(a) whether a decision was taken by the Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan in 1993 to establish five regional training
institutes for the training of the teachers and staff;
(b) if so, the number of regional training institutes
established so far and the number of teachers imparted
training therein; and
(c) the concrete steps being taken by the Government to set
up all the regional training institutes at the earliest?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SHRI M.A.A.FATMI)
(a) & (b) In 1995 Government sanctioned setting up of five
Zonal Training Institutes of Education and Training (ZIET).
However, due to financial constraints and lack of
infrastructural facilities, only three institutes could be
set up at Gwalior, Mumbai and Mysore. So far, 1218 teachers
have been imparted training in these institutions.
(c) The Academic Committee of KVS has reviewed the
functioning/constitution of these Training Institutes as
full fledged institutes and decided to make the existing
institutions fully operational and set up some more full
fledged institutions to meet the needs of training of
Kendriya Vidyalaya teachers/staff.