The National Council for Teacher Education Amendment Act, 2019 (No. 2 of 2019) received the President's assent on January 10, 2019, and is effective from August 17, 1995. This Act amends the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, specifically sections 14 and 15. The amendment stipulates that institutions funded by the Central Government, State Government, or Union Territory Administration, which offered teacher education courses or training from the appointed day until the academic year 2017-2018 and fulfill the conditions under clause (a) of subsection (3) of Section 14, shall be deemed to have been recognized by the Regional Committee. Similarly, these institutions shall be deemed to have been granted permission by the Regional Committee regarding section 15. The specifying of institutions will be done via official notification in the Gazette by the Central Government.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Law and Justice: The ministry responsible for legislative matters and the administration of justice in India.
The National Council for Teacher Education Amendment Act, 2019: An Act of Parliament that amends the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.
Parliament: The legislative body of the Republic of India.
The National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993: The original Act which the 2019 amendment modifies, concerning teacher education in India.
Central Government: The executive branch of the government of India.
State Government: The government of a constituent state within India.
Union territory Administration: The administration governing a Union Territory of India.
New Delhi: The capital of India
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 11th January, 2019/Pausha 21, 1940 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
10th January, 2019, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
NO. 2 OF 2019
[10th January, 2019.]
An Act further to amend the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be called the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Short title and
Act, 2019. commencement.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 17th day of August, 1995.
73 of 1993. 2. In the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as Amendment
the principal Act), in section 14, in sub-section (1), after the proviso, the following proviso of section 14.
shall be inserted, namely:—2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 1]
“Provided further that such institutions, as may be specified by the Central
Government by notification in the Official Gazette, which—
(i) are funded by the Central Government or the State Government or the
Union territory Administration;
(ii) have offered a course or training in teacher education on or after the
appointed day till the academic year 2017-2018; and
(iii) fulfil the conditions specified under clause (a) of sub-section (3),
shall be deemed to have been recognised by the Regional Committee.”.
Amendment 3. In section 15 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be
of section 15. inserted, namely:—
“Provided that the course or training in teacher education offered on or after
the appointed day till the academic year 2017-2018 by such institutions, as may be
specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, which—
(i) are funded by the Central Government or the State Government or the
Union territory Administration; and
(ii) fulfil the conditions specified under clause (a) of sub-section (3),
shall be deemed to have been granted permission by the Regional Committee.”.
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DR. G. NARAYANA RAJU,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
MGIPMRND—3223GI(S3)—11-01-2019.