Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-07
Subject: CTET Exam in Maithali Language
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2022

## CTET Exam in Maithali Language

## †905.   SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is held in twenty Indian languages and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Maithili language, which is world's sweetest and classical language and included both in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution and in the syllabus of Central Board of Secondary Education, is likely to be included in CTET; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (c): The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has circulated guidelines in accordance with the provisions of Para 8 for conducting Teacher  Eligibility Test (TET) under Right of Education of Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 subject to the condition that  the  Question  Paper  shall  be  bilingual  (i)  in  languages  as  decided  by  the  appropriate Government; and (ii) English Language.

The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 20 languages viz., (i) English, (ii) Hindi, (iii) Assamese, (iv) Bengali , (v) Garo, (vi) Gujarati, (vii) Kannada, (viii) Khasi, (ix) Malayalam, (x) Manipuri, (xi)  Marathi, (xii) Mizo, (xiii) Nepali, (xiv) Oriya, (xv) Punjabi, (xvi) Sanskrit, (xvii) Tamil, (xviii)  Telugu, (xix) Tibetan, (xx) Urdu, since its first examination held on 01.04.2011. Advisory and implementation Committee of CTET in its 4 th meeting held on 24.04.2014 decided that "Maithili language is not used as the medium of instruction for class I-VIII and is also a sub language of Hindi, the same has not therefore, been given as language option for the CTET examination."

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## FORMAT

STATEMENT  TO  BE  LAID  BY  THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  EDUCATION CORRECTING  THE  ANSWER  TO  PART  (A)  TO  (C)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 905 GIVEN IN THE  LOK  SABHA  ON THE 07.02.2022 REGARDING CTET EXAM IN MAITHALI LANGUAGE

I beg to correct the part (a) to (c) given in the answer to Unstarred Question No. 905 in the LokSabha on the 07.02.2022 regarding 'CTET Exam in Maithili Language' as follows :

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| (a) whether Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is held in twenty Indian languages and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether Maithili language, which is world's sweetest and classical language and included both in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution and in the syllabus of Central Board of Secondary Education, is likely to be included in CTET; and (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? | (a) to (c): The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has circulated guidelines in accordance with the provisions of Para 8 for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) under Right of Education of Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 subject to the condition that the Question Paper shall be bilingual (i) in languages as decided by the appropriate Government; and (ii) English Language. The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 20 languages viz., (i) English, (ii) Hindi, (iii) Assamese, (iv) Bengali , (v) Garo, (vi) Gujarati, (vii) Kannada, (viii) Khasi, (ix) Malayalam, (x) Manipuri, (xi) Marathi, (xii) | (a) to (c): The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has circulated guidelines in accordance with the provisions of Para 8 for conducting Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) under Right of Education of Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 subject to the condition that the Question Paper shall be bilingual (i) in languages as decided by the appropriate Government; and (ii) English Language. The Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in 20 languages viz., (i) English, (ii) Hindi, (iii) Assamese, (iv) Bengali , (v) Garo, (vi) Gujarati, (vii) Kannada, (viii) Khasi, (ix) Malayalam, (x) Manipuri, (xi) Marathi, (xii) |

| Mizo, (xiii) Nepali, (xiv) Oriya, (xv) Punjabi, (xvi) Sanskrit, (xvii) Tamil, (xviii) Telugu, (xix) Tibetan, (xx) Urdu, since its first examination held on 01.04.2011. Advisory and implementation Committee of CTET in its 4 th meeting held on 24.04.2014 decided that "Maithili language is not used as the medium of instruction for class I-VIII and is also a sub language of Hindi, the same has not therefore, been given as language option for the CTET examination."   | Mizo, (xiii) Nepali, (xiv) Oriya, (xv) Punjabi, (xvi) Sanskrit, (xvii) Tamil, (xviii) Telugu, (xix) Tibetan, (xx) Urdu, since its first examination held on 01.04.2011. Advisory and implementation Committee of CTET in its 4 th meeting held on 24.04.2014 decided to continue with the above languages only.   |
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The inconvenience caused is regretted.