MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) & (b) : The status of primary and secondary education and percentage of schools with RTE
compliant pupil-teacher ratio in North Eastern region including Meghalaya is summarised
below:
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State Name
Gross Enrolment
Ratio (GER)
Gender Parity
Index (GPI)
% of Govt. School
with RTE Compliant
PTR (Elementary) Primary Secondary Primary Secondary
ARUNACHAL
PRADESH 104.97 87.45 1.00 1.00 68.22
ASSAM 102.60 78.28 1.03 1.15 79.42
MANIPUR 110.20 83.46 1.00 1.01 83.66
MEGHALAYA 146.08 89.56 1.01 1.17 83.74
MIZORAM 116.19 101.50 0.98 1.06 90.78
NAGALAND 85.34 71.96 1.03 1.07 98.41
SIKKIM 91.19 115.99 0.92 1.13 99.18
TRIPURA 100.73 110.90 1.01 1.07 98.24
National Level 94.18 79.28 1.02 1.03 71.96
Source : UDISE 2017-18 (provisional)
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(c) : The amount of funds sanctioned and utilised by the Department to improve the educational
standards in NE region of the country are as follows:
(Rs. In Crore)
Year Budget Estimates Expenditure
2016-17 3935.57 3694.86
2017-18 4229.27 4215.90
2018-19 4580.18 4125.14
2019-20 5176.78 3157.38 (as on 03.02.2020)
(d) : The Central Government has taken the following initiatives for improving the quality in school
education in the country including NE Region :
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(i) The Central rules to the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act,
2009 have been amended and class-wise, subject-wise Learning Outcomes have been shared
with all States and Union Territories.
(ii) The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2017 was held on 13th November 2017 for
assessing the competencies developed by the children at the grade levels III, V and VIII. The
NAS district report cards have been shared with the States and UTs to help in identifying gaps at
the district level and devise strategies for further improvement. Subsequently, a framework of
intervention has been developed and shared with States to improve the quality of learning in the
schools.
(iii) : The online D.El.Ed. course was started from 3rd October, 2017 and 56,125 teachers from
NE Region have successfully completed the training.
(iv) In order to provide e-learning material, different facilities like e- PATHSHALA, DIKSHA
portal, SWAYAM (Study Webs to Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), SWAYAM
PRABHA DTH Channels have been made available by the Ministry.
(v) Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha launched in 2018-19, funds are
given to all States and UTs for strengthening of infrastructure and provision of other facilities
in schools to ensure that all schools meet the prescribed norms, training of in-service steachers,
headmasters and principals, remedial teaching for academically weaker students, provision of
library grants to schools, ICT and digital initiatives, strengthening of teacher education
institutions, Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat, etc.
(vi) An integrated Teacher Training Programme titled NISHTHA (National Initiative for School
Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) has been launched to train around 3 lakh teachers
and other functionaries in the NE States to make classrooms learner-friendly and improving
children’s competencies.
(vii) MHRD has designed a 70 indicators based matrix called Performance Grading Index (PGI)
to grade the States and UTs.
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(e) : Education is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of the schools come under the
jurisdiction of the respective States and Union Territory (UT) Government which is the appropriate
Government under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. The
recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teachers and other staff come under the purview of
the concerned State/UT Government.
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