National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) is a statutory body of Indiangovernment set up under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (#73, 1993) in 1995 is to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the Indian education system. This council functions for the central as well as state governments on all matter with regard to the Teacher Education and its secretariat is located in the Department of Teacher Education and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Despite the successful functioning in terms of educational field, it is facing difficulties in ensuring the maintenance of the standards of teacher education and preventing the increase in the number of substandard teacher education institutions in the country.

OBJECTIVES

• To achieve planned and coordinated development of teacher education system throughout the country.
• To regulate and properly maintain the Norms and Standards in the teacher education system and for matters connected therewith.
• It aims at training individuals for equipping them to teach pre-primary, primary, secondary and senior secondary stages in schools, non-formal and part-time education, adult education (correspondence) and distance education courses

FUNCTIONS

• undertake surveys and studies pertaining to all aspects of the teacher education and publish the corresponding results.
• For the preparation of suitable plans and programmes regarding the field of teacher education, it makes recommendations to both the state and central governments, universities, University Grants Commission (UGC), and other recognized institutions.
• it co-ordinates and monitors the teacher education system throughout the country.
• it lays down the guideline for the minimum qualifications need for an individual to be a teacher in schools and recognized institutions.
• it lays downs guidelines for the provision of physical and infrastructural facilities, staffing pattern etc. for the compliance by recognized institutions.
• it lays down standards with respect to examinations, the major criteria for such admission as well as schemes for courses or training.
• it promotes and conducts research and innovation in schools and recognized institutions and then disseminate the results thereof.
• it examines its own laid-down guidelines, norms and standards for the improvement.
• it identifies the recognized institutions and set up new institutions for the developmental programmes of teacher education system.
• it takes up necessary steps for the prevention of the commercialization of teacher education.
• it also performs other function that are entrusted to it by the central government