Executive Summary:
This document announces amendments to the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Recognition Norms and Procedure Regulations, 2014, effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette (April 29, 2017). It focuses on accreditation requirements for teacher education institutions, land requirements for recognition, mandatory disclosures, and financial provisions. Existing institutions have a one-year deadline for accreditation and three months to comply with new fixed deposit requirements.
Key Points / Main Content:
Accreditation Requirements:
* Institutions recognized by the NCTE must obtain accreditation from an NCTE-identified agency within five years of recognition.
* Existing teacher education institutions without accreditation, or those unaccredited for five or more years, must accredit themselves within one year from the notification date of these regulations.
* Accreditation is valid for five years, requiring renewal before expiration by an agency identified by the Council.
Land Requirements for Recognition:
* Institutions or sponsoring societies must possess required land free from encumbrances on the application date, either owned or leased from the government/government institutions for at least 30 years, subject to state/UT laws.
* Central/State Government Institutions/Universities may receive recognition for five years on leased land/premises, but must shift to owned land and buildings within five years.
* Relaxations on land requirements may apply to Universities/Colleges in Category X and Y cities that have been in existence for the last ten academic years, specifically for new programs or additional intake based on built-up area availability, provided the institution has at least one thousand sq. meter of land area on which the required infrastructure is built up.
* The relaxation in land area shall not apply to any Physical Education program.
Mandatory Disclosures and Monitoring:
* Institutions must adhere to mandatory disclosures in a prescribed format and display up-to-date information on their official website.
* The NCTE or an authorized agency will conduct online monitoring through the institution's website.
* The NCTE will determine the amount payable for online monitoring from time to time.
Financial Provisions:
* Self-financed institutions, including government-aided ones running self-financing programs, where the Letter of Intent (LOI) is issued, must maintain an endowment fund of five lakh rupees per program and a reserve fund of seven lakh rupees per program as a fixed deposit in the joint name of management and NCTE representatives.
* Existing institutions can encash existing Fixed Deposit Receipts and deposit funds within seven working days of encashment in the manner specified by the Council, within three months of this notification's publication.
* 50% of the interest from the joint Fixed Deposit Receipts will be used by the NCTE for capacity building of teacher education institutions and NCTE staff, development of a National Teacher Portal. The remaining 50% of interest shall accrue to the concerned teacher education institution.
Amendments to Appendices:
* Institutions offering teacher education programs for a minimum period of five academic years, being affiliated to a University, and having applied for accreditation to an accrediting agency approved by the Council.
* NCTE recognized Teacher Education Institutions offering B.Ed and M.Ed programmes which have been in existence for at least five years and having Accreditation from an Accrediting Agency approved by the Council.
Impact Analysis
Teacher Education Institutions:
Impact: Must obtain accreditation within specified timeframes, adhere to revised land requirements, comply with mandatory disclosures, and meet new financial provisions for endowment and reserve funds.
Action Required: Seek accreditation from NCTE-identified agencies, ensure land compliance, update website disclosures, and establish/adjust fixed deposits as per the revised regulations.
National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE):
Impact: Responsible for identifying accrediting agencies, monitoring institutions' compliance, determining monitoring fees, and managing funds from fixed deposit interest for capacity building.
Action Required: Identify accrediting agencies, establish monitoring mechanisms, determine monitoring fees, and manage funds for capacity building and portal development.
Key Entities Referenced
National Council for Teacher Education: A statutory body of the Indian government, established to formally oversee standards, procedures and processes in the Indian education system.
National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993: An act of the Parliament of India that established the National Council for Teacher Education.
National Council for Teacher Education Recognition Norms and Procedure Regulations, 2014: Regulations established by the National Council for Teacher Education regarding the recognition norms and procedures for teacher education institutions.
National Council for Teacher Education Recognition Norms and Procedure Amendment Regulations, 2017: An amendment to the 2014 regulations, modifying the norms and procedures for recognition of teacher education institutions.
B.Ed: Bachelor of Education, a degree for training teachers for primary, secondary and senior secondary schools.
M.Ed: Master of Education, a postgraduate academic master's degree for education.
New Delhi: Capital of India, location where the notification was issued.
Government of India: The governing authority of the Republic of India
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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th April, 2017
F. No. 51-1/2015/NCTE (N&S).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 32 of the
National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993), the National Council for Teacher Education hereby
makes the following regulations further to amend the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms and
Procedure) Regulations, 2014, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These regulations may be called the National Council for Teacher
Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Amendment Regulations, 2017.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 (hereafter
referred to as the said regulation),
(a) In regulation 8(a), for sub-regulation (3), the following shall be substituted namely:—
“3 (i) An institution, which has been recognised by the Council shall obtain accreditation from an
accrediting agency identified by the Council within five years of the date of recognition.
