Lok Sabha Question No. 2923 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Proliferation of Sub-Standard Teachers Training Colleges
Ministry: Education
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 2923 ANSWERED ON-07/08/2023

## Proliferation of Sub-Standard Teachers Training Colleges

## 2923. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of sub-standard Teachers' Training Colleges and has taken any steps to control the proliferation of such sub-standard Teachers' Training Colleges as poorly trained teachers cannot ensure quality of education or contents being taught;

- (b) whether the Government intends to undertake an audit of such colleges;
- (c) if not, the manner in which the Government proposes to ensure quality of teachers in whose hands the future of India will be groomed; and

(d) the measures taken by the Government to ensure education of migrant children especially those whose parents migrate in search of livelihood for a short period?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) to (c): The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), vide its various regulations, as amended from time to time, lays down the infrastructural and instructional norms and standards for the Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs). In order to ascertain the fulfilment of norms and standards by the Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs), NCTE has introduced Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) from academic session 2020-21.

(d): In order to ensure education of migrant children, the Ministry of Education has issued guidelines for their  identification,  admission  and  continued  education.  The  main  features  of  these  guidelines  are Continued  Education  for  Out  of  School  Children  (OoSC)  and  Children  with  Special  Needs  (CWSN), Identifying Out of School Children, Enrolment Drives and Awareness Generation, Student Support and Teacher  Capacity  Building.  All  State  Governments  and  Union  Territory  Administrations  have  been requested to ensure access to education and continuous learning by migrant children.

Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, special training for age appropriate admission of  out  of  school  children  (OoSC)  and  residential  as  well  as  non-residential  training  for  older  children, seasonal  hostels  /  residential  camps,  special  training  centres  at  worksites,  transport/  escort  facility  are supported to bring out of school children to the formal schooling system. Free textbooks and uniforms are also provided as per norms of the scheme besides support under PM Poshan Scheme.

Further, since 2021-22, financial assistance is provided for supporting OoSC of age group of 16-19 years, belonging to socio economically disadvantaged groups, for completing their education through NIOS/SIOS, for accessing course materials and certification. Samagra Shiksha supports the provision of residential  facilities  under  the  intervention  entitled  Netaji  Subhash  Chandra  Bose  Awasiya  Vidyalaya. Children of seasonal migrants are one of the priority target groups under this intervention.

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