Regulation, 2017

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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 28th April, 2017 F. No. 51-1/2015/NCTE (N&S).-ln 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:- !. Short title and commencement.-(!) 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. ln 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 Lo the relevant laws of the concerned State or Union Territory.

Provided that in cases of Central or State Government Institutions or Universities, recognition may beaccorded 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 buildingthereon, in conformity with the specification in these regulations within a period of live years from the date of recognition.

Provided also that in case of Central or State Government Institutions or Universities, recognition may beaccorded 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 tenacademic years on the date of application and not in possession of land as per National Council forTeacher 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 requiredinfrastructure 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-to­date information on its official website and on-line monitoring of the institution shall be done through thewebsite of such Institution by National Council for Teacher Education or an agency authorised by it andthe 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 LO. for sub-regulation (I), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(i) In the case of self-financed institutions including Government or Government aided institutions oruniversities 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 programmeand 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 ofthis 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 capacitybuilding of the Teacher Education Institutions and also National Council for Teacher Education Staff soalso 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. beingaffiliated to a University, and having applied for accreditation to an accrediting agency approved by theCouncil".

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 AccreditingAgency approved by the Council". ['IWT III-?4] 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 progranunes which have been in existence for at least live years and having Accreditation from an Accrediting Agency approved by the Council".

Note : The Principal regulation were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary. Pan III, Section 4. vide notification number F.51-1/2014/NCTE (N&S), dated the 1'1December, 2014. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Del hi-1 l 0054. A Lo K Ku MAR O,gitally signed by ALOK KUMAR Date, 2017 04 29 18·26:58 +05·30·

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