Lok Sabha Question No. 1164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Absence of Teachers in Primary Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1164 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  JULY, 2016

## Absence of Teachers in Primary Schools

## †1164. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the attendance of the teachers in the Government primary schools in the country especially in Uttar Pradesh is recorded to be below 50 per cent and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  have  made  any  assessment  of  the  adverse  affect  on primary education due to absence of the teachers;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the action taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the attendance of teachers in primary schools?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a)  to  (d):    Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  commissioned  two  major research studies for assessment of attendance rate of students and teachers. In the first study  conducted  in  2006-07  covering  20  States,  18.3%  teachers  in  primary  schools were not in the school on a typical working day. The second study was conducted by Development & Research Services (DRS) in 2012-13 covering 27 States. As per the studies, nationally, teacher attendance was 81.7% in 2006-07 which rose to 84.8% in 2012-13.  State-wise  details  of  comparative  findings  of  average  attendance  rate  of teachers in primary schools based on headcount during the study in 2006-07 and 201213  is  at  Annexure.  The  average  attendance  rate  of  teachers  in  Uttar  Pradesh  was 78.1% in 2012-13 as compared to 83% in 2006-07.

The  recruitment and service conditions, including monitoring of teachers' attendance are primarily in the domain of respective State Government/UT Administration.

Government  of  India  has  advised  States  to  monitor  students'  and  teachers' attendance  in  elementary  schools  and  put  in  place  mechanisms  to  improve  teacher presence and accountability. The Central Government provides financial assistance to States and UTs under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), with a focus on improving quality of education at elementary and secondary level. Under these programmes funding is also provided to States/UTs for professional development of teachers through in-service training, grant of Teaching Learning Material and so on.

The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  been  constantly  pursuing with States and  UTs for filling up the vacant posts of teachers' as well as to rationalise deployment of teachers' in schools  in order to maintain pupil-teacher ratio as per the norms of  the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009.

The  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  has developed Performance Indicators for Elementary Education (PINDICS) to track teacher performance and attendance in Government schools. PINDICS have been shared with State  Governments/UTs  to  assess  teacher's  performance.  Teachers'  attendance  is being monitored by States and UTs through School Management Committees/School Management  Development  Committees/  Block  Resource  Centres/Clusters  Resource Centres by installing Bio-metric attendance system and other means.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1164 FOR ANSWER ON 25.7.2016 ASKED BY SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI REGARDING  ABSENCE  OF TEACHERS  IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Statement  showing  State-wise  details  of  comparative  findings  of  average  attendance rate of teachers in primary schools based on headcount during the study in 2006-07 and 2012-13

| S. No.   | States\UT         | Primary Stage   | Primary Stage   |
|----------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|          |                   | 2006-07         | 2012-13         |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 78.1            | 85.7            |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | -               | 81.9            |
| 3        | Assam             | 79.2            | (-) 77.0        |
| 4        | Bihar             | 75.8            | 81.4            |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 75.7            | 79.3            |
| 6        | Delhi             | 95.0            | 73.2            |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 70.0            | 94.1            |
| 8        | Haryana           | 86.9            | (-) 86.6        |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 80.0            | 87.3            |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 80.8            | 85.4            |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | -               | 91.1            |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 83.9            | (-) 80.4        |
| 13       | Kerala            | 84.5            | (-) 83.5        |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 70.4            | 84.1            |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 87.8            | -85.9           |
| 16       | Manipur           | -               | 78.4            |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | -               | 96.6            |
| 18       | Mizoram           | -               | 89.0            |
| 19       | Nagaland          | -               | 76.5            |
| 20       | Orissa            | 87.4            | 90.2            |
| 21       | Punjab            | 83.5            | 84.9            |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 81.1            | 85.3            |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu        | 86.6            | 88.6            |
| 24       | Tripura           | -               | 85.0            |
| 25       | Uttarakhand       | 77.8            | 83.8            |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh     | 83.0            | (-) 78.1        |
| 27       | West Bengal       | 96.3            | (-) 88.5        |
|          | Over all          | 81.7            | 84.8            |

Note: (-) denotes decline from the last survey.

2006-07: for 20 States

2012-13: for 27 States

Source: Study Report submitted by Research, Evaluation and Studies Unit for SSA, Ed. CIL  (India)  Limited,  New  Delhi  in  2009  and  Development  &  Research  Services  (P) Limited, New Delhi in 2014.