Lok Sabha Question No. 434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Streamlining Services of Private Tutors
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 434 ANSWERED ON- 05/02/2024

## Streamlining Services of Private Tutors

434. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of children particularly in rural areas go to private tutors regardless of whether they go to Government or private schools;
- (b) if so, the view of the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether there is any system of streamlining and regulating the services provided by private tutors keeping in view that they become more integral part to the education system;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

(SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a) to (b): Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and a number of States/UTs have taken initiative by way of legal framework to regulate the private coaching and tuition classes in their respective jurisdiction. To provide guidelines for better guidance and assistance to the students in any study programme, competitive examinations, or academic support, Ministry of Education has issued 'Guidelines for regulation of coaching centre' in January 2024 The details of which may be seen at: https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/Guideliens\_Coaching\_Ce ntres\_en.pdf

The focus area of the guideline is to provide framework for registration and regulation of coaching centre, to suggest minimum standard requirements to run a coaching centre, to safeguard the interest of students enrolled in coaching centres, to advise coaching centres' focus on co-curricular activities as well for holistic development of students, to provide career guidance and psychological counselling for mental wellbeing of the students.

(c)  to  (e):  The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  implementing  an integrated centrally sponsored scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha since 2018-19.  The  scheme  has  aligned  with  the  recommendations  of  the  National Education  Policy,  2020.  It  aims  to  ensure  that  all  children  have  access  to  quality education with an equitable and inclusive classroom environment which should take care of their diverse background, multilingual needs, difference academic abilities and make them active participant in the learning process.

The  following  initiatives  have  been  taken  by  the  Department  of  School Education and Literacy, MoE to improve the quality of education:

- i. National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat) has been launched under Samagra Shiksha for ensuring that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, and e-content for the same has been released in DIKSHA platform.
- ii. A comprehensive initiative  PM  e-  VIDYA  was  launched  by  the  Department  of School  Education  and  Literacy,  Ministry  of  Education  as  a  part  of  the  Atma Nirbhar Bharat programme, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable to provide a resilient, coherent and multi-mode access to education.
- iii. NISHTHA  -  National  Initiative for School  Heads'  and  Teachers'  Holistic Advancement is an integrated teacher training programme to build the capacities of around 42 lakh elementary teachers and Heads of Schools at the Elementary stage, faculty members of SCERTs and DIETs and Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators .So far as NISHTHA Elementary, Secondary, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, ECCE has been introduced for different stages of school education for Teachers, Head Teachers/Principals and other stakeholders in educational management.
- iv. Learning  outcomes  for  the  Secondary  level have  been  notified National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 has been conducted on 12 th  November, 2021 by  the  Ministry  of  Education  to  evaluate  children's  progress  and  learning competencies  as  an  indicator  of  the  health  of  education  system,  and  to  take appropriate steps for remedial actions at different levels.
- v. A  73  indicator-based  matrix  Performance  Grading  Index  (PGI)  has  been developed to grade the States/UTs. District level Performance Grading Indices

(PGI) have been prepared and a Web application for compilation of PGI-District has been developed.

- vi. VIDYA PRAVESH-Guidelines for Three-month Play-based School Preparation Module for Grade-I Children have been released on 29 th  July, 2021 for all children to expose to a warm and welcoming environment in Grade-I.
- vii. Under  Samagra  Shiksha  approaches  such  as  remedial  teaching  and  bridge courses  have  been  used  at  the  elementary  level  and  more  progressive approaches  such  as  Learning  Enhancement  Programme  are  implemented  by identifying the learning gaps and equipping students with the core learning prerequisites for the particular grade.

Ministry of Education requests the States and UT Governments for filling-up the vacant posts of teachers and their rational deployment through Review meetings and advisories  from  time  to  time  to  maintain  appropriate  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  to States and UTs, thus ensuring that there are no urban rural imbalances. RTE Act 2009 does not allow engagement of teachers for private teaching activities.

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