Shortage of Trained Teachers in Government Schools in the States

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2599

ANSWERED ON 13.03.2013

TRAINED TEACHERS

2599 . Smt. PARAMJIT KAUR GULSHAN, KACHHADIA NARANBHAI, JYOTI DHURVE

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

(a) whether there is a shortage of trained teachers in Government schools in the States including Punjab;
(b)if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the reasons therefor;
(c) the number of untrained teachers engaged on contractual basis in teaching under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at present, State-wise and the measures taken to train them;
(d) whether the Government provides any financial assistance for training of untrained teachers and is so, the details thereof including the funds provided/being provided for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State- wise; and
(e) the action taken by the Government to provide trained teachers to all the Government schools in the country during the current Five Year Plan?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)

(a) & (b): Since the inception of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a total of 19.82 lakh teacher posts have been sanctioned till 2012-13, against which 12.86 lakh teachers have been recruited up to 31.12.2012. The State-wise list of teacher posts sanctioned as well as recruited under the SSA including Punjab is at Annexure I.

(c) to (e): As per the District Information System for Education (DISE) – 2011-12 (Provisional), the number of untrained teachers engaged on a contractual basis, State-wise, at the elementary level is at Annexure II. The SSA provides for `6000/- per teacher per year for two years, for the training of untrained teachers to enable them to acquire the professional qualification through the open distance learning mode. A statement of funds allocated for the training of untrained teachers during the last three years, State-wise, is at Annexure III.

Source: http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=136719

ANNEXURE I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2013 REGARDING TRAINED TEACHERS

State-wise Cumulative Sanctions & Recruitment of teachers till 31 December, 2012

Sl. No.	State	Teacher Posts
		Sanctioned	Recruited
1	Andhra Pradesh	39189	27402
2	Arunachal Pradesh	7262	6153
3	Assam	48808	40756
4	Bihar	403413	198035
5	Chhattisgarh	67507	57193
6	Goa	179	179
7	Gujarat	58688	31430
8	Haryana	13435	11286
9	Himachal Pradesh	5856	3653
10	Jammu & Kashmir	43471	40501
11	Jharkhand	120396	81974
12	Karnataka	29055	24278
13	Kerala	2925	0
14	Madhya Pradesh	173855	94745
15	Maharashtra	42091	15387
16	Manipur	2871	2719
17	Meghalaya	13262	9050
18	Mizoram	2485	2175
19	Nagaland	3147	2936
20	Odhisha	89901	79817
21	Punjab	14090	11488
22	Rajasthan	114132	100889
23	Sikkim	724	405
24	Tamil Nadu	33214	26374
25	Tripura	6980	6435
26	Uttar Pradesh	423553	264466
27	Uttarakhand	14316	5046
28	West Bengal	198253	136630
29	Andaman Nicobar	210	198
30	Chandigarh	1390	1060
31	Dadra Nagar Haveli	937	452
32	Daman Diu	119	42
33	Delhi	7104	3136
34	Lakshadweep	38	17
35	Puducherry	48	37
TOTAL SSA		1982904	1286344

ANNEXURE II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2013 REGARDING TRAINED TEACHERS

Sr. No.	State / UT	Contractual untrained teachers
	A & N ISLANDS	22
	ANDHRA PRADESH	10533
	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	1700
	ASSAM	758
	BIHAR	281
	CHANDIGARH	49
	CHHATTISGARH	22013
	D & N HAVELI	4
	DAMAN & DIU	5
	DELHI	18
	GOA	8
	GUJARAT	56
	HARYANA	208
	HIMACHAL PRADESH	3594
	JAMMU & KASHMIR	12755
	JHARKHAND	71980
	KARNATAKA	11
	KERALA	122
	LAKSHADWEEP	14
	MADHYA PRADESH	125
	MAHARASHTRA	2438
	MANIPUR	162
	MEGHALAYA	6320
	MIZORAM	3660
	NAGALAND	666
	ODISHA	35054
	PUDUCHERRY	14
	PUNJAB	2159
	RAJASTHAN	2248
	SIKKIM	463
	TAMIL NADU	211
	TRIPURA	5
	UTTAR PRADESH	124233
	UTTARAKHAND	1819
	WEST BENGAL	42588
	Total	346296

 ANNEXURE III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2013 REGARDING TRAINED TEACHERS

                                                                                                           (Rs. In lakhs)

Sl. No.	State	Training of Untrained Teachers
		2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
1.	Andhra Pradesh	0.00	0.00	6.42
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	0.00	264.84	261.60
3.	Assam	600.00	0.00	600.00
4.	Bihar	1766.28	1696.26	4705.20
5.	Chhattisgarh	804.42	450.00	602.70
6.	Delhi	87.32	0.00	0.00
7.	Himachal Pradesh	0.00	0.00	217.62
8.	Jammu & Kashmir	238.73	1193.64	600.00
9.	Jharkhand	0.00	0.00	841.32
10.	Madhya Pradesh	678.83	815.04	906.06
11.	Maharashtra	0.00	411.12	320.22
12.	Manipur	108.00	108.00	108.00
13.	Meghalaya	280.00	666.48	439.98
14.	Mizoram	34.38	70.32	96.00
15.	Nagaland	51.00	60.00	60.00
16.	Odisha	732.96	1856.52	1212.48
17.	Sikkim	75.30	193.26	41.22
18.	Tripura	0.00	1272.84	180.60
19.	Uttar Pradesh	2100.00	2794.00	2956.80
20.	West Bengal	0.00	1140.00	1500.00
	Total	7557.21	12992.32	15656.22