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EXTRAORDINARY
PART
II- Section 3 - Sub. Section (1)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 482 December
9, 1997
MINISTRY OF HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(Department
of Education)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 3rd December, 1997
G.S.R. 689(E). In exercise of powers conferred by section 31
of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993), the
Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :_
1. Short title
and commencement:-
(1) These
rules may be called the National Council for Teacher Education Rules, 1997.
(2) They
shall come into force on the date of
their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definition.-
(1) In
these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, _
(a) “Act”
means the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993);
(b) “Council”
means the National Council for Teacher Education established under sub-section
(1) of section 3;
(c) “Executive
Committee” means the Committee constituted by the Council under section 19;
(d) “Section”
means a section of the Act.
(2) All other words and expressions used herein and not defined but
defined in the Act shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them
in the Act.
3. Certain
Expert Members of the Council
(1) The
expert members shall be appointed under sub-clause (v) of clause (m) of
sub-section (4) of section 3 alternatively from the first cycle and the second
cycle as specified in sub-rules (2) and (3).
(2) The
first cycle of expert members shall be one each belonging to the following
fields, namely :_
(a) natural
sciences;
(b) social
sciences;
(c) educational
technology.
(3) The
second cycle of expert members shall be one each belonging to the following
fields, namely :_
(a) linguistics ;
(b) vocational education and work experience ;
(c) special education.
4. Members
representing States and Union Territories:- The manner of representation of
the States and Union territories by the members appointed under clause (n) of
sub-section (4) of section 3, shall be as under :_
(a) one
representative each of eight State Governments from the different parts of India
identified by keeping in view the strength of teaching community in each State,
subject to the condition that at least one State from each of the regions which
is covered by the Regional Committees shall be included.
(b) One
representative of the Union Territory Administrations keeping in view the
strength of the teaching community, the need for regional representation and
such other factors relating to teacher education as may be deemed appropriate
by the Central Government.
(c) The
term of office of members appointed under clause (n) of sub-section (4) of
section 3 shall be two years from the date of their appointment or till fresh
appointments are made, whichever is later.
5. Conditions of
service of the Chairperson, the
Vice-Chairperson and the Member-Secretary:---
(1) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and
the Member-Secretary shall be entitled to draw pay as approved by the Central
Government from time to time.
(2) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and
the Member-Secretary shall be entitled to, in addition to pay, Dearness
Allowance, House Rent Allowance, City Compensatory Allowance, and such other
allowances appropriate to their pay as admissible to the Central Government
officers of equivalent grade. The Chairperson may be provided, in lieu of House
Rent Allowance, Rent free unfurnished accommodation within the ceiling
prescribed by the Government of India, from time to time.
(3) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and
the Member-Secretary shall be entitled to such terminal benefits as may be
specified by the Central Government in respect of officers of the Central
Government of equivalent grade:
Provided that an employee of any
university or institution maintained by Central Government, if appointed as the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson or the Member-Secretary shall be allowed to
continue to contribute to any Provident Fund of which that person was a member
and the Council shall contribute to the accounts of such person in that
Provident fund at the same rate at which such person had been receiving
employer’s contribution immediately before his or her appointment as the
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson or the Member-Secretary, as the case may be.
(4) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and
Member-Secretary shall be entitled to leave, medical benefits (for self and
family), allowance on transfer for joining the post as well as on joining the
Parent Department on repatriation from the Council as per rules, regulations,
orders and instructions issued by the Central Government from time to time in
respect of its own officials in the corresponding scales of pay.
(5) (a) The
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and the Member-Secretary shall be entitled to
use the Council’s staff car for official purposes.
(b) The
Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and the Member-Secretary shall also be
entitled to use staff car of the Council, for private purposes on payment basis
on the conditions laid down by the Central Government under the Staff Car Rules
for use of Government staff cars for private purposes by officers of the
Central Government.
(6) The Council shall make necessary payment
towards leave salary, pension or contributory Provident fund, as the case may
be, as well as the transfer travelling allowance as provided under the general
orders of the Government of India governing deputation/foreign service from
time to time in respect of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and the
Member-Secretary.
