Lok Sabha Question No. 1700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Teachers and Basic Facilities in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Geeta Kora

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 1700

ANSWERED ON-31/07/2023

## Teachers and Basic Facilities in Schools

## †1700. SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of teachers in Primary schools, Senior schools, intermediate and colleges;
- (b) the details of number of permanent and temporary appointed teachers therein;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make up the shortage of teachers and resume other services;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to make up for the shortage of study room, library, laboratory, cleanliness  and  sports  equipments  on  account  of  the  acute  shortage  of  basic  facilities  and resources being faced by most of the educational institutions;
- (e) whether the Government schools are equipped for the New Education Policy;
- (f) the number of schools, colleges equipped for smart classes in Jharkhand; and
- (g) the details of companies identified and awarded contract for the maintenance?

## A N S W E R

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

(a): The Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education has developed the  Unified  District  Information  System  for  Education  Plus  (UDISE+)  system  to  record  data  on indicators of school education provided by all the States and Union Territories. As per UDISE+ 202122,  numbers  of  teachers  in  Primary,  Upper  Primary,  Secondary  and  Higher  Secondary  level  of Education in the country are given below:

|   S. No. | Level of Education   | Number of Teachers   |
|----------|----------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Primary              | 24,33,800            |
|        2 | Upper Primary        | 27,51,815            |
|        3 | Secondary            | 16,20,001            |
|        4 | Higher Secondary     | 27,01,507            |
|        5 | Total                | 95,07,123            |

So far as colleges are concerned, a majority of them are established by the State Governments/Trusts/Registered Societies/Private Entities, etc. and the data in respect of teachers  in these colleges are maintained by the respective State/Union Territory Governments.

(b): Out of the 95,07,123 school teachers, regular and contractual teachers as per UDISE+ 2021-22 are 81,24,019 and 13,83,104 respectively.

(c) &  (d):  Education  is  a  subject  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  a  majority  of  the schools  are  under  the  administrative  control  of  respective  State  Governments/Union  Territory administrations. Recruitment of teachers, their service conditions including monitoring of absence and deployment  come  under  the  purview  of  the  respective  State  Governments  and  Union  Territory administrations. The recruitment of teachers in schools is a continuous process and the vacancies keep arising due to retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength/new schools. However, the Ministry of Education requests the State and UT Governments for filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of  teachers  and  their  rational  deployment,  through  review  meetings  and advisories from time to time.

Further,  the  Central  Government,  through  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Samagra  Shiksha, provides assistance to the States and UTs under various components to cope with the shortage of study room, library, laboratory, cleanliness and sports equipments.

(e) : The implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 requires multiple initiatives and actions, which are to be taken up in a synchronized and systematic manner, by multiple bodies including  the  Ministry  of  Education,  State  Governments/Union  Territory  administrations,  NCERT, SCERTs, NCTE and other regulatory bodies.  In pursuance of the  goals and objectives of the  NEP 2020  and  to  assist  States,  UTs  and  other  organisations  in  this  task,  the  Department  of  School Education & Literacy has developed and shared with States/UTs an indicative and suggestive NEP Implementation Plan for School Education named 'Students' and 'Teachers' Holistic Advancement through Quality Education (SARTHAQ)'. Capacity building of States/UTs through workshops/seminars etc is carried out on regular basis for implementation of NEP, 2020.

(f)    &    (g):  As per  UDISE+ 2021-22, a total of 1,999 schools with functional Smart classrooms for teaching  with  Digital  boards/  Smart  boards  /  Virtual  classrooms/  Smart  TVs  are  available  in Jharkhand.  The  data  regarding  the  details  of  companies  identified  and  awarded  contract  for  the maintenance is maintained by the State Government of Jharkhand.

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