Lok Sabha Question No. 1409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-09
Subject: National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1409 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026

## National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)

1409. Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  released  to  the  National  Institute  of  Technical  Teachers Training and Research (NITTTRs) during the last five years, year-wise and institute-wise;
- (b) the details regarding the number of teachers trained by the NITTTRs, year-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  to  assess  the  requirement  of  additional technical teachers training centres and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government plans to establish a new NITTTR centre in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details regarding the proposed location, timeline and funds earmarked; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government to enhance the outreach of teacher-training programmes of these institutes to States which have lower participation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a)  to  (e):  The  National  Institute  of  Technical  Teachers  Training  and  Research  (NITTTRs)  are autonomous institutions under the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, located at Bhopal,  Chandigarh,  Chennai  and  Kolkata.  The  details  of  funds  allocated  and  released  to  the National  Institute  of  Technical  Teachers  Training  and  Research  (NITTTRs)  during  the  last  five years are attached at Table-1 of Annexure and the year-wise details of number of teachers trained by 4 NITTTRs are attached at Table-II of Annexure .

The  NITTTRs  also  operate  extension  centres  to  expand  their  outreach  for  teachers  training, curriculum  development  and  related  academic  support.  At  present,  NITTTR  Bhopal  has  four extension centres located at Pune (Maharashtra), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Alto Porvorim (Goa) and Raipur  (Chhattisgarh).  NITTTR  Chennai  operates  extension  centres  at  Bengaluru  (Karnataka), Hyderabad  (Telangana),  Vijayawada  (Andhra  Pradesh)  and  Kalamassery  (Kerala).  NITTTR Kolkata  has  extension  centres  at  Bhubaneswar  (Odisha)  and  Guwahati  (Assam).  The  NITTTR Chennai Extension Centre at Vijayawada,  established  in  2016,  is  presently  functioning  from  the premises  of  the  State  Board  of  Technical  Education  and  Training,  Mangalagiri,  Guntur  District, Andhra Pradesh.

The  Government  has  taken  various  measures  to  enhance  the  outreach  of  teachers  training programme through multiple measures aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to strengthen  technical  education  nationwide.  These  include  digital  expansion  through  online  selfpaced Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), delivered through Study Webs of Active Learning for  Young  Aspiring  Minds  (SWAYAM),  National  Initiative  for  Technical  Teachers  Training (NITTT), National Resource Centre (NRC) and the Learning Management System 'ePrashikshan'.  Inclusive  access  is  being  promoted  through  collaborations  with  State  Technical Universities, polytechnics, engineering colleges and other higher education institutions to conduct need-based  programmes,  capacity-building  initiatives,  and  development  of  training  modules  in Hindi and other Indian languages. Institutional strengthening measures include grant of 'Deemed to  be  University'  status  to  NITTTRs  under  the  distinct  category,  organization  of  need-based Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs), regional collaboration to identify training gaps in lowparticipation  States,  and  awareness  generation  through  circulation  of  course  information,  use  of social media and designing of need-based sector-specific training programmes aligned with local industry.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1409  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  09.02.2026  ASKED  BY  HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF PARLIAMENT SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR REGARDING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHINCAL TEACHERS TRAINING AND RESEARCH (NITTTR).

## Table-I

Ministry  of  Finance,  Government  of  India  allocates  funds  under  single  budgetary  head  to  all NITTTRs. The year-wise allocation is Rs. 158.64 Cr during the  year 2020-21; Rs. 150.00 Cr during  the  year  2021-22;  Rs.  200.75  Cr  during  the  year  2022-23;  Rs.  104.50  during  the  year 2023-24 and Rs. 188.45 during 2024-25. The details of funds released to 4 NITTTRs, year-wise are mentioned below-

(Rs. In Cr)

| S. No   | Name of the Institute   |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |
|---------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | NITTTR Bhopal           |     62.18 |     60.25 |   73.9652 |      33.1 |     58.33 |
| 2       | NITTTR Chandigarh       |     50.55 |     32    |   54.5    |      30.1 |     50.54 |
| 3       | NITTTR Chennai          |     30.55 |     25.5  |   38      |      24.6 |     50.17 |
| 4       | NITTTR Kolkata          |     11.81 |     23.6  |   26.72   |      12.7 |     27.41 |
|         | Total                   |    155.09 |    141.35 |  193.185  |     100.5 |    186.45 |

Table-II

| S.No.   | Name of the Institute   | Total number of teachers trained   | Total number of teachers trained   | Total number of teachers trained   | Total number of teachers trained   | Total number of teachers trained   |
|---------|-------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|         | Name of the Institute   | 2020-2021                          | 2021-2022                          | 2022-2023                          | 2023-2024                          | 2024-2025                          |
| 1       | NITTTR Bhopal           | 4,174                              | 4,285                              | 3,068                              | 4,256                              | 6,122                              |
| 2       | NITTTR Chandigarh       | 78,073                             | 60,516                             | 75,333                             | 54,627                             | 69,039                             |
| 3       | NITTTR Chennai          | 4,733                              | 7,149                              | 4,818                              | 5,232                              | 6,887                              |
| 4       | NITTTR Kolkata          | 15,687                             | 14,321                             | 8,790                              | 12,014                             | 5,950                              |
|         | Total                   | 1,02,667                           | 86,271                             | 92,009                             | 76,129                             | 87,998                             |