                   |
| Nagaland        | Lotha                 | 28                   |
| Nagaland        | Sema                  | 577                  |
| Nagaland        | Zeliang               | 13                   |
| Odisha          | Assamese              | 28                   |
| Odisha          | Bengali               | 86                   |
| Odisha          | Gujarati              | 10                   |
| Odisha          | Hindi                 | 9035                 |
| Odisha          | Kannada               | 11                   |
| Odisha          | Malayalam             | 11                   |
| Odisha          | Marathi               | 29                   |
| Odisha          | Nepali                | 417                  |
| Odisha          | Odia                  | 280666               |
| Odisha          | Sanskrit              | 2232                 |
|                 |                       | 13                   |
| Odisha Odisha   | Tamil Telugu          | 454                  |
| Odisha          | Urdu                  | 1075                 |
| Odisha          | English               | 36869                |

| State/UT            | Language Name         | Number of teachers   |
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Odisha              | Santhali              | 196                  |
| Puducherry          | Hindi                 | 175                  |
| Puducherry          | Malayalam             | 233                  |
| Puducherry          | Sanskrit              | 18                   |
| Puducherry          | Tamil                 | 5976                 |
| Puducherry          | Telugu                | 386                  |
| Puducherry          | English               | 5474                 |
| Puducherry          | French                | 77                   |
| Puducherry          | Arabic                | 16                   |
| Punjab              | Hindi                 | 37968                |
| Punjab              | Punjabi               | 136745               |
| Punjab              | Sanskrit              | 162                  |
| Punjab              | Urdu                  | 472                  |
| Punjab              | English               | 81787                |
| Rajasthan           | Gujarati              | 849                  |
| Rajasthan           | Hindi                 | 615277               |
| Rajasthan           | Punjabi               | 1083                 |
| Rajasthan           | Sanskrit              | 12637                |
| Rajasthan           | Sindhi                | 73                   |
| Rajasthan           | Urdu                  | 2130                 |
| Rajasthan           | English               | 85707                |
| Rajasthan           | Rajasthani            | 1559                 |
| Rajasthan           | Other Indian language | 5210                 |
| Sikkim              | Hindi                 | 1434                 |
| Sikkim              | Nepali                | 1068                 |
| Sikkim              | English               | 10226                |
| Sikkim              | Bhutia                | 274                  |
| Sikkim              | Lepcha                | 241                  |
| Sikkim              | Limboo                | 166                  |
|                     | Tibetan               | 34                   |
| Sikkim Tamilnadu    | Tamil                 | 569920               |
| Telangana           | Assamese              | 23                   |
| Telangana           | Bengali               | 76                   |
| Telangana Telangana | Gujarati Hindi        | 34 15697             |
| Telangana           | Kannada               | 168                  |
| Telangana           | Kashmiri              | 16                   |
| Telangana           | Konkani               | 19                   |
| Telangana           | Malayalam             | 274                  |
| Telangana           | Manipuri              | 12                   |
| Telangana           | Marathi               | 282                  |
| Telangana           | Nepali                | 13                   |
| Telangana           | Odia                  | 51                   |
| Telangana           | Punjabi               | 11                   |
| Telangana           | Sanskrit              | 121                  |
| Telangana           | Sindhi                | 22                   |
| Telangana           | Tamil                 | 511                  |
| Telangana           | Telugu                | 198081               |
| Telangana           | Urdu                  | 11137                |
| Telangana           | English               | 94035                |
| Telangana           | Bodo                  | 20 4                 |
| Telangana           | Dogri                 |                      |
| Telangana           | Garo                  | 1                    |
| Telangana           | Mizo                  | 1                    |
| Telangana           | Lepcha                | 2 15                 |
| Telangana Telangana | French Angami         | 143                  |
| Telangana           | Ao                    | 1                    |
| Telangana           | Arabic                | 34                   |

| State/UT      | Language Name          |   Number of teachers |
|---------------|------------------------|----------------------|
| Telangana     | Odia(lower)            |                    3 |
| Telangana     | Rajasthani             |                    1 |
| Telangana     | Other Foreign language |                   12 |
| Telangana     | Other Indian language  |                   74 |
| Tripura       | Bengali                |                28773 |
| Tripura       | Hindi                  |                  342 |
| Tripura       | Manipuri               |                   12 |
| Tripura       | Sanskrit               |                   28 |
| Tripura       | Urdu                   |                   16 |
| Tripura       | English                |                 5970 |
| Tripura       | Mizo                   |                   74 |
| Tripura       | Kakbarak               |                 1063 |
| Tripura       | Other Indian language  |                  155 |
| Uttarakhand   | Bengali                |                  193 |
| Uttarakhand   | Hindi                  |                92078 |
| Uttarakhand   | Punjabi                |                   82 |
| Uttarakhand   | Sanskrit               |                  777 |
| Uttarakhand   | Urdu                   |                  647 |
| Uttarakhand   | English                |                29435 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hindi                  |              1318226 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sanskrit               |                14773 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Urdu                   |                25337 |
| Uttar Pradesh | English                |               149492 |
| West Bengal   | Other Indian language  |                  687 |
| West Bengal   | Angami                 |                17284 |
| West Bengal   | Arabic                 |                 1137 |
| West Bengal   | Bodhi                  |                 5469 |
| West Bengal   | German                 |                45908 |
| West Bengal   | Kakbarak               |                 2613 |
| West Bengal   | Nicobaree              |               503954 |
| West Bengal   | Odia(lower)            |                 4635 |

(Source: UDISE+ 2021-22)