Soon Students to get eligibility for teaching in Institutions which housed them

NewsBharati    01-Nov-2017
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New Delhi, November 1: The Cabinet has given its approval for introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the National Council for Teacher Education Act to grant retrospective recognition to the Central and State universities and institutions who are found to be conducting teacher education courses without NCTE permission.

The amendment seeks to grant retrospective recognition to the institutions conducting Teacher Education Courses without NCTE recognition till the academic year 2017-2018. The amendment will make students studying in these Institutions and Universities eligible for employment as a teacher.

The retrospective recognition is being given as a onetime measure so as to ensure that the future of the students who passed out from or enrolled in these institutions are not jeopardized.

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 recognised Institutions/Universities have to be permitted under section 15, of the NCTE Act.

The NCTE Act, 1993 came into force on 1st July, 1995 and is applicable throughout the country, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. 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.