Surplus and Untrained Teachers

It is estimated that around 6 lakh teachers of classes I to VIII do not possess the minimum qualifications laid down by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE). In addition there are imbalances in teacher deployment across schools in the country.

As per the Right to Education Act the untrained teachers are expected to acquire the minimum qualifications within a period of five years and resource support is provided to States/UTs for the training of untrained teachers, under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Rajya Sabha today.

Source:pib