Question : RECOGNITION UNDER NCTE

(a) the number of educational institutions in the country including Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka which have applied for recognition for starting B.Ed. and D.Ed. courses during each of the last three years and in the current year, State and Union Territory- wise;

(b) the number of applications approved during the above period, separately, State and UT-wise;

(c) the time by when the remaining applications arelikely to be approved alongwith the reasons for delay, State and Union Territory-wise ;

(d) the number of institutions inspected by the National Council of Teachers Education (NCTE) during the above period;

(e) whether there is an inordinate delay and complaints of malpractices in forwarding the applications by Regional Office, NCTE to Head Office NCTE; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI M. A. A. FATMI)

(a) & (b) Information is given in Col.1 to 10 of the statement enclosed as Annexure-A.

(c) The applications are processed as per the NCTE (Recognition Norms & Procedure) Regulations, 2005, published in the Gazette of India on 13.01.2006. The Regional Committees of NCTE at Jaipur, Bangalore, Bhopal and Bhubaneswar grant-recognition only after the concerned institution fulfils all the conditions prescribed by the NCTE under the NCTE Act, Rules or Regulations including, inter alia, the norms and standards laid down for the relevant teacher education programme/course. Grant of recognition, therefore, depends on timely completion of all formalities by applicant institutions in accordance with the NCTE norms & regulations.

(d) Information about the institutions inspected during the relevant period is contained in columns, 1 ,2 and 11 to 14 of the statement at Annexure’ A’.

(e) to (f) Applications for grant of recognition are not received in the NCTE headquarters at New Delhi. The NCTE Act vests the powers for grant of recognition to the Regional Committees of the NCTE. The Regional Committees are not required to forward such applications to NCTE.