Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Training Programme under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 69

ANSWERED ON-01/12/2025

## Training Programme under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan

## †69. Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the training programmes available for teaching under Samagra Siksha Abhiyan during the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether the Government is organizing it according to modern Education system and if so, the measures taken by the Government in this regard; and

(c)  the  details  of  the  subject  matter  and  systems  adopted  in  different  programes  under  this scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDARY)

(a) to (c): Strengthening of teacher training and education programmes is supported under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha in alignment with the recommendations of the  National  Education  Policy  (NEP)  2020.  The  interventions  under  Samagra  Shiksha  are aimed  at  strengthening  physical  infrastructure  in  Teacher  Education  Institutions  (TEIs); supporting State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs) so that they can effectively  and  efficiently  carry  out  quality  teacher  education,  research  and  develop  statespecific  curriculum  frameworks  as  a  follow-up  to  the  National  Curriculum  Framework  for School Education (NCF-SE); capacity building of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET)  functionaries;  and  providing  continuous  academic  support  to  schools  through BRCs/CRCs.

The Department of School Education and Literacy has also launched a national mission to improve  learning  outcomes  at  the  elementary  level  through  an  integrated  teacher  training programme called NISHTHA - National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement - under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha. NISHTHA is a capacity-building programme for 'Improving Quality of School Education through Integrated Teacher Training'. NISHTHA online was launched using the DIKSHA platform in October 2020.  NISHTHA  training  was  extended  to  secondary  stage  teachers  in  2021-22  and subsequently  expanded  to  cover  Foundational  Literacy  and  Numeracy  (FLN)  and  Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) for training of master trainers.

The Government has decided to develop all functional District  Institutes of Education  and Training  (DIETs)  into  Centres  of  Excellence  under  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of Samagra Shiksha in a phased manner. Financial assistance is being provided to States/UTs for this purpose, and an amount of ₹917.09 crore was approved for upgradation of 125 DIETs in FY 2023-24, while ₹1,512.50 crore has been approved for upgradation of 121 DIETs during FY 2025-26.

Further,  in  terms  of  NEP  2020,  the  National  Council  for  Teacher  Education  (NCTE)  has released a guiding document on the National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) and a Bluebook on the National Mission for Mentoring (NMM). NPST defines competencies of teachers  at  different  stages/levels,  and  the  Bluebook  on  NMM  outlines  the  modalities  for mentoring schoolteachers for enhancing their capacity building.

NCERT, SCERTs, DIETs, BRCs and CRCs also support the implementation of teacher training through development of resource material, academic supervision, capacity building and on-site support.  These  institutions  organise  workshops,  seminars,  quality  monitoring  activities  and school-based  academic  support  to  teachers  in  order  to  align  classroom  practices  with contemporary learning needs.

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