Lok Sabha Question No. 1046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Recruitment of Teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 1046

ANSWERED ON- 02/12/2024

## Recruitment of Teachers under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

1046. Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne:

Smt. Bharti Pardhi:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the quality  education being provided by the Government to children under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to recruit teachers to strengthen primary education across the country and to ensure access to education to all children, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are vacancies for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class candidates, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  number  of  teachers  likely  to  be  recruited  under  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and the time by which these recruitments are made?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  was  one  of  the  three  erstwhile  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes, which have been subsumed into Samagra Shiksha- an integrated centrally sponsored scheme for School education with effect from the year 2018-19.  The scheme treats school education holistically, without segmentation from pre-primary to class XII and is in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal for Education (SDG-4). The scheme provides support for the implementation of the RTE Act.

The Scheme has now been aligned with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and 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, different academic abilities and make them active participants in the learning process.

Under  Samagra  Shiksha,  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  States  and  UTs  for providing various facilities to the children for implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 as also for implementation of various provisions of Samagra Shiksha Scheme which include free uniform to eligible children at elementary level, free  textbooks  at  elementary  level,  development  of  primers/textbooks  for  tribal  language, teaching learning materials, transport/escort facility up to secondary level, special training for age appropriate admission of out of school children and residential as well as non-residential training for older children, seasonal hostels / residential camps, special training centres, ageappropriate residential and non-residential training, support to Out of School Children (16 to 19 years) for completion of education through NIOS/SIOS, Holistic Progress Card, bilingual teaching material and books, support to Children with Special Needs (CWSN). Further, under the  student-oriented  component  for  the  children  with  special  needs,  financial  assistance  is provided for identification and assessment of children with special needs, aids and appliances, braille kits and books, appropriate teaching learning material and stipend to girl students with disability etc.

Also,  under  the  Scheme  financial  assistance  is  provided  to  the  States  and  UTs  for Universalization of School Education including opening/strengthening of new schools upto senior secondary level, construction of school buildings & additional classrooms, development/strengthening  of  school  infrastructure  in  northern  border  areas  under  Vibrant Village  Programme,  setting  up,  up-gradation  and  running  of  Kasturba  Gandhi  Balika Vidyalayas,  construction  of  hostels  for  PVTGs  under  PM-JANMAN,  setting  up  of  Netaji Subhash  Chandra  Bose  Avasiya  Vidyalayas,  construction  of  hostels  under  Dharti  Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan for unsaturated ST population, reimbursement under RTE Act, various qualitative components, strengthening of teacher education and strengthening of DIETs/BRCs/CRCs, provision of ICT, Smart Class and digital interventions.

(b) to (d): Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the Constitution and an overwhelming majority of schools are under the administrative control of respective State and Union Territory Governments. Filling up of vacancies by recruiting teachers falls within the domain of the respective Governments. The data of SC, ST and OBC categories in respect of the vacancies of teachers in these schools is maintained by respective States/Union Territory Administrations.

Recruitment of teachers in schools is a continuous process as vacancies keep arising due to factors like retirement, resignation and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength/new schools and the onus of filling up of these posts from time-to-time falls on  the  respective  State/Union  Territory  Governments.  Under  the  Integrated  Scheme  of Samagra Shiksha, the department provides financial support for the salary of teachers as per programmatic and financial norms and as per the provision available. The respective State/UT governments are expected to fill these vacancies from time to time in a transparent manner.

The recruitment of teachers including the number of teachers to be recruited and the time schedules of recruitment is planned and carried out by the States as per their convenience and suitability.

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