3 (ii) All existing Teacher Education Institutions which have not been accredited so far or have not been
accredited within five years from the date of its recognition shall be required to get themselves accredited
by the aforesaid accrediting agency within a period of one year from the date of notification of these
Regulations.
3 (iii) The accreditation once obtained shall be valid for a period of five years and the recognised and
already accredited Teacher Education Institutions shall be required to get accreditation renewed by the
agency identified for the purpose by the Council before the lapse of the earlier accreditation”.
(b) for sub-regulation (4), the following shall be substituted, namely :—
“(4) No institution shall be granted recognition under these regulations unless the institution or society
sponsoring the institution is in possession of required land free from all encumbrances on the date of
application and the said land shall be either on ownership basis or on lease from the Government or
Government institutions for a period of not less than thirty years subject to the relevant laws of the
concerned State or Union Territory.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4]
Provided that in cases of Central or State Government Institutions or Universities, recognition may be
accorded for a period of five years, on land or premises, which is leased to them.
Provided further that such institutions shall be required to shift to premises with own land and building
thereon, in conformity with the specification in these regulations within a period of five years from the
date of recognition.
Provided also that in case of Central or State Government Institutions or Universities, recognition may be
accorded on land or premises, which is leased to them for a period of thirty years or more.
Provided also that in cases of Cities notified as Category X and Y by the Government of India for the
purposes of house rent allowance, any University or College which has been in existence for the last ten
academic years on the date of application and not in possession of land as per National Council for
Teacher Education norms, be allowed to apply for new Teacher Education Programmes or additional
Intake exclusively on the basis of the availability of built up area as per National Council for Teacher
Education Norms, if the institution has at least one thousand sq. meter of land area on which the required
infrastructure is built up.
Provided also that the relaxation in land area shall not apply to any Physical Education programme”.
(c) For sub-regulation (14), the following shall be substituted, namely :—
“(14) The institution shall adhere to the mandatory disclosures in the prescribed format and display up-to-
date information on its official website and on-line monitoring of the institution shall be done through the
website of such Institution by National Council for Teacher Education or an agency authorised by it and
the amount payable for this purpose shall be determined by the National Council for Teacher Education
from time to time.”
3. In the said regulations, in regulation 10, for sub-regulation (1), the following shall be substituted, namely :—
“(i) In the case of self-financed institutions including Government or Government aided institutions or
universities running a programme on self-financing basis, where the Letter of Intent (LOI) is issued under
sub-regulation (13) of regulation 7, there shall be an endowment fund of five lakh rupees per programme
and a reserve fund of seven lakh rupees per programme, in the form of a fixed deposit in the joint name of
an authorised representative of the management and the National Council for Teacher Education, which
shall be maintained centrally by a Nationalised Bank(s) identified and notified for the purpose by the
National Council for Teacher Education.
(ii) The existing institutions shall be allowed to encash their existing Fixed Deposit Receipts and ensure
deposit of funds, within seven working days of encashment in the manner specified above in the Bank
identified by the Council, provided it shall be completed within a period of three months of publication of
this notification.
(iii) Fifty per cent of interest accrued on the joint Fixed Deposit Receipts towards the Endowment Fund
and Reserve Fund shall be used by National Council for Teacher Education for the purpose of capacity
building of the Teacher Education Institutions and also National Council for Teacher Education Staff so
also development and maintenance of a sophisticated National Teacher Portal and the amount so accrued
shall be maintained as a distinct corpus fund by National Council for Teacher Education and the
remaining fifty per cent of interest shall accrue to the concerned teacher education institution”.
4. In the said regulations in Appendix 5, in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (i), the following shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(i) Institutions offering teacher education programmes for a minimum period of five academic years, being
affiliated to a University, and having applied for accreditation to an accrediting agency approved by the
Council”.
5. In the said regulations, in Appendix 14, in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (i), the following shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(i) National Council for Teacher Education recognised Teacher Education Institutions offering B.Ed and M.Ed
programmes which have been in existence for at least five years and having Accreditation from an Accrediting
Agency approved by the Council”.¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 5
6. In the said regulations, in Appendix 15, in paragraph 2, for sub-paragraph (i), the following shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(i) National Council for Teacher Education recognised Teacher Education Institutions offering B.Ed and M.Ed
programmes which have been in existence for at least five years and having Accreditation from an Accrediting
Agency approved by the Council”.
SANJAY AWASTHI, Member-Secy.
[ADVT. III/4/Exty./41/2017]
Note : The Principal regulation were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, vide
notification number F.51-1/2014/NCTE (N&S), dated the 1st December, 2014.
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.