MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) & (b): The RTE Act, 2009 in its Schedule lays down Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both
primary and upper primary schools. At primary level, the PTR norm is 30:1 and at the upper
primary level it is 35:1. As per the Unified District Information System For Education
(UDISE) 2016-17, the PTR at national level for primary schools is 23:1 and upper primary
schools is 24:1, which is better than the prescribed norms. A statement showing State and UT
wise PTR in Primary & Upper Primary Schools is at Annexure-I.
(c): The Right to Education Act, 2009 was amended to extend the period of training of
untrained in-service elementary teachers to 31st March, 2019. All untrained in-service
elementary teachers were required to acquire minimum qualifications as laid down by the
academic authority by 31st March, 2019. The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)
was entrusted with the task of conducting the training of untrained in-service elementary
teachers. The online D.EI.Ed. Course was started from 3rd October, 2017 and 9,58,513
teachers have successfully completed the training.
(d) & (e): A statement showing State-wise number of total schools (Primary and Upper
Primary) and percentage of primary and upper primary schools that have poor PTRs, is at
Annexure-II.
(f): The Central Government has launched an Integrated Scheme for School Education –
Samagra Shiksha, from 2018-19 which subsumes the erstwhile centrally sponsored schemes
of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and
Teacher Education (TE). Under Samagra Shiksha, Central Government provides assistance to
the State Governments and UTs for additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher
Ratio as per the prescribed norms for various levels of schooling. The Central Government
has been consistently pursuing the matter of expeditious recruitment and redeployment of
teachers with the States and UTs at various fora. Advisories on this issue have also been
issued to States and UTs from time to time.
(g): Under Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for various
interventions such as universal access, quality of education, gender, equity, support for salary
of teachers etc. as per prescribed norms. The funds are released to the States in lumpsum and
not component wise. A State and UT wise statement showing funds released to the States
and UTs during the last three years is at Annexure-III.
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