6. Travelling
and Daily Allowances to Members:-
(1) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and the
Member-Secretary shall be entitled to travelling allowance and daily allowance
for official tours and journeys at the rates as applicable to the Central
Government Officers of their equivalent grades.
(2) The non-official members of the Council
including the members appointed under clauses (l), (m) and (p) of sub-section
(4) of section 3, shall be entitled to travelling allowance and daily allowance
for official tours and journeys in accordance with the orders issued by the
Central Government in relation to the non-official members of the Committees
and Commissions and such like categories of persons.
(3) Members appointed under clauses (d), (f),
(g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (n) of sub-section (4) of section 3 shall be entitled
to receive reimbursement of travelling
allowance and daily allowance; if so desired, at the rate applicable to
them in their respective organisation.
(4) Members appointed under clause (c) of
sub-section (4) of section 3 shall be entitled to travelling allowance and
daily allowance for official tours and journeys as admissible for attending the
meeting of the University Grants Commission.
(5) Members of Parliament nominated as Members
under clause (o) of sub-section (4) of section 3 shall be entitled to
travelling allowance and daily allowance as per orders applicable to the
Members of the respective House for attending such meetings.
7. Powers and
duties of the Chairperson:-
(1) The Chairperson shall be the Principal
Executive Officer of the Council and shall be responsible for the proper
administration of the Council and its Regional Committees.
(2) The Chairperson shall determine the duties
of all officers and staff of the Council and its Regional Committees and shall
also exercise such supervision and control over them as may be necessary to
carry out the functions of the Council.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Chairperson to
ensure that the Council and the bodies constituted under the Council carry out
the objectives of the Act.
(4) The Chairperson shall, except in cases in
which approval of Government of India is required, issue such orders and
directions as may be considered necessary in anticipation of approval of the
Council or of the constituted bodies of it , if the matter cannot be delayed
and shall place the orders and directions before the Council at its next
meeting.
(5) The Chairperson shall have the power to
approve schemes for research, studies, development activities, publication and
allied matters for the furtherance of objects of the Act, subject to such
conditions and guidelines as may be laid down by the Council in this behalf and
availability of funds as may be earmarked for such purposes.
(6)
The Chairperson shall
have the power to engage eminent persons for a period not exceeding six months
at a time for the work of the Council as Consultants or Advisers on contractual
basis, on the same terms and conditions and remuneration as specified by the
Government of India in case of appointment of Consultants by it.
[8. Inspection:-
(1) The Council may inspect the recognized
institutions in the manner specified in sub-rules(2) to (8).
(2) The Council shall approve a panel of names
of experts in teacher education or educational administration who may be able
to inspect the recognized institutions. The Chairman shall nominate at least
two person out of the panel of experts to a inspection team.
(3) The Council shall give a notice of its
intention to the institution alongwith a questionnaire in Form - ‘IV’ seeking
information within fifteen days on all relevant matters relating to the
institution.
(4) On receipt of the completed questionnaire,
the Council shall communicate the names of the members of inspection team and
the date of inspection to the institution.
(5) The institution to be inspected shall
nominate its one officer or employee, to be associated with the inspection
team.
(6) The inspection team shall ascertain as to
whether the institution is functioning in accordance with the provisions of the
Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
(7) The members of the inspection team may, if
deem necessary, interact with the faculty members and other employees of the
institution.
(8) The inspection team shall submit its report
to the Council within a period of fifteen days from the last day of the
inspection.]
[9. Fee:-
Every application made under
Sub-section (1) of Section 14 to the concerned Regional Committee for obtaining
grant of recognition under the Act by any institution offering or intending to
offer a course or training in teacher education on or after the appointed day
and every application made under Sub-section (1) of Section 15 to the concerned
Regional Committee for grant of permission for starting any new course or
training in teacher education or for increasing intake in respect of an
existing course by a recognized institution shall be accompanied by a fee of
Rs. 40,000;
Provided that Government institutions shall
be exempt from payment of the fee under this rule.]
