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Dear all,

Knowing fully well that this group has the members belonging to a very
wide array of professions including the profession of a journalist I
write the following to share with the pathetic condition of the
working of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), a
regulatory and statutory body framed by an Act of Parliament.
Kindly click the following link to read the news online.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=ae15e6ef-6101-4dd9-87a\
f-75e4236dc1a3

The news is relevant in the context that Sh. Shailesh Gandhi, the
Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission (CIC), New
Delhi has observed about the AICTE that "the council should ensure
that its "writ runs in colleges which it gives affiliation to"".  He
further said that ,"The AICTE should ensure its regulations are fully
applicable."

These observations by the CIC are very significant and relevant as the
NCTE exactly similar to the AICTE in its functions and statutory and
regualtory status is proving to be falling short in ensuring that its
regulations are fully applicable.
The NCTE too has miserably failed to get its Norms implemented.
More agonising and worrying aspect is that when the violation of its
Norms by the Universities in Delhi was brought into its notice, it
instead of taking any action against the Universities wrote back to me
as follows:

"It is felt that Universities concerned alone may offer their
considered views with regard to the fact that some Universities are
not treating B.Com. graduates as eligible for admission for B.Ed.
course."

Its eligibility norm is as follows:
"Candidates with at least 45% marks either in the Bachelor's Degree
and/or in the Master's degree or any other qualification equivalent
thereto, are eligible for admission to the programme." Is B.Com. not a
Bachelor's Degree? How in Delhi a B.Com. cannot do B.Ed.?

In Rajasthan, the teachers teaching in the University affiliated
Teachers' Colleges do not get the UGC pay scales and the salries. They
get  what the school teachers get. All these colleges function under
the Secondary school education department.

This happens while the NCTE's Norm is as follows:

"The academic staff of the institutions (including part-time staff)
shall be paid such salary in such scale of pay as may be prescribed by
the UGC/University from time to time, through account payee cheque or
as per advice into the bank account of employee specially opened for
the purpose."

So neither the eligibility norm nor the norm related to the salary is
being adhered to while Mr Fatmi the MOS in MHRD in reply to an
unstarred question put by Sh. Iliyas Azmi, MP, BSP says"

"The norms and standards prescribed by NCTE are applicable all over
India (except J & K) like the NCTE Act, 1993. There is no information
regarding non-acceptance of the norms by any State Government
including U.P." (If you yourself want to read this reply please click
the following link): http://164.100.24.208/lsq14/quest.asp?qref=34887

The issue is that either the Minsiter misled the Lok Sabha or the NCTE
is speaking a lie. I request the members of this group to please help
me in raising these issues as I feel somewhat defeated and alienated
in my struggles with the system. Prof Sadgopal who is on this group
knows fully well the ongoing efforts I've been making all these years.

Regards

Yours sincerely
Dr. Jitendra Sharma