After calling for a wider consultation and deeper reflection on the National Teacher Education Council (NCTE), he proposed to revise the training regulations, NCTE reviews the proposals for regulations that previously approved his Council in March.
“We have undergone a greater consultation with the Ministry of Education (MOE), participating parties and experts before completing the proposal of the NCTE regulations (recognition of the standard and procedure),” said NCTE chairman Pankaj Arara Hindu.
NCTE came up with new regulations for institutes for teachers’ training after a gap after 10 years, and the last revision was in 2014. New proposals were designed in accordance with national educational policy (NEP) 2020.
The earlier approved proposal, which has now come under the scanner, outlines the process of recognizing institutions for teachers ‘educational programs and is also engaged in the transition of existing teachers’ education programs that were in line with the NEP 2020.
In the records of the 63rd General NCTE session held on March 19, and released on March 24, accessible Hindu, the NCTE Council accepted the recommendations of the expert committee and approved the NCTE regulations (recognition of the standard and procedure).
“This is an evolving process and we will not complete one shot. We have not issued a notification of the Bulletin yet, so it is not completed. After approval, it will be informed by the Ministry of Law,” Mr. Arara said.
Padma Sarangapani, former member and professor of NCTE, Center of Excellence in Teacher’s Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, said that in its current form it seems that the proposal of the regulation does not offer any flexibility in the deployment of teachers in the widely primary phase and the middle/secondary phase.
This is becuse the new regulations propose Five segmentation in teacher Education Specialization – First, Being Foundation Teachers from Preschool to Grade 2, preparatory for Grade 3, 4, 5 WHO SUBJECT Teachers in Two Subject Sciences, ARTS, Physical Education, Middle School Teachers for Grade 6, 7, 8, Specialized in Two Subject Areas Aligned to the Liberal Discipline Subject, And Similar Structure is Proposed for Secondary School Teachers (Class 9, 10).
“It will also be difficult to meet all requirements for deployment in rural and remote areas. Generally, the proposal is not in line with trends in the labor market for teachers,” said Sarangapani.
“Private schools do not consider the practical employment of teachers for such specific phases. Teachers also do not consider that it is satisfactory in terms of career to be packed in narrow specializations and at different salaries,” she added.
A gap for a teacher’s demand request
Mr. Arara told Hindu that NCTE has established an expert committee that focuses on a gap in the area of school teachers in the country. The Committee consists of MOE members, Niti Aayog, National Institute for Education Planning and Management, University of Delhi, State Councils of Educational Research and Training.
“The committee maps the needs according to various teachers’ training programs and specifically deals with problems in rural and tribal areas and will submit the NCTE report within six months,” he said.
Prolongation of time for overhaul
Mr. ARORA, he notes that there are more than 13,000 teachers’ education institutions within the NCTE Procewe, he said they were given an annual extension to turn into a multidisciplinary institution, as required by NCTE within NEP 2020.
Depending on the requirements of the integrated teacher education program, which requires a dual study of BA, B.com or B.SC together with B.ED, the Institutes for Teacher Education are expected to introduce B.Com and B.SC courses, other infrastructure, library facilities and faculty to support two other bachelor levels as required for ITEP.
“Although all institutions are expected to move gradually by 2030, we have allowed them to start introducing a new ITEP title by 2026-27. We are carrying out a year because institutes demand more time to increase their facilities,” Arora said.
Derecognition of Institutes
In the evaluation of the performance of the Institutes Institutes for Teachers Training performed in May and June, the regulatory body recognized up to 2,224 institutes for their inability to fulfill the evaluation forms.
Of these, 872 institutions belong to the southern region, 686 come from the western region, 637 comes from the northern region and 29 is from the eastern part of the country.
“These are only institutes that did not fill in forms of evaluation. NCTE also carries out online inspections of teachers’ institutes for their inability to meet standards in terms of appointment of the faculty, number of students, infrastructure and library facilities,” Mr. Arara said.
NCTE has moved from offline to online inspection by monitoring institutes that include monitoring GPS coordinates of the institute buildings, cross control of information about the pelvis of the Faculty with institutional appointments, as the salaries were tied to PAN cards via the income tax department and so on.
NCTE performs this review review every second year. “We found out that one teacher was drawn from several institutions; we want to eliminate such incorrect practices,” he said.
Published – 14 July 2025 12:22
