Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Employment to D.EL.Ed. Holding Teachers
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 238 ANSWERED ON-05/02/2024

## Employment to D.EL.Ed. Holding Teachers

## † 238. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the provisions made by the Government under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill 2017 and whether the said law has been implemented in the country;

(b) whether it is a fact that even after the recognition given to NIOS for D.EL.Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education) by the National Council for Teacher Education, the same has not been published in the Gazette of India and if so, the reasons therefor; (c) the time by which the same is likely to be published in Gazette of India;

(d)  whether  the  Government  has  passed  any  Bill  for  appointment  to  NIOS  D.EL.Ed.  holders  to  the  post  of  teachers  after completing the prescribed training;

(e)  the  reasons  for  not  appointing  D.EL.Ed.  holder  teachers  despite  imparting  training  to  all  the  Government  and  Nongovernment untrained teachers of the country under the Right to Education Act, 2009;

(f) the number of Government and Non-Government teachers who took training along with those given employment, State-wise; and

(g) the details of the immediate action taken by the Government to ensure that all the remaining selected candidates are given employment/appointment?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to  (g):  The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (Amendment)  Act,  2017  provides  that  every  teacher appointed or in position as on the 31st March, 2015, who does not possess minimum qualifications as laid down in the Act, shall acquire such minimum qualifications by 31.03.2019. Accordingly, 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 22 nd September, 2017. The order is uploaded on the website of NCTE and NIOS.

The number of teachers who took training under the 18-month (ODL) course conducted by NIOS is given at ANNEXURE .

MoE  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.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) to (g) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 238 FOR 05 TH   FEBRUARY,  2024  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF  PARLIAMENT  SHRI  SANJAY  JADHAV  AND OTHERS REGARDING 'EMPLOYMENT TO D.EL.ED HOLDING TEACHERS".

| State-wise Number of D.El.Ed. Candidates   | State-wise Number of D.El.Ed. Candidates   | State-wise Number of D.El.Ed. Candidates   |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Name of the State/UT                       | Total Enrolled                             | Total Passed                               |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                | 81                                         | 71                                         |
| Andhra Pradesh                             | 4192                                       | 3895                                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                          | 3658                                       | 3489                                       |
| Assam                                      | 104803                                     | 101765                                     |
| Bihar                                      | 261558                                     | 251706                                     |
| Chandigarh                                 | 282                                        | 270                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                               | 49798                                      | 48007                                      |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                     | 257                                        | 241                                        |
| Daman and Diu                              | 106                                        | 93                                         |
| Delhi                                      | 326                                        | 298                                        |
| Goa                                        | 708                                        | 675                                        |
| Gujarat                                    | 7846                                       | 7471                                       |
| Haryana                                    | 2629                                       | 2427                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh                           | 6021                                       | 5871                                       |
| Jammu and Kashmir                          | 2394                                       | 1955                                       |
| Jharkhand                                  | 63539                                      | 61278                                      |
| Karnataka                                  | 2649                                       | 2510                                       |
| Kerala                                     | 532                                        | 514                                        |
| Madhya Pradesh                             | 150948                                     | 140886                                     |
| Maharashtra                                | 5005                                       | 4489                                       |
| Manipur                                    | 22428                                      | 22033                                      |
| Meghalaya                                  | 23701                                      | 22339                                      |
| Mizoram                                    | 5580                                       | 5162                                       |
| Nagaland                                   | 4288                                       | 3970                                       |
| Odisha                                     | 50315                                      | 47911                                      |
| Puducherry                                 | 174                                        | 160                                        |
| Punjab                                     | 7555                                       | 7127                                       |
| Rajasthan                                  | 33900                                      | 32823                                      |
| Sikkim                                     | 3424                                       | 3076                                       |
| Tamil Nadu                                 | 21218                                      | 19931                                      |
| Telangana                                  | 13901                                      | 12921                                      |
| Tripura                                    | 7600                                       | 7266                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                              | 154082                                     | 146544                                     |
| Uttarakhand                                | 29925                                      | 28856                                      |
| West Bengal                                | 157407                                     | 153336                                     |
| Total                                      | 1202830                                    | 1151366                                    |