Lok Sabha Question No. 3531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Single Teacher Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3531 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  AUGUST, 2016

## Single Teacher Schools

## 3531. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that single teacher schools are still existing in large numbers in the country and if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise;
- (b) the teacher capacity in each school in the country, State/District-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan for upgrading such schools and thereby improve the quality of education in such schools; and
- (d)  the  measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  appoint  sufficient teachers in each school across the country?

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

(a):   There  are  some  Government  Schools  in  the  country  which  have  single  teachers.  State-wise details of such schools are at Annexure. (b):   Issues related to teacher recruitment, service conditions and teacher deployment in government schools are in the domain of State Governments and UT Administrations. Data regarding teachers' capacity  school-wise  in  the  country  is  accordingly  maintained  by  respective  State/UT.  However,  at elementary and secondary levels, teachers' capacity in each school is available at www.schoolreportcards.in . (c) & (d): Under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the Central Government supports State Governments and UTs for additional teachers to maintain the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR), as per the norms of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. A total of 19.48 lakh teacher posts have been sanctioned under SSA, out of which 15.74 lakh teacher posts have been filled up as on 31st March, 2016. The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme provides for appointment of 1 Head Teacher and 5 Teachers for every new/upgraded secondary school on regular basis.  So far 121307 teachers  including  headmasters  have  been  sanctioned  for  government  secondary  schools  for upgraded/new  schools  and  additional  teachers  for  existing  government  secondary  schools.  Out  of these sanctioned teachers, 75935 teachers have been recruited by the States/UTs. Further,  the  Central  Government  in  various  meetings,  State  Education  Secretaries conference,

Joint  Review  Missions  (JRM)  advises  States/UTs  on  timely  teacher  recruitment  and  deployment  of teachers.

## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3531 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2016 ASKED BY SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI REGARDING 'Single Teacher Schools.

| S.No.   | State/UTs                | No. of Government Schools with Single Teacher 2014-15 - Elementary level   | No. of Government schools with Single Teacher - 2014-15 Secondary level   |
|---------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS | 16                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 2.      | ANDHRA PRADESH           | 9496                                                                       | 44                                                                        |
| 3.      | ARUNACHAL PRADESH        | 1020                                                                       | 0                                                                         |
| 4.      | ASSAM                    | 1213                                                                       | 2                                                                         |
| 5.      | BIHAR                    | 3682                                                                       | 26                                                                        |
| 6.      | CHANDIGARH               | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 7.      | . CHHATTISGARH           | 3782                                                                       | 58                                                                        |
| 8.      | DADRA &NAGARHAVELI       | 49                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 9.      | DAMAN &DIU               | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 10.     | DELHI                    | 12                                                                         | 1                                                                         |
| 11.     | GOA                      | 366                                                                        | 0                                                                         |
| 12.     | GUJARAT                  | 636                                                                        | 142                                                                       |
| 13.     | HARYANA                  | 885                                                                        | 3                                                                         |
| 14.     | HIMACHAL PRADESH         | 1117                                                                       | 2                                                                         |
| 15.     | JAMMU &KASHMIR           | 1430                                                                       | 0                                                                         |
| 16.     | JHARKHAND                | 7308                                                                       | 83                                                                        |
| 17.     | KARNATAKA                | 4551                                                                       | 7                                                                         |
| 18.     | KERALA                   | 307                                                                        | 1                                                                         |
| 19.     | LAKSHADWEEP              | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 20.     | MADHYAPRADESH            | 17655                                                                      | 219                                                                       |
| 21.     | MAHARASHTRA              | 2726                                                                       | 6                                                                         |
| 22.     | MANIPUR                  | 227                                                                        | 1                                                                         |
| 23.     | MEGHALAYA                | 225                                                                        | 3                                                                         |
| 24.     | MIZORAM                  | 73                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 25.     | NAGALAND                 | 83                                                                         | 1                                                                         |
| 26.     | ORISSA                   | 3720                                                                       | 13                                                                        |
| 27.     | PONDICHERRY              | 0                                                                          | 0                                                                         |
| 28.     | PUNJAB                   | 1350                                                                       | 10                                                                        |
| 29.     | RAJASTHAN                | 13552                                                                      | 23                                                                        |
| 30.     | SIKKIM                   | 13                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 31.     | TAMIL NADU               | 1095                                                                       | 13                                                                        |
| 32.     | TELENGANA                | 6280                                                                       | 38                                                                        |
| 33.     | TRIPURA                  | 45                                                                         | 0                                                                         |
| 34.     | UTTAR PRADESH            | 16966                                                                      | 636                                                                       |
| 35. 36. | UTTARANCHAL WEST BENGAL  | 1735 2644                                                                  | 36 3                                                                      |

Source: UDISE- 2014-15