Lok Sabha Question No. 2822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-07
Subject: Funds for Research & Training Facilities for Teachers
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 2822

ANSWERED ON- 07/08/2023

## Funds for Research & Training Facilities for Teachers

## 2822.  SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount on research and training facilities for teachers since 2014 onwards to improve  the  quality  of  education  as  well  as  the  level  of  research  in  the  higher educational  institutions  and  to  further  strengthen  their  performance  in  the  grading provided by NAAC;
- (b) whether  the selected  teachers  would  learn  about  new  technologies  and innovations  which  could  be  applied  while  teaching  the  students,  if  so,  the  details thereof  and  present  status  thereof  along  with  funds  sanctioned/spent  thereon  till date, State-wise;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor and the steps being taken in future in coordination with the States; and

(d)  whether the training  will be imparted to the teachers in the prestigious Foreign Institutions  with  the  Quacquarelli  Symonds  ranking  of  1  to  100  and  National Institutions with the NIRF work ranking of 1 to 100 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 stipulates inter-alia that research/teaching  collaborations  and  faculty/student  exchanges  with  high-quality foreign institutions will be facilitated, and relevant mutually beneficial  Memorandum of  understandings  (MOUs)  with  foreign  countries  will  be  signed.  High  performing Indian  universities  will  be  encouraged  to  set  up  campuses  in  other  countries,  and similarly, top universities of the world will be facilitated to operate in India'.

Rs. 3908.24 crores have been spent under the various schemes/projects of for Research and Innovation by the Ministry of Education and its agencies  during the year 2014-2015 to 2021-22, which are given below:

- (i)  National Initiative for Design Innovation
- (ii) Startup India Initiative in Higher Educational Institutions
- (iii) Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
- (iv) Implementation of the IMPRINT research initiative
- (v) Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS)
- (vi) Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC)
- (vii) Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS)
- (viii) Multidisciplinary Education and Research Improvement in Technical EducationEAP (MERITE)
- (ix) Training and Research in Frontier Areas
- (x) Uchhatar Aavishakar Abhiyan
- (xi) National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)
- (xi) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching
- (xii) Research Promotion Scheme of AICTE
- (xiii) Atal Academy established by AICTE

(xiv) Inter University Centre for Teacher Education, Banaras Hindu University (IUCTE, BHU) of UGC

(xv) Human Resource Development Centre of UGC

The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  further  informed  that  it  has developed guidelines for establishment of research and development  cell in higher education  institutions  (HEIs)  with  a  vision  to  put  in  place  a  robust  mechanism  for developing  and  strengthening  research  ecosystem  within  HEIs.  The  functions  of these  initiatives  are  to  create  research  ecosystem  for  reliable,  impactful,  and sustained  research  output.  The  essential  elements  of  such  an  ecosystem,  viz., generation of knowledge development for industrial & societal benefits, are addressed by human resource (researcher & faculty), intellectual capital (knowledge &  skill),  governance  (regulation  &  policies)  and  financial  resources  (funding  & grants).  1590  HEIs  have  established  Research  &  Development  cells  as  per  UGC guidelines so far.

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