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

Self Assessment Notes
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False':
(i) The standing committee may comprise 10-12 members having expertise and special
knowledge in different aspects of teacher education.
(ii) An academic cell should be created in NCTE which would provide secretarial aistance to the
standing committee.
(iii) There is no full time consultant or an academic officer of the council should be convenor of
the committee.
(iv) Members of the council are appointed in accordance with sesction 5 of the NCTE Act, 1993.

8.5 Summary

• 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 NCTE highlighted teacher education as a continuum covering all stages of teacher
preparation, proposed enhanced weightage on practice and a corresponding reduction of
theory and also suggested a blending of content and methodology and engagement with the
community as significant foci of teacher education programmes.
• During late 1980s and early 1990s, the B.Ed and M.Ed programmes began to be increasingly
offered through the distance mode. Enrolments in these programmes were staggeringly high
and the instructional inputs woefully deficient which affected the quality of the programmes.
• The NCTE as a statutory body was established in 1995 under the National Council for Teacher
Education Act, 1993. One of its mandate was to check commercialization in teacher education.
The NCTE succeeded in not only regulating the distance education programmes but also in
drastically curtailing their reach.
• The National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 provides for the establishment of a
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) “with a view to achieving planned and
coordinated development of the teacher education system throughout the country, the
regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in teacher education system and
for matters connected therewith”.
• To ensure effective and proper functioning of the Regional Offices, the NCTE Headquarters is
expected to continuously coordinate, monitor and supervise the work of the Regional Offices.
This is done through periodic consultation with the Regional Directors, collection of periodical
progress reports giving details about the targets achieved and on-site assessment by the
officers of the 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 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

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