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Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University Unit 8: Statutory Bodies in Teacher Educaion and their Functions—NCTE

Unit 8: Statutory Bodies in Teacher Education and their Notes

Functions—NCTE

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
8.1 National Council for Teacheer Education (NCTE) as an Advisory Body
8.2 Establishment of NCTE as a Statutory Body.
8.3 Powers and Functions of the NCTE
8.4 Implementation of NCTE Act, Rules and Regulations
8.5 Summary
8.6 Keywords
8.7 Review Questions
8.8 Further Readings

Objectives
After reading this unit, students will be able to:
• to discuss the national council for teacher edcuation (NCTE) as an advisory body.
• to discribe about the establishment of NCTE as a staturory body.
• to explain the powers and functions of the NCTE.
• to describe about the implementation of NCTE act, rules and regulations.
Introduction

The National Council for Teacher Education, in its previous status since 1973, was an advisory body
for the Central and State Governments on all matters pertaining to teacher education, with its
Secretariat in the Department of Teacher Education of the National Council of Educational Research
and Training (NCERT). Despite its commendable work in the academic fields, it could not perform
essential regulatory functions, to ensure maintenance of standards in teacher education and
preventing proliferation of substandard teacher education institutions. The National Policy on
Education (NPE), 1986 and the Programme of Action thereunder, envisaged a National Council for
Teacher Education with statutory status and necessary resources as a first step for overhauling the
system of teacher education. The National Council for Teacher Education as a autonomous body
came into existence in pursuance of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (No. 73 of
1993) on the 17th August,1995.

8.1 National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) as an Advisory Body

8.1.1 NCTE as an Advisory body
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was set up by the Government of India in 1973
as a non-statutory body, located in the National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT), to advise the Central government and State governments on all matters related to teacher
education. The body developed the first-ever Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education in
1978. This framework had far-reaching influence in initiating the change in the thought process of
the systems responsible for teacher education for all stages of school education. The NCTE

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