ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We acknowledge the guidance, assistance and help provided by various persons at

different stages of the present study. First of all we are grateful to Miss Reena D Souza,
our reporting officer at Pratham for providing us opportunity and full-fledged support to
conduct this study. We are extremely thankful to other field and support staff of the
Pratham for their support and guidance.

We are also thankful to IRMA and OTS Coordinator, Prof. Jayant Negi for providing this
wonderful opportunity through OTS to work on such a project and learn from it.

We would like to thank our faculty guide Prof. Ila Patel without whose support during
and after the study period this study could have not been performed in present form.

Manoj Kumar

Neeraj Kumar

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 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

I. Title : To understand the existing structure of Primary Teachers

Training Colleges (PTTC) in Gujarat
II. Organisation : Pratham Gujarat Education Initiative
III. Reporting Officer : Reena D’ Souza
IV. Faculty Guide : Prof. Ila Patel
V.Student’s Name : Manoj Kumar (24052)
Neeraj Kumar (24020)
Objectives:
1. To find out the regulatory, administrative and physical structure of primary
teachers training colleges in Gujarat.
2. To find the scope for Pratham in setting up a teachers training college in the least
served district of Gujarat.

Scope: The study is based on the survey of forty primary teachers training colleges across
sixteen districts of Gujarat.

Methodology: Stratified random sampling for selection of colleges for the study,
structured interview with the administrator of the forty PTTC in Gujarat, one to one
discussion with the forty teachers and forty-two students of these colleges, observation of
physical infrastructure with the help of checklist.

Findings:
(1) Based on ownership and administration there are three types of colleges i.e.
government owned, government aided and self financed colleges. There is difference
in students’ fee across the three types of colleges. (2) There is little autonomy across
colleges in fee charging, curriculum design and recruitment of teaching and non-
teaching staff. (3) At present there is demand of about eighteen thousand primary
school teachers across Gujarat. Also every year a vaccancy for six thousand teachers
is created as a result of retirement of existing teachers.(4) About ten thousand
students pass from PTTC in Gujarat every year. Most of them prefer to join as ‘Vidya
Sahayak’ in government run primary schools in Gujarat.
Conclusion:
There are already Two Hundred and One PTTC in Gujarat affiliated with the government.
With the recent rise in numbers of PTTC trained students there will be problem of job for
these trained teachers in the next three to four years. So setting up a new PTTC by
Pratham under self financed category with government affiliation will not serve the
purpose of Pratham.
Recommendations:
Given the above circumstances Pratham need not start its own PTTC. It will not be viable
and sustainable for Pratham to start its own PTTC because there will be difficulty in
placing its trained teachers.

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 Table of contents
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1.0 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………… 1

2.0 RESEARCH DESIGN………………………………………………… 3

2.1 The management problem………………………………… 3
2.2 Research problem…………………………………………. 3
2.3 Research objectives………………………………………… 3
2.4 Scope of study……………………………………………… 3
2.5 Limitations………………………………………………… 4
2.6 Data requirements…………………………………………. 4
2.7 Sources of data…………………………………………….. 4
3.0 WORKING DEFINITIONS……………………………………………… 5
4.0 METHODOLOGY……………………………………………………….. 5
4.1 Sampling plan…………………………………………………….. 6
4.2 Instruments used ……….…………………………. …………….. 8
5.0 STRUCTURE OF PTTC IN GUJARAT…………………………………. 11
5.1Regulatory structure……………………………………………….. 11
5.2 National Council For Teachers Education (NCTE)……………….. 12
5.3 Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT)…16
5.4 District Institute of Education Research and Training (DIET)…….. 17
5.5 Directorate of Primary Education (DPE)…………………………….17
6.0 DETAILS OF STRUCTURE………………………………………………. 18
6.1Administrative Structure……………………………………… 18
6.2 Financial Resources……………………………………………… 19
6.3 Recruitment of Staff ……………………………………………… 23
6.4 Salary Structure…………………………………………………….. 24
6.5 Admission ………………………………………………………… 26
6.6 Autonomy………………………………………………………… 28

6.7 Infrastructure……………………………………………………… 29

6.8 Course Design……………………………………………………… 29

6.9 Evaluation……………………………………………………… . 31

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6.10 Performance review…………………………………………………….. 31

7.0 NON-AFFILIATED SELF-FINANCED COLLEGE…………………………. 32

7.1 Eklavya Foundation…………………………………………………………….. 32

8.0 SCOPE FOR PTTC TRAINED TEACHERS………………………………….. 32

8.1 Demand and supply of PTTC trained teachers……………………………….…… 35

9.0 SCOPE FOR PRATHAM ………………………………………………………... 35

9.1 Criterion………………………………………………………………… 35

9.2 Scope under scenario one……………………………………………….. 36

9.3 Scope under scenario two………………………………………………………. 36

9.4 Scope under scenario three……………………………………………….. 38

9.5 Category under which Pratham should start its PTTC…………………… 38

10.0 CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………….. 39

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 List of tables

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Table No. 1 Fee structure for self financed college……………………………… 20
Table No. 2 Fee structure for government and government aided college……… 21
Table No. 3 Hostel fee structure…………………………………………………. 22
Table No. 4 Salary structure for government owned college…………………..….. 24
Table No. 5 Salary structure of government-aided colleges……………………….. 25
Table No. 6 Salary structure for self financed colleges …………………………… 26
Table No. 7 Seat reservation for SC, ST, SEBC candidates……………………….. 27

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 List of figures
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Figure No.1: Districts covered in the survey. 7
Figure No. 2: Regulatory structure of PTTC education 11
Figure No. 3 : Administrative structure of trust owned PTTC 16

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 List of annexure

Annexure1: List of colleges surveyed

Annexure 2: List of government offices contacted and officials met.
Annexure 3: List of teachers and students interviewed during survey.
Annexure 4: List of publications reviewed and title of the document read.

Annexure 5: Sample plan

Annexure 6: List of number of PTTC district wise under different categories

Annexure 7: Survey Questionnaire

Annexure 8: Checklist for teachers survey

Annexure 9: Checklist for student survey

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 List of abbreviations

DEO : District Education Officer

DIET : District Institute of Educational Research and Training
DPE : Directorate of Primary Education, Government of Gujarat
EITI : Eklavya Institute of Teachers Education
GCERT : Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training
NCERT : National Council of Educational Research and Training
NCTE : National Council of Teachers Education
PTTC : Primary Teachers Training College
SPIPA : Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration
SSA : Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
UEE : Universalisation of elementary education

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