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1 union territory covering about 1.64 lakh Gram Panchayats. During 2016-17
the programme has been continued in these 404 districts. Teaching learning
process has commenced in 57.8 lakh Literacy Centres. About 45.73 lakh Volunteer
Teachers have been trained by Master Trainers and 2.54 lakh Master Trainers
were trained by Resource Persons. In addition about 13.5 thousand Resource
Persons have also been trained. Basic Literacy Primers in 13 languages and 26
local dialects have been printed and distributed so far for the learners. Around
8.27 crore learners have been enrolled under basic literacy up to October, 2016.
Out of 6.98 crore learners, 5.14 crore (3.65 crore female and 1.49 crore male)
have successfully passed the assessment tests conducted by NIOS between
August, 2010 to March, 2016.
National Awar
ward d to Teachers
Instituted in 1958, the National Award to Teachers (NAT) is given away by the
President of India on 5 th September (Teacher's Day) every year to give public
recognition to meritorious teachers working in primary, middle and secondary
schools. Altogether there are 378 awards out of which 23 awards are reserved
for Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic teachers. Each state/union territory/
organization has an earmarked quota based on the number of teachers. The
Scheme also covers teachers of the schools affiliated to Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE) including teachers of independent affiliated schools
situated abroad, Council for Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE),
Sainik School, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya
Samiti (NVS), Central Tibetan School Administration (CTSA) and schools run
by the Atomic Energy Education Society. From the award year 2001, 'Special
Awards' have been instituted for teachers promoting inclusive education in
schools and the education of children with disabilities in regular schools. The
total number of 'Special Awards' are 43. 'Special Awards' are conferred on the
teachers of following categories:- Teachers with disabilities working in
mainstream schools. - Special teacher or trained general teachers who have done
outstanding work for Inclusive Education. Each award carries with it a
Certificate of merit, a cash award of ` 50,000/- and a Silver Medal.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
The Scheme of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVS) (Central Schools) was approved in
1962 by the Govt. of India on the recommendations of the Second Central Pay
Commission to provide uninterrupted education to the wards of transferable
Central Government employees. Consequently, Central School Organization
was started as a unit of the Ministry of Education (now Ministry of Human
Resource Development). Initially, 20 regimental schools, then functioning at
places having large concentration of defence personnel, were taken over as
Central Schools during the academic year 1963-64.
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan was registered as a society under the
Societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860) in 1965. The primary aim of the Sangathan