(Published in Part III, Section 4 of the Gazette of India) (Extraordinary)

 National Council for Teacher Education 

NOTIFICATION  

F.No. 48-6/2003-NCTE (N&S)                                                                                                    6th June 2003

             In exercise of the powers conferred under clauses (f) and (g) of sub-section (2) of Section 32 of the NCTE Act, 1993 (73 of 1993) and pursuant to the judgement dated 7.2.2003 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP No. 2421 of 2001 in the matter of St. John Teachers Training Institute and a batch of similar Special Leave Petitions and Write Petitions, interalia, directing NCTE to frame appropriate regulations fixing the time limit within which a decision should be taken by the State Government on the application made by an institution for grant of No Objection Certificate, the National Council for Teacher Education hereby makes the following regulations to amend the NCTE (Form of application for recognition, the time limit of submission of application, determination of norms and standards for recognition of teacher education programmes and permission to start new course or training) Regulations, 2002 dated 13th November, 2002.

1.         Short Title and Commencement 

(i)         These regulations may be called the NCTE (Form of application for recognition, the time limit of submission of application, determination of norms and standards for recognition of teacher education programmes and permission to start new course or training)  (Amendment) Regulations, 2003. 

(ii)        They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 

2.         Extent of Amendment 

            Para 6 of the aforesaid NCTE Regulations shall be substituted by the following:- 

(i)         Application from every institution seeking recognition to start to course or training in teacher education or from an existing institution seeking permission to start a new course or training and/or increase in intake shall be accompanied by a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the State or Union Territory in which the institution is located.  Application without NOC/endorsement of the State Government/UT shall not be processed by the concerned Regional Committee of NCTE. 

(ii)        Every State Government/UT Administration shall endeavour to dispose of the application of the institution seeking NOC for starting a course or training in teacher education or seeking permission to start a new course or training and/or increase in intake, as expeditiously as possible, and shall provide its NOC/endorsement within six months of the last date of receipt of application for grant of NOC fixed by the concerned State Government/UT.

(iii)       Every State Government/UT Administration while considering application for grant of No Objection Certificate shall take into account the guidelines for issue of No Objection Certificate issued by the NCTE from time to time. 

(iv)       The NOC/endorsement of the State Government/UT Administration in regard to issue of No Objection Certificate (NOC) will be considered by the Regional Committee while taking a decision on the application for recognition. 

(v)        The State Government/UT Administration will indicate in the NOC the number of seats for which NOC is being granted within the ceiling of basic unit fixed by the NCTE for the concerned pre-service course on teacher education and without this information it will be presumed that the NOC is for the basic unit of the course. 

(vi)       The NOC issued by the State Government / UT Administration will remain valid till such time the State Government/UT Administration withdraws/cancels it. 

(vii)      The NOC will deemed to have lapsed if the institution fails to get recognition from NCTE for the course within three years from the date of its issue. 

(viii)      Requirement of NOC shall not apply to Government Institutions. 

(ix)       Requirement of NOC shall not apply to University Departments for taking up innovative teacher education programmes for a maximum intake of 50 (Fifty only).  The question as to whether a programme is innovative will be decided by the concerned Regional Committee. 

(S.K. Ray)
Member Secretary

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