Lok Sabha Question No. 2143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Teachers Holding Diploma in Elementary Education by NIOS
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2143

ANSWERED ON-05/08/2024

## Teachers Holding Diploma in Elementary Education by NIOS

## †2143  SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

## SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that the Gazette Notification dated 22 September 2017 for  giving  recognition  to  Diploma  in  Elementary  Education  (D.El.Ed)  course  by  National  Institute  of Open Schooling (NIOS) could not be published due to the negligence of officials of NCTE, if so, the details thereof; (b)  whether  those  equipped  with  D.EL.Ed  offered  by  NIOS  are  loitering  around  in  various  States including  Uttarakhand  despite  being  selected  by  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  and  the  other recruitment agencies; (c) if so, the time by which justice is likely to be given to the said students and they will be selected; (d)  whether  it  was  essential  or  obligatory  for  the  untrained  in-service  teachers  to  take  the  D.El.  Ed. training; (e) whether the Government has designed the two years D.El.Ed. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) course into 18 months duration, if so, the details thereof; (f) whether the Government has provided two alternative to the in-service teachers for D.El.Ed training of 18 months and two years and if so, the details thereof; and (g) whether any fees was also charged by the Government from the trainees for the said course if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a):  The  Northern  Regional  Committee  (NRC)  of  NCTE  granted  recognition  to  National  Institute  of Open Schooling (NIOS) under NCTE (Recognition Norms & Procedure) Regulations, 2014 for D.El.Ed (ODL) program through SWAYAM portal of Ministry of Education (MoE) for  training of in-service teachers  subject  to  fulfilment  of  certain  conditions  vide  NRC,  NCTE's  order  dated  22nd  September, 2017. The order is uploaded on the website of NCTE and NIOS.

(b)  &  (c):  The  Ministry  of  Education  and  the  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE),  had circulated  to  all  States/UTs  to  consider  the  18-month  D.El.Ed  (ODL)  conducted  by  NIOS  for  fresh appointment in compliance of the judgement dated 21.01.2020 passed in CWJC No. 19842 of 2019 by the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature at Patna. However, the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide judgement dated 28.11.2023 issued in SLP(C) Nos. 23583-84 of 2022 has held that the 18 month D.El.Ed (ODL) is not  equivalent  to  the  regular  2  year  D.El.Ed  Course.  In  compliance  of  the  directions  of  the  Hon'ble Supreme Court, KVS has not issued appointment letters to the selected candidates of the NIOS D.El.Ed (ODL) Course.

(d):  The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017 provides that every  teacher  appointed  or  in  position  as  on  the  31 st March,  2015,  who  does  not  possess  minimum qualifications as laid down in the Act, shall acquire such minimum qualifications by 31.03.2019.

(e) & (f): The regular 02 year D.El.Ed Course is one of the minimum qualifications for a person in order to  become a primary teacher as per NCTE's notification dated 23.08.2010.  In order to enable the inservice teachers to acquire minimum qualifications by 31 st  March, 2019, the 18-month D.El.Ed (ODL) Course conducted during the academic sessions 2017-19 was introduced by NIOS by subsuming the 6 month internship period within the duration of the programme. However, the Hon'ble Apex Court has held that the 18 month D.El.Ed (ODL) is not equivalent to the 2 year regular D.El.Ed course.

(g): NIOS has reported that the fee for NIOS D.El.Ed programme was Rs. 6,000/- per year including a concession of Rs 1,500/- for procurement of Set Top Box during the first year. The state-wise details of the  fees  charged  from  the  trainees  for  the  18-month  D.El.Ed  (ODL)  Course  are  available  at https://www.education.gov.in/parl\_ques.

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