NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION
New Delhi, the 26th December, 1995
[Published in the
Gazette of India Part III —Section 4
as No. 8 dated February 24, 1996]
No. F.28-4/95-NCTE-In
exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and clause (o) of sub-section (2) of section 32 read
with sub-section (7) of section 20 of the National Council for Teacher
Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993), the Council hereby makes the following
regulations for the procedure to be followed by the Regional Committees of the
National Council for Teacher Education : _
1. Short Title and Commencement
(i) These regulations will be called the National Council for Teacher Education
(procedure to be followed by the Regional Committees) Regulations, 1995;
(ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the
official Gazette.
2. Applicability
These regulations shall be
applicable to the matters relating to : _
(a) consideration of applications for recognition
under the Act from institutions offering courses or training in teacher
education immediately before the appointed day;
(b) consideration of applications for recognition
from institutions intending to offer a course for training in teacher
education;
(c) consideration of applications for increase in
the intake of students to the courses already included while granting
recognition;
(d) consideration of applications from recognised
institutions for permission to start any new course or training in teacher
education;
(e) issues which fall under section 17 of the Act;
(f) such other functions as may be assigned by the Council from time to
time.
3. Definition
In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires :
(a) “Act”
means National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993 (73 of 1993);
(b) “Appointed
day” means the date of establishment of the National Council for Teacher
Education under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(c) “Chairperson”
means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under clause (a) of sub-section
(4) of section 3;
(d) “Regional
Committee” means a committee established under section 20;
(e) “Convenor”
shall mean an officer of the National Council for Teacher Education nominated
as Convenor of the meetings of the Regional Committee;
(f) “Member”
of the Council shall mean member nominated by the Council to the Regional
Committee under clause (a) of sub-section 3 of section 20 of the Act;
(g) “Chairperson”
of the Regional Committee shall mean a Chairperson nominated by the Council
under sub-section 4 of section 20 of the Act as Chairperson of the Regional
Committee;
(h)
All other words and expressions used herein
and not defined but defined in the National Council for Teacher Education Act
1993 (73 of 1993) shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the
said Act;
4. The Member Secretary of the Council shall nominate the Convenor for the
meetings of the Regional Committee. The Convenor shall function under the
overall supervision and guidance of the Chairman of the Regional Committee in
so far as matters relating to convening, preparation of agenda and preparation
of the minutes of the meetings of the Regional Committee.
5. Every meeting of the Regional Committee shall be convened by a
letter in writing issued by the Convenor. Notice convening meeting of the
Regional Committee shall be issued to all Members of the Regional Committee 15
days prior to the date of the meeting indicating date, time and venue of the
meeting.
7. The Convenor of the meetings of the Regional Committee shall draw up
the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Committees whenever held and after
obtaining approval to the draft of the minutes shall circulate the same to all
members of the Regional Committee.
In case any comments/modifications/objection are received for the
minutes, the same shall be placed before the Chairman of the Regional Committee
and together with his/her views, if any, the minutes shall be placed before the
subsequent meeting of the Regional Committees for confirmation. In the event of
any objections to the record of the minutes, the same shall be resolved in
subsequent meeting of the Regional Committee subject to the provisions in
respect of objections/points raised by the member nominated by the Council and
would be dealt as per provisions indicated in Regulation 8 below.
8. Procedure
(a) The Regional Committee
shall decide issues by consensus after taking into account the viewpoint of
members present in the light of rationale presented in support thereof.
(b) In the event of
difference of opinion in the meeting on the interpretation of eligibility
conditions for recognition and application of norms and standards laid down by
the Council the matter shall be referred to the Council by the convenor of the
Regional Committee.
(c) On receipt of reference
in pursuance of clause (b) above, the
matter shall be put up to the Chairperson of the Council for clarification/decision.
Provided, however, the
Chairperson may place the matter before the appropriate forum as deemed fit by
the Chairperson.
9. The Chairperson NCTE shall
nominate any other member of the Council to be its nominee in the event of the
appointed nominee of the Council being unable to attend any particular meeting
or during any particular period in the meeting(s) of the Regional Committee.
SURENDRA SINGH
Member Secretary
National Council for Teacher
Education