Shiksha Mitra News : NCTE Public Information Officer Stated - TET is Compulsory for Shiksha Mitra (Non Regular Teachers)

Shiksha Mitra News : NCTE Public Information Officer Stated - TET is Compulsory for Shiksha Mitra (Non Regular Teachers)

Shiksha Mitron ke Liye TET Pass Karna Jaruree :

See an RTI application filed by an Applicant and its response :

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The Minister stated that as per the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) teacher qualification norms under the Right to Education Act, Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) will be an essential qualification. He said that while the NCTE is developing the standards and benchmarks for this Teacher Eligibility Test, State Governments would be responsible for administering these tests and it is the responsibility of State Governments to ensure that these tests conform to high standards. He also said that the institutional mechanism between NCERT and SCERTs should work towards developing question banks which could be used by States for their Teacher Eligibility Test. 


Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=69121

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NCTE The Ministry of Human Resource Development has constituted Joint Review Missions consisting of eminent teacher education experts to review progress and to consider issues related to programme planning. The mission’s task will include implementation, monitoring and evaluation, with respect to each of the programmatic interventions under the Scheme for 10 states of the country. The Lok Sabha was informed today by the Ministry of State, Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor that the Hon,ble Supreme Court had in May, 2011 appointed a High Powered Commission under the Chairmanship the former Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S. Verma to examine various aspects relating to the teacher education system, including the role and function of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), and recommend measures for improvement. The Commission submitted its Report to Hon’ble Supreme Court on 29.08.2012 and made recommendations in four main categories as under:- (i) Quality of Pre-service Teacher Education (ii) Quality of In-service Teacher Education (iii) Teacher Performance and Teacher Audit (iv) Strengthening the Regulatory functions of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) The Government and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTC) have taken several steps to improve the quality of teacher education. These include laying down teacher qualifications under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009; specifying passing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) as an essential qualification for being appointed as a teacher in classes I-VIII; the development of the National Curriculum Framework of Teacher Education, NCFTE (2009); the preparation of model syllabi for teacher education courses; the revision of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education for the XII Plan, which entails the strengthening and expansion of existing institutional structures such as the District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs), the College of Teacher Education (CTEs) and the Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASEs), the strengthening of the State Councils for Education Research and Training (SCERTs), and the establishment of Block Institutes of Teacher Education (BITEs) in SC/ST/Minority concentration districts, etc. There are about 43 Lakh teachers in Government Schools. Dr. Shashi Tharoor was replying to a written question on a high powered Committee to look into the functioning of regional centres of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in the House today.

Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=94052

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