THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (PROF. RITA VERMA)
(a) No, Sir.
(b) Does not arise.
(c) As per the norms and standards prescribed by the National
Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) the academic and
professional qualification of Principal of a D.Ed. (elementary
teacher education programme) is same as that of a lecturer.
Apart from the above, a person to be considered eligible for
the post of Principal should have 5 years experience of
teaching in elementary teacher education institutions.
(d) & (e) The following relaxations in the educational
qualifications of the teaching staff for D.Ed. colleges has
been sought by the Government of Maharashtra :
i) To continue permanent teaching staff (Principal and
lecturers) in the Government aided and unaided D.Ed. colleges
prior to NCTE Act with their existing qualifications till
they retire or acquire the required qualification as per NCTE
regulations.
ii) Majority of the secondary schools and D.Ed. colleges are
managed by the private educational management. The State
Government has prescribed common service conditions for all
the employees of the recognized private, aided and unaided
primary, secondary, higher secondary and D.Ed. colleges in the
State. Therefore, the teachers in secondary schools, teacher
educators in D.Ed. colleges managed by one management having
similar qualifications are transferable from a secondary
school to a D.Ed. college and vice versa. In view of this, in
addition to the teaching experience in recognized elementary
schools required for the post of lecturers prescribed in the
NCTE regulations 2001, the teaching experience in recognized
secondary schools may also be allowed.
(f) & (g) After consideration of the proposal of the
Government of Maharashtra, the NCTE has approved the following:
i) In the case of existing Government and Government aided
elementary teacher education colleges setup prior to
establishment of NCTE, there should be at least four teachers
besides Principal/Head for a unit of 50 students per year.
State Governments would also provide at least one part time
teacher in these institutions.
ii) The Principal and the teachers would be required to
acquire the prescribed qualification by June, 2007.
iii) Experience in secondary schools in respect of Post-
graduates with B.Ed. may also be treated as a valid
qualification for appointment as teacher in D.Ed.
institutions.
