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online training material with focus on latest devel- State Governments/UTs for additional teachers to
opments in the discipline, new & emerging trends, maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the
pedagogical improvements and methodologies for requirements of the States/UTs. The steps taken by
transacting revised curriculum. the Central Government to improve teachers’ per-
In addition, various schemes, namely, Rashtriya formance include, inter alia, regular in-service teach-
Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), Global Initiative ers’ training, induction training for newly recruited
for Academics Network (GIAN), Technical Education teachers, academic support for teachers and moni-
Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), are be- toring teachers’ attendance through School Manage-
ing implemented to improve the quality of teaching ment Committees/School Management Develop-
in higher education. A number of initiatives are also ment Committees/Block Resource Centres/Clusters
undertaken by UGC and AICTE for quality improve- Resource Centres and encouraging States and UTs to
ment of teaching in higher and technical education. use digital technology like installation of Bio-metric
With regard to school education, the recruitment attendance system in schools.
and service conditions of teachers are primarily in The National Council of Educational Research and
the domain of State Governments/UT Administra- Training (NCERT) has developed Performance Indi-
tions. The Central Government through the Centrally cators for Elementary Education (PINDICS) to track
Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha provides teacher performance and attendance in Government
assistance to schools. PINDICS have been shared with State Gov-
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