10. Appeals
Any person aggrieved by an order made
under section 14, section 15 or section 17 may prefer an appeal in Form I
appended to these rules, to the Council within sixty days of issue of such
orders, along with a fee of Rs. 1000 payable with the memorandum of appeal in
the form of crossed demand draft drawn in favour of the Council :
Provided that an appeal may be
admitted after the expiry of the said period of sixty days, if the appellant satisfies
the Council that he had sufficient cause for not preferring the appeal within
the period of limitation of sixty days.
11. Procedure for
disposal of appeals
(1) On receipt of memorandum of appeal, the Council
shall call for the records of the case from the Regional Committee concerned
which passed the order appealed against and after giving the appellant a
reasonable opportunity of being heard pass such orders as it may deem fit.
(2) The appellant shall be entitled to be
represented by an employee or officer of the appellant institution.
(3) The Council shall decide every appeal as
expeditiously as possible and ordinarily every appeal shall be decided on a
perusal of documents, memorandum of appeal, written argument, if any,
affidavits and after hearing such oral arguments as may be advanced.
(4) The Council shall endeavour to dispose of
every memorandum of appeal within a period of three months from the date of its
filing.
(5) The Council shall not ordinarily allow more
than three adjournments in any appeal.
12. Membership of
the Executive Committee Member representing States:-
(1) Four State representatives as members of the
Executive Committee of the Council under clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section
19 shall be nominated by the Central Government in the following manner :_
(a) One
representative of a State from each of the Region which is covered by the four
Regional Committees.
(b) States
which are already represented on the Council in terms of clause (n) of
sub-section (4) of section 3 shall not be included while considering
nominations under clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section19.
(2) The members of the Executive Committee
appointed under clause (i) of sub-section (2) of section 19 shall hold office
for a period of two years and a State once represented shall be eligible for
further representation only after a gap of two years subjects to adherence of
clause (b) of sub-rule (1).
13. Budget _
(1) The Council shall prepare the budget in respect
of the financial year next ensuing, in Form II appended to these rules and
submit the same for its consideration not later than 30th September of every
calendar year.
(2) A copy of the budget shall be forwarded to
the Central Government with the approval of the Chairperson in anticipation of
approval of Executive Committee of the Council if it is found not possible to
obtain approval of Executive Committee in time.
14. Annual Report, _
(1) The Council shall prepare once in every year its annual report in Form III
appended to these rules.
(2) The Council shall submit its annual report
in respect of its activities in a previous financial year to the Central
Government within nine months of the end of the financial year.
MEMORANDUM OF
APPEAL
{See rule 11}
APPEAL BEFORE THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION UNDER SECTION 18 OF NCTE ACT, 1993
Appeal No. ............ of 19 ............
ABC..............................................................................,............................Appellant
here furnish complete postal
address)............................................................……..
............................................................................................................................………
Versus
DEF......................................................................................................Respondent
To
The Member - Secretary,
National Council for Teacher
Education,
New Delhi.
Sir,
The
appellant named above begs to prefer this Memorandum of appeal under section 18
of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 on the following facts
and grounds :_
FACTS
1. Your above-mentioned appellant had applied to
the Regional Committee under section
of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73
of 1993) for ........................................
2. The Regional Committee
................................... refused to grant such
............................... vide its order dated
................................... a copy of which is attached
.........................................For the reasons set out below, your
appellant(s) submit(s) that the ............................. ought to have
been granted by the Regional Committee. The Regional Committee erred in
deciding the matter on the following grounds.
GROUNDS OF APPEAL
1.
2.
3.
PRAYER
The appellant therefore prays that the order appealed
against may be set aside and appropriate relief granted to the appellant.
Date:
I/We ............................ the
appellant(s) above named do hereby declare that what is stated herein is true
to the best of my/our information and belief and nothing material has been
suppressed or concealed.
Place:
Date:
Signature
of the appellant or
(Address of the appellants)
his authorised signatory
Notes :—
1. Delete inappropriate words or letters.
2. The memorandum of appeal should be accompanied
by a fee of Rs. 10,000/- paid by way of crossed demand draft in favour of the
National Council for Teacher Education, New Delhi payable at New Delhi. The fee
is non-refundable and non-transferable. Memorandum of appeal without the
prescribed fee shall not be entertained.
