Lok Sabha Question No. 1510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-29
Subject: Availability of Teacher under RMSA
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

**LOK SABHA**

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1510

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2015

**Availability of Teacher under RMSA**

**1510. SHRIMATI P. K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:**

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

(a) 	whether the Government has taken notice that the availability of teachers is far below the required level in Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) schools; and

(b)	 if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to ensure availability of teachers, State-wise?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT**

**(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)**

#### (a) and (b)	The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE)’s Committee on universalisation of secondary education and the Working Group on Secondary and Vocational Education have recommended a Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) of 30:1. To achieve this ratio, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme functional since 2009-10, provides that for every new secondary school approved under the scheme, 01 headmaster and 05 subject teachers (02 language teachers, 01 science teachers, 01 social science and 01 math teacher) will be sanctioned for enrollment upto 160 students. Further, additional teachers are also sanctioned to a secondary school @ 01 teacher for every additional 30 enrollments beyond 160 students.

74121 teachers including headmasters have been sanctioned in respect of 11599 new/upgraded secondary schools sanctioned under the Scheme. Further, based on the viable proposal received from the States/UTs, a total of 41307 additional teachers have been sanctioned for the existing Government secondary schools. Thus, a total of 115428 teachers have been sanctioned under RMSA out of which the States have recruited 73607 teachers so far. Various steps including release of salary only against recruited teachers, regular emphasis on filling up vacancies of teachers in RMSA schools,  rigorous monitoring of recruitment of teachers by States/UTs, handholding of States/UTs in recruitment of teachers etc. have been taken to ensure availability of teachers. The State-wise details of recruited teachers is **annexed** .

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**ANNEXURE**

**ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA QUESTION NO. 1510 ASKED BY SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER REGARDING “AVAILABILITY OF TEACHER UNDER RMSA” TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.07.2015.**

**State wise details of recruited teachers under RMSA**

| **Sl. No.**   | **States/UTs**     | **Teacher Sanctioned**   |                                             |                           | **Teacher recruited under RMSA**   |
|---------------|--------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------------------|
|               |                    | **For New Schools**      | **Additional Teachers in existing schools** | **Total no. of Teachers** |                                    |
| 1             | Arunachal Pradesh  | 383                      | 0                                           | 383                       | 244                                |
| 2             | Andhra Pradesh     | 576                      | 5433                                        | 6009                      | 5488                               |
| 3             | A & N Islands      | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 4             | Assam              | 24                       | 0                                           | 24                        | 0                                  |
| 5             | Bihar              | 7705                     | 0                                           | 7705                      | 2495                               |
| 6             | Chhattisgarh       | 8860                     | 0                                           | 8860                      | 4839                               |
| 7             | Chandigarh         | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 8             | Dadar Nagar Haveli | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 9             | Daman & Diu        | 18                       | 0                                           | 18                        | 18                                 |
| 10            | Delhi              | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 11            | Goa                | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 12            | Gujarat            | 1308                     | 0                                           | 1308                      | 0                                  |
| 13            | Haryana            | 222                      | 7223                                        | 7445                      | 7325                               |
| 14            | Himachal Pradesh   | 652                      | 0                                           | 652                       | 652                                |
| 15            | Jammu & Kashmir    | 4318                     | 0                                           | 4318                      | 2632                               |
| 16            | Jharkhand          | 6000                     | 0                                           | 6000                      | 0                                  |
| 17            | Karnataka          | 2969                     | 0                                           | 2969                      | 2009                               |
| 18            | Kerala             | 672                      | 0                                           | 672                       | 655                                |
| 19            | Lakshadweep        | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 20            | Madhya Pradesh     | 8568                     | 9665                                        | 18233                     | 13510                              |
| 21            | Maharashtra        | 0                        | 0                                           | 0                         | 0                                  |
| 22            | Manipur            | 1088                     | 0                                           | 1088                      | 853                                |
| 23            | Meghalaya          | 271                      | 0                                           | 271                       | 52                                 |
| 24            | Mizoram            | 574                      | 0                                           | 574                       | 519                                |
| 25            | Nagaland           | 1212                     | 0                                           | 1212                      | 247                                |
| 26            | Odisha             | 6530                     | 0                                           | 6530                      | 1748                               |
| 27            | Puducherry         | 54                       | 0                                           | 54                        | 24                                 |
| 28            | Punjab             | 2122                     | 0                                           | 2122                      | 1003                               |
| 29            | Sikkim             | 90                       | 0                                           | 90                        | 42                                 |
| 30            | Rajasthan          | 684                      | 8098                                        | 8782                      | 8098                               |
| 31            | Tamil Nadu         | 6568                     | 6752                                        | 13320                     | 13320                              |
| 32            | Telangana          | 48                       | 4136                                        | 4184                      | 4136                               |
| 33            | Tripura            | 565                      | 0                                           | 565                       | 367                                |
| 34            | Uttar Pradesh      | 10168                    | 0                                           | 10168                     | 2496                               |
| 35            | Uttarakhand        | 1842                     | 0                                           | 1842                      | 832                                |
| 36            | West Bengal        | 30                       | 0                                           | 30                        | 3                                  |
| **Total**     |                    | **74121**                | **41307**                                   | **115428**                | **73607**                          |

Source: PAB minutes 2015-16