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Unit 8: Statutory Bodies in Teacher Educaion and their Functions—NCTE

reports giving details about the targets achieved and on-site assessment by the officers of the Notes
Council.
In order to carry out the provisions of the NCTE Act and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 31 of the NCTE Act, the Central Government notified the rules in the year 1997; under
section 32, the Council notified the Regulations laying down norms and standards for the recognition
of TEIs/Courses from time to time. The Norms and Standards for various teacher education
programmes, first notified in 1995 and have been periodically revised. The Norms and Standards
currently in operation were notified in the year 2009 in respect of the following teacher education
programmes :
(i) Diploma in Early Childhood Education (D.E.C.Ed.) ; 2 years after Senior Secondary
(i) Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) ; 2 years after Senior Secondary
(iii) Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) – Face-to-Face (1-year after graduation) and Distance Mode; 2-
years after Graduation
(iv) Master of Education (M.Ed.) – Face-to-Face (1-year after B.Ed.) and Distance Mode;
(v) Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) ; 4 years after Senior Secondary
(vi) Bachelor of Physical Education (B.P.Ed.) ; 1 year after Graduation
(vii) Master of Physical Education (M.P.Ed.) ; 2 years after B.P.Ed.
(viii) Diploma in Visual Arts Education (D.V.A.Ed.) ; 1 year
(ix) Diploma in Performing Arts Education (D.P.A.Ed.) ; 1 year

8.2 Establishment of NCTE as a Statutory Body

8.2.1 Recognition of Teacher Education Programmes

As per the provisions of the NCTE Regulations, 2009, applications are invited between 1st August
and 30th September of a year for recognition permission of teacher education programmes to be
offered in the academic session of the following year. Immediately after the last date, the applications
are processed, involving the following steps:
(i) Scrutiny of the applications in the Regional Offices to ascertain the deficiencies, if any, and
communicating the same to the concerned institutions.
(ii) Summary rejection of the application under certain conditions
(iii) Requesting the State Government to give its recommendations within 45 days.
(iv) Sending reminders to the State Government if the recommendations are not received within
the stipulated time.
(v) Causing inspections of the eligible institutions, after the deficiencies have been removed, by
an independent team of Visiting Team (VT) members.
(vi) Presenting the inspection reports along with relevant documents before the Regional
Committee for its consideration.
(vii) Issuance of refusal orders or Letter of Intent (LoI) in the light of the decisions of the Regional
Committee.
(viii) Issuance of recognition orders after the institutions appoint the staff in accordance with the
laid down conditions and obtain affiliation from the concerned affiliating body.
Generally, an academic session commences in most of the states in the month of July/August. In
order to enable an institution to commence the session on time after obtaining affiliation and
formal recognition from the NCTE, it is imperative that the institution receives the LoI at least two
months in advance. However, it has been observed that in a large number of cases, the process is not
completed on time due to
(i) delays in the receipt of recommendations of the State Governments; (ii) delays on part of institutions
to remove deficiencies and to respond to show-cause notice; (iii) delays in inspection due to non-

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