Lok Sabha Question No. 77 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Training Programme for Teachers
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 77 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.04.2016

Training Programme for Teachers

†77.  DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE: SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN: SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the standard of education is declining in various States due to shortage of trained / skilled teachers in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UTwise including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar;
- (b) whether the Government proposes any changes/updation in the training programme for teachers and if so, the details thereof ;
- (c) whether the  Government proposes to constitute  a  Committee  to  submit  suggestions for the  ways to institutionalise an internship of teachers education programmes  in Government schools and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the knowledge of teaching staff in schools in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  corrective  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  improve  the standard of education in the country?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a & b): No,  Madam.  Under  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan,  a  flagship  scheme  of  the Central Government, the State Governments are supported as various interventions, including in-service teachers' training, induction training for newly recruited teachers and training of all untrained teachers to acquire professional qualification through Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode.  States like Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand,

West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura have untrained inservice teachers, who are being trained by the respective State Governments, in consultation with  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  and  Central  Government.  The  details  of untrained teachers in States/UTs are annexed.

The  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE)  notified  NCTE  Regulation, 2014  and  Norms  and  Standards  for  teacher  education  institutions  and  teachers  education programmes.  The pre service teacher edcuation programmes have modules on ICT, Gender Studies,  Inclusive  Education  and  Yoga.    The  period  of  Internship  in  the  teacher  education programmes has been significantly  enhanced to  make these  programmes more rigrous and professionalized.

(c): The Ministry has constituted a Committee of six members under the chairpersonship of  Additional  Secretary,  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy  to  institutionalize internship  of  teacher  education  programme  in  Government  schools,  vide  order  dated  10 th March, 2016.  The first meeting of the Committee was held on 5 th April, 2016.

(d & e): The  Central  Government  supports  States/UTs  through  Centrally  Sponsored Schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  and  Rastriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RMSA) to improve quality of learning in elementary and secondary schools.

Under SSA, there is a provision for recruitment of additional teachers for improving pupil-teacher  ratios,  academic  support  for  teachers  through  block  and  cluster  resource centres,  continuous  and  comprehensive  evaluation  system  to  equip  the  teacher  to  measure pupil  performance  and  provide  remedial  action  wherever  required,  and  teacher  and  school grants for development of appropriate teaching-learning materials, etc.

Through  SSA,  the  Central  Government  supports  States/UT  on  early  grade  reading, writing  &  comprehension,  and  early  Mathematics  programmes  through  a  sub-programme namely 'Padhe  Bharat Badhe  Bharat' (PBBB) in classes I and II.  Further the government has launched Rashtriya Aavishkar Abhiyan (RAA), inter-alia, as a sub-component of Sarva Shiksha  Abhiyan  and  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA),  to  motivate  and engage children of the age group from 6-18 years in Science, Mathematics and Technology through observation, experimentation, inference drawing, model building, etc. both through inside and outside classroom activities.

The Central Government has launched the 'Pandit Madam Moham Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching' in December, 2014 with a vison to comprehensively address all issues related to teachers, teaching, teacher preparation, professional development,

curriculum design, research in pedagogy and developing effective pedagogy.

The  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.

In  the  recent  Meeting  of  Education  Ministers  on  Teachers'  Education  held  in  New Delhi  on  08.02.2016  several  steps  for  improvement  of  the  quality  of  education  were discussed.    These  include  internship  for  Teacher  Education  Programmes  in  Government Schools;  volunteerism  involving  retired  teachers  and  development  of  an  accreditation framework  for  Teacher  Education  Institutions  including  DIETs  which  will  help  bring transparency and grading.

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Annexure referred to in Part (a & b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 77for 25/04/2016 raised  by  Dr.  Shrikant  Eknath  Shinde,  Shri  Kunwar  Pushpendra  Singh  Chandel,  Shri Adhalrao Patil Shivajirao, Shrimati Rakshatai khadse, Shri Nagendra Kumar Pradhan, Shri Rahul Shewale, Shri Anandrao Adsul regarding Training Programme for Teachers.

No. & % of untrained teacher in States/UTs as on December 2015 (State+SSA)

| Sl. No.   | State/UT            |   No. of Untrained teacher | %of Untrained teacher to total working teacher   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | A &NIsland          |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh      |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh   |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 4         | Assam               |                      36213 | 21.67%                                           |
| 5         | Bihar               |                     103760 | 25.48%                                           |
| 6         | Chandigarh          |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh        |                      11926 | 5.65%                                            |
| 8         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 9         | Daman &Diu          |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 10        | Delhi               |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 11        | Goa                 |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 12        | Gujarat             |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 13        | Haryana             |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh    |                       1403 | 2.92%                                            |
| 15        | Jammu &Kashmir      |                      18565 | 21.82%                                           |
| 16        | Jharkhand           |                      15308 | 13.59%                                           |
| 17        | Karnataka           |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 18        | Kerala              |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 19        | Lakshadweep         |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh      |                       1455 | 0.45%                                            |
| 21        | Maharashtra         |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 22        | Manipur             |                       3883 | 21.03%                                           |
| 23        | Meghalaya           |                      15822 | 72.93%                                           |
| 24        | Mizoram             |                        673 | 5.82%                                            |
| 25        | Nagaland            |                       7115 | 42.73%                                           |
| 26        | Odisha              |                      14716 | 6.52%                                            |
| 27        | Puducherry          |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 28        | Punjab              |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 29        | Rajasthan           |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 30        | Sikkim              |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu          |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 32        | Telangana           |                          0 | 0.00%                                            |
| 33        | Tripura             |                      25954 | 76.25%                                           |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh       |                      15242 | 2.79%                                            |
| 35        | Uttarakhand         |                        949 | 2.41%                                            |
| 36        | West Bengal         |                     127773 | 34.07%                                           |
| Total     |                     |                     400757 | 9.25%                                            |

Source:  AWP 2015-16