Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (STARRED), answered on 2015-12-21
Subject: Teachers&#39; Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRISHN PRATAP SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2015 Teachers' Education

## †*304. DR. KRISHAN PRATAP:

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

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the Teachers' training and education from time to time and if so, the details of such reviews along with the corrective actions taken thereon;
- (b) whether  the  Justice  Verma  Commission  recommended  the  revamping  of  Teachers' training and education in the country;
- (c) the salient features of the observations/recommendations made by the Commission; and
- (d) the  follow-up  action  taken  thereon  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to provide the quality on-the-job training to the teachers in the country?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) of THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 304 FOR REPLY ON 21.12.2015 ASKED BY DR. KRISHAN PRATAP REGARDING TEACHERS' EDUCATION

(a) to (d) The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), a Statutory Body set up under the  NCTE  Act,  1993    is  mandated  to  achieve  planned  and  coordinated  development  of  the Teacher Education system in the country and for determination and maintenance of standards for Teacher Education. The NCTE lays down Regulations and Norms and Standards for conduct of Teacher Education programmes.  These Norms and Standards and Regulations of the NCTE are reviewed and revised from time to time.

The  functioning  of  NCTE  has  been  reviewed  by  various  Committees  in  the  past.    To effectively deal with the issues in regulating Teacher Education and to handle new challenges thrown  up  by  the  fast  changing  scenario  in  the  field  of  education,  the  Ministry  of  Human Resource Development had set up a four Member Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri P.K. Kaul, Former Cabinet Secretary, in February, 2002 to study the working of the NCTE and make  recommendations  on  streamlining  its  activities  with  a  view  of  ensuring  its  effective functioning.

Further, on the directions of Hon'ble Supreme Court, a High Powered Commission under Justice J.S. Verma was set up in the year 2011 to examine the teacher education sector in the country.    The  Justice  Verma  Commission  submitted  its  report  in  August  2012.  The  JVC  has given  a  set  of  30  recommendations  to  improve  the  teacher  education  sector.    Some  of  the recommendations of the JVC inter alia included; the need to anchor teacher education programs in composite institutions, first degree to be in face to face mode only, the need on enhancement of investment in teacher education, enhancement of duration of M.Ed programme, strengthening of Teacher Education Institutions, regulatory reform in the NCTE and so on.

In the light of these recommendations, the NCTE has revised its Regulations and notified the NCTE Regulations in November 2014.

The Central Government also implements the Centrally Sponsored Scheme on Teacher Education  (CSSTE)  through  which  State  Governments/UTs  are  financially  supported  to  bring about  institutional  and  infrastructural  development  in  their  Teacher  Education  Institutions

(TEIs).The  CSSTE  was  reviewed  by  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training (NCERT) in August, 2009.  Thereafter, the CSSTE was restructured and the revised scheme was launched in June, 2012. The budget allocation under the CSSTE for 2015-16 is Rs. 557.60 crore.

Further,  under  the  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  and  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), flagship programmes of the Central Government to improve elementary and secondary education in the country, there is a provision for in-service training of teachers for their  professional  development.    The  SSA  supports  30  days  of  induction  training  for  newly recruited teachers and there is a provision for 20 days of annual training for in-service teachers. Similarly, under RMSA, there is a provision for 5 days of in-service training of all secondary teachers,  Principals  and  Vice-Principals.    There  is  also  a  provision  for  10  days  of  induction training for all newly recruited teachers.

In  December,  2014  the  Central  Government  has  launched  the  Pandit  Madan  Mohan Malviya  National  Mission  on  Teachers  and  Teaching  (PMMMNMTT)  programme  which  is aimed at holistic and comprehensive professional development of teachers and teacher educators. The CSSTE is being run as a sub-programme under the umbrella of the PMMMNMTT.