3. A copy of the order appealed against should
invariably be enclosed to the memorandum of appeal.
4. The appeal should be submitted in duplicate,
both copies complete with all enclosures, copies of the documents relied upon
should be appended to the memorandum of appeal.
5. All documents enclosed to the appeal should
be duly authenticated by the appellant.
6. The Memorandum of Appeal _
(i) should be on plain paper typed in double space.
(ii) should
be addressed to the Member-Secretary, National Council for Teacher Education by
designation only.
(iii) should
contain an index for list of documents indicating page numbers consecutively
given.
(iv) should
be complete in all respects and contain all material statements and arguments
on which reliance is placed.The statements contained in the appeal should be
duly supported by documentary evidence, wherever necessary.
(v) should
not contain any extraneous or irrelevant points.
(vi) should
be divided into suitable paragraphs, each paragraph containing a specific point
or issue.
(vii) should
not contain any disrespectful or improper language.
(viii) should be signed on the left hand
side bottom of every page by an authorised person giving his/her official
position with the official seal of the institution on whose behalf the appeal
is being preferred. Corrections, if any, should be duly initialled.
If there are any deficiencies in the form or content of the
appeal or any other shortcomings, the appellant shall be given an opportunity
to cure them within 15 days of the issue of a communication in this regard from
the Council. No extension of time will be allowed for this purpose.
(See rule 13)
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR
TEACHER EDUCATION
HANS BHAWAN, WING-II New
Delhi – 110002
BUDGET
AND ACCOUNT HEADS
Head
of Accounts (Expenditure)
I. Recurring
Personnel Services
1. Salaries of officers and Establishment
2. Tuition fee/Children Education Allowance
3. Honorarium
4. Overtime Allowance
5. Leave Travel Concession
6. Medical Reimbursement
7. Leave Salary and Pension Contribution
8. Contributory Provident Fund and Interest
thereon
9. Retirement benefits/Gratuity
10. Bonus
11. Consultants’ Fee
12. Other Allowances
II. Wages
III. Rent for
Accommodation
(1) Residential Building
(2) Official Building
IV. (A) Travel Expenses
(1) Domestic Travel Expenses
(2) Local Conveyance
(B) Foreign Travel
Expenses
(C) Processing of
applications of Institutions
for recognition by Regional Committees
(D) Travel Allowance/Dearness
Allowance/Honorarium
to non-official
V. (A)Office Expenses
1. Audit Fees
2. Advertisement charges
3. Electricity/Water charges
4. Staff Car/Taxi
(a) Petrol/Oil/Lubricant
(b) Repair and Maintenance
(c) Hiring charges for Taxies
5. Hospitality and Entertainment
6. Legal Charges
7. Liveries
8. Postage and Telegrams
9. Printing and Stationery
10. Books and Periodicals
11. Telephone Charges
12. Bank Charges
13. Miscellaneous office expenses
V (B) Meetings of
the Council and its Committees
VI. Projects/Programmes
Non-Recurring
1. Furniture
and Fixtures
2. Machinery
and Equipment
3. Library
Networking and Documentation, etc.
4. Building
(New Proposal)
Head of
Accounts (Receipts)
1. Grants
received from the Ministry of Human Resource Development
2. Sales
Proceeds of Application Forms
3. Fees
for recognition of Institutions
4. Other receipts
(See rule 14)
FORM OF THE ANNUAL REPORT
Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II An overview of the
activities during the previous year
Chapter III National Headquarters
Chapter IV Regional Committees
Chapter V International Interaction
Chapter VI Projects and Programmes
Chapter VII Publications
Chapter VIII Any
other important matter dealt with by the National Council for Teacher
Education.
(See sub-rule (3) of rule 8)
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INSPECTION
Inspection of Recognised Institutions
(Under
Section 13 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.)
1.
Name of the Institution :
2.
Address for communication
3.
Phone No. (with STD Code) :
4.
Fax No. :
5.
E-mail :
6.
Date of establishment of the institution:
7.
Course(s) offered :
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