Lok Sabha Question No. 150 (STARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Capacity Building Programmes for School Teachers
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO-150

ANSWERED ON 31/07/2023

## Capacity Building Programmes for School Teachers

## *150     DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative/  launched  any  schemes/missions  for capacity building of school teachers since 2014;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  number  of  teachers  trained  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Madhya  Pradesh  and Maharashtra so far and the total expenditure incurred on the same;
- (c) whether the Government could specify the initiatives specifically aimed towards capacity building of teachers to impart Foundational Literacy and Numeracy to children; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure that teachers in the country are receiving 4050 hours of continuous professional development every year, as envisaged by the NEP 2020?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 150 FOR REPLY ON 31.07.2023 ASKED BY DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT  AND  DR.  KRISHNA  PAL  SINGH  YADAV,  HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS

(a) In-service teacher and teacher educators training have been an integral part of erstwhile Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE). These trainings were conducted by the concerned States and UTs through  State  Councils  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (SCERTs)  and  the  District Institutes of Education and Training. Financial provision was provided in the Project Approval Board  meetings  under  these  schemes  as  per  state  specific  proposals  for  in-service  teacher training including training of master trainers and teacher educators. The erstwhile schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE) have been subsumed in the integrated centrally sponsored scheme, namely, Samagra Shiksha- effective from 2018-19.

The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  has  also  launched  a  National Mission to improve learning outcomes at the elementary level through an Integrated Teacher Training Programme called NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in 2019-20. NISHTHA is a capacity building  programme for "Improving  Quality  of  School  Education through Integrated Teacher Training".  In view of the COVID pandemic and in order to provide continuous  learning  opportunities  to  the  teachers,  NISHTHA  online  was  launched  using DIKSHA platform in October 2020. NISHTHA training has been extended to secondary stage teachers  in  2021-22.  Further,  NISHTHA  has  been  extended  to  Foundational  Literacy  and Numeracy and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for training of master trainers.

Funds are also provided under Samagra Shiksha for strengthening of the SCERTs and DIETs and to emphasize the integration of training structures, the SCERT has been designated as the nodal agency in the state for conduct of Teacher's Training and preparation/conduct of combined annual teacher training calendars for all teachers, from ECCE to the senior secondary level.

(b) The details of the teachers trained in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are as under:

| State          |   NISHTHA Elementary (Face-to- Face) |   NISHTHA Elementary (online) |   NISHTHA Secondary |   NISHTHA FLN |   NISHTHA ECCE for Master Trainers |
|----------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|---------------|------------------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh |                                  498 |                        261997 |               45541 |        120074 |                                443 |
| Maharashtra    |                               247754 |                         23857 |              109583 |         64438 |                                948 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |                               383119 |                        525928 |               47756 |        179557 |                               6413 |

The details of Funds allocated and expenditure for teacher training including for the DIETs and SCERTs in the last two years for the States of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh under Samagra Shiksha is as under:

(₹ in lakh)

| State          | 2021-22   | 2021-22     | 2022-23   | 2022-23     |
|----------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
|                | Approval  | Expenditure | Approval  | Expenditure |
| Maharashtra    | 4824.57   | 1379.05     | 4775.87   | 3245.40     |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4421.68   | 2451.51     | 4764.00   | 3278.56     |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 10625.73  | 7145.22     | 11120.55  | 8613.60     |

Source: PRABANDH

- (c) NISHTHA - Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) in online mode on DIKSHA platform  for  teachers  and  school  heads  of  pre-primary  to  class  V  was  launched  on  7th September,  2021.  The  NISHTHA-  FLN  envisions  covering  nearly  25  Lakh  Teacher  and School Heads at Pre-Primary and Primary Level across all states and UTs. A special package consisting of 12 online modules have been developed by NCERT for this purpose, as per the objectives of NIPUN Bharat Mission. NISHTHA- FLN has been conducted in 11 languages (Hindi, English, Urdu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Kanada, Odia, Bengali, Marathi and Mizo) and 12.97 lakh teachers have completed the training across 33 States and UTs except Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
- (d) National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is being implemented in partnership with States and UTs and all the States and UTs prepare their annual plans as per their preferences, needs and  priorities.  NEP  2020  recommends  that  every  teacher  and  head  teacher  is  expected  to participate in at least 50 hours of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities every  year  for  their  own  professional  development,  driven  by  their  own  interests.  CPD opportunities systematically covers the latest pedagogies regarding foundational literacy and numeracy,  formative  and  adaptive  assessment  of  learning  outcomes,  competency-based learning,  and  related  pedagogies,  such  as  experiential  learning,  arts-integrated,  sports-

integrated, and storytelling-based approaches, etc.

Under Samagra Shiksha, support is provided to States and UTs for in-service training of    teachers,  school  Heads,  subject  teachers,    resource  persons,  master  trainers,  Education Administrators,  Teachers  Educators,  key  resource  persons,  induction  training  of  newly recruited teachers at elementary and secondary levels.  Training of teachers is also provided through digital medium on Swayam and Disksha platform.

Further, States and UTs are also supported for strengthening and up-gradation of State Councils for Educational Research and Training (SCERTs)/State Institutes of Education and District  Institutes  for  Education  and  Training  (DIET)  being  the  nodal  agency  for  teacher training.

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