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Amendment details in National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act 1993

 

 

Cabinet decision: Cabinet approves amend in National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993

The Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament to amend the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993. The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2017.

NCTE (Amendment) Act, 2017 seeks to grant retrospective recognition to the Central and State Institutions and Universities that conduct teacher education courses without NCTE permission recognition till the academic year 2017-2018.

Provisions of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993

The retrospective recognition will be a onetime measure to ensure that the future of the students, passed out or enrolled in these institutions, is not at risk.

It will make students studying in these Institutions and Universities or already passed out, eligible for employment as a teacher. 

All institutions running Teacher Education Courses such as B.Ed. and D.El.Ed. Need to obtain recognition from the National Council for Teacher Education under section 14 of the NCTE Act.

Further, the courses of such recognized Institutions and Universities have to be permitted under section 15 of the NCTE Act.


 

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