Thursday, August 23, 2012

Databank of Teachers


Databank of Teachers

According to the Statistics of School Education (2009-10), the total number of teachers in the country from pre-primary to senior secondary is 67.23 lakh. To meet the Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) norms specified under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, the Government has sanctioned 8.17 lakh additional teachers posts between 2010 and 2012 under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) 

The Government has taken several steps for preparing and providing quality teachers. The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education for the XII Plan envisages establishment of District Institutes of Education and Training in all districts created upto March, 2011 and of Block Institutes of Teacher Education for expanding capacity of teacher preparation. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) grants recognition to institutions for starting programmes of teacher education. Several State Governments have also taken steps to expand teacher preparation capacity. In pursuance of the RTE Act, the NCTE has laid down the minimum teacher qualifications, including the requirement of passing the Teacher Eligibility Test as an essential qualification for being eligible for appointment as a teacher. Under the Sarva Shisksha Abhiyan, financial assistance is provided to the State Governments to enable the teachers of class I-VIII not possessing the minimum qualifications to acquire the same by 2015, and for training of in-service teachers for improving quality. 

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

MV/GK
(Release ID :86502)


Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86502 (Published on 22-August, 2012 )

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

ATET : Second phase of TET appointments held


ATET : Second phase of TET appointments held

ASSAM Teacher Eligibility Test News : -
GUWAHATI: The second phase of appointing teachers who passed the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) took place at Sarusajai Stadium on SundayAltogether 14,640 candidates were appointed.

Earlier on May 20, 26,110 candidates were appointed for the lower primary (LP) and middle english (ME) schools in the first phase. The TET examination was held on January 10 this year for the first time.

While distributing the appointment letters to the candidates, chief minister Tarun Gogoi said, "The success of the TET examination and the appointment of teachers in such a large number depended a lot on the co-operation of the Centre too and I thank the Centre for their support."

"The idea was to bring in more qualified teachers who can teach methodically so that the students benefit from it. Besides that, we also want to bring a change in the curriculum and include more vocational subjects which will help students get a job," he said.

The education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after the success of the TET examination for LP and ME schools, TET examination will also be held to appoint teachers in high schools on December 9.

"This is a great success as after 2001, there hasn't been any teachers' recruitment in such a large number. We will conduct another TET examination on December 9 to recruit teachers in the high school level," he said.

"The next phase of appointments was scheduled to take place on September 9, but we preponed it to August 12 as our main aim was to provide teachers in schools where they are required," he added. The TET qualified teachers would also get a special diploma in education training (D.ed), the minister said.

It may be mentioned that there are over 8,000 schools with a single teacher and 12,000 with two teachers in the state. LS Changsen, mission director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) said, "There are thousands of schools with just one or two teachers, so we need more teachers to go to the remote areas."

News Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-13/guwahati/33181709_1_single-teacher-tet-teachers-eligibility-test / Times of India (14.8.12)
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News Analysis -
Assam set a role model for teachers recruitment to implement RTE. 
Assam a small state recruited more than 40 thousand vacancies.