Parliament Question: National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1409 ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026 National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR)

1409. Shri Putta Mahesh Kumar:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of funds allocated and released to the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTRs) during the last five years, year-wise and institute-wise;

(b) the details regarding the number of teachers trained by the NITTTRs, year-wise;

(c) whether the Government has conducted any study to assess the requirement of additional technical teachers training centres and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government plans to establish a new NITTTR centre in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details regarding the proposed location, timeline and funds earmarked; and

(e) the measures taken by the Government to enhance the outreach of teacher-training programmes of these institutes to States which have lower participation? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR)

(a) to (e): The National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTRs) are autonomous institutions under the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India, located at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai and Kolkata. The details of funds allocated and released to the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTRs) during the last five years are attached at Table-1 of Annexure and the year-wise details of number of teachers trained by 4 NITTTRs are attached at Table-II of Annexure.

The NITTTRs also operate extension centres to expand their outreach for teachers training, curriculum development and related academic support. At present, NITTTR Bhopal has fourextension centres located at Pune (Maharashtra), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Alto Porvorim (Goa) and Raipur (Chhattisgarh). NITTTR Chennai operates extension centres at Bengaluru (Karnataka), Hyderabad (Telangana), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) and Kalamassery (Kerala). NITTTR Kolkata has extension centres at Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Guwahati (Assam). The NITTTR Chennai Extension Centre at Vijayawada, established in 2016, is presently functioning from the premises of the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Mangalagiri, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

The Government has taken various measures to enhance the outreach of teachers training programme through multiple measures aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 to strengthen technical education nationwide. These include digital expansion through online self- paced Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), delivered through Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM), National Initiative for Technical Teachers Training

(NITTT), National Resource Centre (NRC) and the Learning Management System “e- Prashikshan”. Inclusive access is being promoted through collaborations with State Technical Universities, polytechnics, engineering colleges and other higher education institutions to conduct need-based programmes, capacity-building initiatives, and development of training modules in Hindi and other Indian languages. Institutional strengthening measures include grant of “Deemed to be University” status to NITTTRs under the distinct category, organization of need-based Faculty Development Programmes (FDPs), regional collaboration to identify training gaps in low- participation States, and awareness generation through circulation of course information, use of social media and designing of need-based sector-specific training programmes aligned with local industry.

******ANNEXURE ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1409 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2026 ASKED BY HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR REGARDING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHINCAL TEACHERS TRAINING AND RESEARCH (NITTTR).

Table-I Ministry of Finance, Government of India allocates funds under single budgetary head to all NITTTRs. The year-wise allocation is Rs. 158.64 Cr during the year 2020-21; Rs. 150.00 Cr during the year 2021-22; Rs. 200.75 Cr during the year 2022-23; Rs. 104.50 during the year 2023-24 and Rs. 188.45 during 2024-25. The details of funds released to 4 NITTTRs, year-wise are mentioned below- (Rs. In Cr) S. Name of the 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 No Institute 1 NITTTR

62.18 60.25 73.9652 33.10 58.33 Bhopal 2 NITTTR

50.55 32.00 54.50 30.10 50.54 Chandigarh 3 NITTTR

30.55 25.50 38.00 24.60 50.17 Chennai 4 NITTTR

11.81 23.60 26.72 12.70 27.41 Kolkata Total

155.09 141.35 193.1852 100.50 186.45 Table-II S.No. Name of the Total number of teachers trained Institute 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 1 NITTTR 4,174 4,285 3,068 4,256 6,122 Bhopal 2 NITTTR 78,073 60,516 75,333 54,627 69,039 Chandigarh 3 NITTTR 4,733 7,149 4,818 5,232 6,887 Chennai 4 NITTTR 15,687 14,321 8,790 12,014 5,950 Kolkata Total 1,02,667 86,271 92,009 76,129 87,998 ****