Lok Sabha Question No. 1879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: NISHTHA Programme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1879

ANSWERED ON 19/12/2022

## NISHTHA Programme

## 1879.    SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  the  salient  features  of  the  National  Initiative  for  School  Heads  and  Teachers  Holistic Advancement (NISHTHA) programme;

(b) the progress of the programme and the number of trainings conducted so far, State-wise; and

(c) the progress of the said programme in Jharkhand and the number of trainings conducted there, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) and (b): The Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an initiative 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 under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in August 2019. The aim of this training is to motivate and equip teachers to encourage and foster critical thinking in students, handle diverse situations and act as first level counsellors.

Due to COVID-19 challenges and in order to provide continuous learning opportunities to the teachers at the elementary level, this Department has launched NISHTHA online using DIKSHA platform on 6th October 2020 to reach out to elementary teachers and its further extension  to  all  as  well.  NISHTHA  online  on  DIKSHA  platform  covers  18  courses  in  11 languages. State/ UT wise (Face to face and online mode) coverage of elementary teachers under NISHTHA 1.0 is annexed as Annexure- I.

Teachers are oriented on various aspects related to Learning Outcomes, Competency Based  Learning  and  Testing,  Learner-centered  Pedagogy,  School  Safety  and  Security, Personal-social qualities,  Inclusive  Education,  ICT  in  teaching-learning  including  Artificial Intelligence,  Health  and  well-being  including  yoga,  new  Initiatives  in  School  Education including  library, eco  club, youth  club, kitchen garden,  School  Leadership  qualities, Environmental Concerns, Pre-school, Pre-vocational Education and School Based Assessment in a joyful learning manner.

Further, NISHTHA 2.0 for secondary level teachers was launched on 29th July, 2021 and NISHTHA 3.0 for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) for teachers of pre-primary to class V was launched on 7th September, 2021.

(c): District  wise  coverage  of  Teachers  in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  under  NISHTHA1.0, NISHTHA 2.0 and NISHTHA 3.0 is annexed as Annexure- II.

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## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE  I  REFERRED  TO  IN  PARTS  (a)  and  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1879 FOR 19 TH DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING "NISHTHA PROGRAMME" ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI JAYANT SINHA.

|                          | Elementary Teachers Trained under NISHTHA 1.O - 2020   | Elementary Teachers Trained under NISHTHA 1.O - 2020   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| State/ UT                | Face- to face                                          | Online                                                 |
| Andhra Pradesh           | 0                                                      | 92843                                                  |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 2962                                                   | 3979                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh        | 7743                                                   | 5736                                                   |
| Assam                    | 146889                                                 | 2227                                                   |
| Bihar                    | 149778                                                 | 288917                                                 |
| Chandigarh               | 3549                                                   | 4018                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh             | 600                                                    | 111936                                                 |
| DD &DNH                  | 2060                                                   | 1854                                                   |
| Delhi                    | 12015                                                  | 24156                                                  |
| Goa                      | 2128                                                   | 2804                                                   |
| Gujarat                  | 88716                                                  | 108131                                                 |
| Haryana                  | 64594                                                  | 63239                                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh         | 32655                                                  | 12017                                                  |
| Jammu &Kashmir           | 323                                                    | 92644                                                  |
| Jharkhand                | 66808                                                  | 88519                                                  |
| Karnataka                | 1454                                                   | 145774                                                 |
| Kerala                   | 0                                                      | 0                                                      |
| Ladakh                   | 0                                                      | 4514                                                   |
| Lakshadweep              | 726                                                    | 0                                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh           | 498                                                    | 261996                                                 |
| Manipur                  | 2812                                                   | 11053                                                  |
| Meghalaya                | 3928                                                   | 20475                                                  |
| Maharashtra              | 247754                                                 | 23857                                                  |
| Mizoram                  | 6522                                                   | 2607                                                   |
| Nagaland                 | 15302                                                  | 1327                                                   |
| Odisha                   | 1830                                                   | 174197                                                 |
| Puducherry               | 2825                                                   | 3611                                                   |
| Punjab                   | 509                                                    | 614                                                    |
| Rajasthan                | 232638                                                 | 173259                                                 |
| Sikkim                   | 4559                                                   | 0                                                      |
| Tamil Nadu               | 138425                                                 | 0                                                      |
| Telangana                | 96087                                                  | 0                                                      |
| Tripura                  | 23775                                                  | 11492                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh            | 383119                                                 | 525911                                                 |
| Uttarakhand              | 29729                                                  | 689                                                    |
| West Bengal              | 0                                                      | 0                                                      |

## ANNEXURE II REFERRED TO IN PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1879 FOR 19 TH  DECEMBER, 2022 REGARDING "NISHTHA PROGRAMME" ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI JAYANT SINHA.

| Districts            |   Total Elementary Teachers Trained under NISHTHA 1.O 2020 |   Number of Secondary Teachers Trained under NISHTHA 2.O 2021 |   Elementary Teachers Trained under NISHTHA 3.O - FLN 2021-22 |
|----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Bokaro               |                                                       5080 |                                                           545 |                                                          5081 |
| Chatra               |                                                       3967 |                                                           499 |                                                          3986 |
| Deoghar              |                                                       4600 |                                                           444 |                                                          4619 |
| Dhanbad              |                                                       5277 |                                                           678 |                                                          5283 |
| Dumka                |                                                       5124 |                                                           611 |                                                          5132 |
| Garhwa               |                                                       3808 |                                                           442 |                                                          3842 |
| Giridih              |                                                       7137 |                                                           807 |                                                          7159 |
| Godda                |                                                       4292 |                                                           619 |                                                          4296 |
| Gumla                |                                                       3187 |                                                           455 |                                                          3188 |
| Hazaribag            |                                                       5179 |                                                           756 |                                                          5185 |
| Jamtara              |                                                       2692 |                                                           342 |                                                          2698 |
| Khunti               |                                                       1654 |                                                           326 |                                                          1663 |
| Kodarma              |                                                       2005 |                                                           235 |                                                          2007 |
| Latehar              |                                                       2437 |                                                           318 |                                                          2445 |
| Lohardaga            |                                                       1331 |                                                           260 |                                                          1333 |
| Pakaur               |                                                       2270 |                                                           260 |                                                          2316 |
| Palamu               |                                                       6717 |                                                           631 |                                                          6738 |
| Pashchimi Singhbhum  |                                                       4881 |                                                           482 |                                                          4884 |
| Purbi Singhbhum      |                                                       4779 |                                                           642 |                                                          4793 |
| Ramgarh              |                                                       2293 |                                                           435 |                                                          2298 |
| Ranchi               |                                                       5772 |                                                          1030 |                                                          5787 |
| Sahibganj            |                                                       2908 |                                                           408 |                                                          2917 |
| Saraikela- Kharsawan |                                                       3571 |                                                           329 |                                                          3603 |
| Simdega              |                                                       1720 |                                                           280 |                                                          1729 |