Lok Sabha Question No. 1668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-31
Subject: Regulation of Private Tutoring Services
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1668

ANSWERED ON 31.07.2023

## Regulation of Private Tutoring Services

1668. SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR BELLANA: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  thirty  per  cent  of  all  rural  children  go  to

- private tutors regardless of whether they go to Government or private schools;
- (b) whether there is any system of streamlining and regulating the services provided by private tutors as they become more integral part to the education system; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI) (a)  to  (c):    The  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  is  implementing  an integrated centrally sponsored scheme for School Education- Samagra Shiksha since 2018-19. The scheme has now been redesigned and aligned with the recommendations  of  the  National  Education  Policy,  2020.  It  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, difference academic abilities and make them active participant in the learning process. The following initiatives have been taken by the Department of School Education and Literacy, MoE to improve the quality of education:

- i. National  Initiative  for  Proficiency  in  Reading  with  Understanding  and  Numeracy (NIPUN  Bharat)  has  been  launched  under  Samagra  Shiksha  for  ensuring  that every child in the country necessarily attains foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) by the end of Grade 3, and e-content for the same has been released in DIKSHA platform.
- ii. NISHTHA -National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement  is  an  integrated  teacher  training  programme  designed  by  the NCERT to build the capacities of around 42 lakh elementary teachers and Heads of Schools at the Elementary stage, faculty members of SCERTs and DIETs and Block Resource Coordinators and Cluster Resource Coordinators. This programme has been expanded to cover teachers at different stages. So far as NISHTHA Elementary,  Secondary,  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy,  ECCE has been introduced for different stages of school education for Teachers, Head Teachers/Principals and other stakeholders in Educational management.
- iii. Learning outcomes for the Secondary level have been notified National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 has been conducted on 12 th  November, 2021 by the Ministry of Education to evaluate children's progress and learning competencies  as  an  indicator  of  the  health  education  system,  and  to  take appropriate steps for remedial actions at different levels.
- iv. A 73 indicator-based matrix Performance Grading Index (PGI) has been developed  to  grade  the  States/UTs.  District  level  Performance  Grading  Indices (PGI) have been prepared and a Web application for compilation of PGI-District has been developed.
- v. VIDYA  PRAVESH-Guidelines  for  Three-month  Play-based  School  Preparation Module for Grade-I Children have been released on 29 th  July, 2021 for all children to expose to a warm and welcoming environment in Grade-I.
- vi. Indian  Sign  Language  has  been  introduced  as  a  subject  at  secondary  level  by National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS).
- vii. Under  Samagra  Shiksha  approaches  such  as  remedial  teaching  and  bridge courses have been used at the elementary level and more progressive approaches  such  as  Learning  Enhancement  Programme  are  implemented  by identifying  the  learning  gaps  and  equipping  students  with  the  core  learning  prerequisites for the particular grade.

Further, education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools  as  also  recruitment,  service  conditions  and  deployment  of  teachers  come under the purview of the respective State/UT Government.

Ministry  of  Education requests  the States and UT Governments for filling-up the vacant posts of teachers and their rational deployment, through Review meetings and advisories  from  time  to  time  to  maintain  appropriate  Pupil-Teacher  Ratio  (PTR)  to States and UTs. As per data available in UDISE+ 2021-222, the Pupil Teacher Ratio at Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary level is 28, 23 and 18 respectively.

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