Cabinet
approves amendment in the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of a Bill
in Parliament to amend the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993,
namely the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2017 to
grant retrospective recognition to the Central/State/Universities who are found
to be conducting teacher education courses without NCTE permission.
The
amendment will make students studying in these Institutions/Universities, or
already passed out from here, eligible for employment as a teacher. With a view
to achieve above mentioned benefits, Deptt. of School Education & Literacy,
Ministry of Human Resource Development has brought about this amendment.
All
institutions running Teacher Education Courses such as B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. have
to obtain recognition from the National Council for Teacher Education under
section 14 of the NCTE Act. Further, the courses of such recognized
Institutions/Universities have to be permitted under section 15, of the NCTE
Act.
NCTE
wrote to all Central Universities and /State Obvernrnents / State Universities
/ District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) informing them about
the legal provisions making it mandatory to seek prior permission for starting
Teacher Education Courses and giving them time till 31-03-2017 to inform NCTE
if any such Institution/University is running a course without permission of
NCTE, for a one-time resolution of past issues.
The main objective of the Act Is to
provide for the establishment of a NCTE to achieve planned and coordinated
development of the teacher education system, regulation and ensure proper
maintenance of norms and standards in the said system. In order to achieve the
objectives of the Act, separate provisions have been, made in the Act, for recognizing
Teacher Education courses and to lay down guidelines for compliance by
recognized Institutions/Universities.
Regards
Pralhad Jadhav
Senior Manager @ Knowledge
Repository
Khaitan & Co
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