Standard of school education in Government schools has been deteriorating day by day

Standard of Education in Government Schools

†1243. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government  is aware that  the standard of school education in Government schools has been deteriorating day by day;

(b) if so, the effective steps taken/to be taken by the Government to improve the education standard in Government schools and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to work out any plan to impart compulsory school education to the children of all officers/MLAs/MPs and ministers in Government schools and if so, the details thereof;

(d) if not, whether the Government proposes to take any concrete steps to improve the standard of school education and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the number of posts of teachers that are vacant across the country and the time by which these are likely to be filled up, State-wise with particular reference to Haryana?

(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)

1. Central RTE Rules have been amended on 20th February, 2017 to include reference on class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes at Elementary level.

2. National Achievement Survey (NAS) is conducted to enable States/UTs to identify gaps in learning outcomes.

3. A 70 indicator based matrix Performance Grading Index (PGI) has been developed to grade the States/UTs.

4. NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads and Teachers Holistic Advancement), an Integrated Teacher Training Programme has been introduced.

5. It has been decided to participate in the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA) to be conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2022, which is a competency based assessment.

6. Learning Outcomes for Secondary level have been notified.

Also, the National Education Policy, 2020 focuses on improving the quality of education through various measures such as introduction of New pedagogical and curricular structure, Early Childhood Care and Education, Foundational Literacy and Numeracy and Transforming Assessment for Student Development, Experiential and Competency based Learning etc.

Further, Education is under Concurrent List of the constitution; therefore, most of the schools and their regulation are under the jurisdiction of respective State Governments and UTs.

(e): The recruitment of teachers is a continuous process and the vacancies keep arising due to retirement and additional requirements on account of enhanced students’ strength. Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers come under the purview of the concerned State/UT Government. However, Ministry of Education has been requesting all the State and UT Governments for filling-up the vacant  posts of teachers and their rational deployment through advisories/review meetings etc. The state-wise vacancies of teachers for the year 2020-21 are at Annexure.

 Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1243 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.09.2020 ASKED BY SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH REGARDING STANDARD OF EDUCATION IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Status of vacant posts of teachers in Government Schools- (2020-21)