NCTE Scheme for National Award to Teacher Educators

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has approved a scheme for National Award to teacher educators with a view to recognizing the outstanding contribution made by a Teacher Educator towards promoting the cause of teacher education in the country. Details of the scheme are as under:-

 

Date of giving away the Award

 

The award will be given away on the occasion of  the Foundation Day of the NCTE or on any other day as decided by the Council.

 

Number of Awards :-

Region wise/Category wise number of awards would be as follows :-

 

S.NO.

Category

Number of Awards

1.

Elementary teacher training

4 in each region

2.

CTE/B.Ed.

2 from each region

3.

IASE/Universities

1 from each region

4.

Physical Education (B.P.Ed.)/(M.P.Ed.)

1 from each region

5.

Total

32

 

          Each award will carry a citation, a shawl and a silver medal.

Eligibility Conditions

(i)                 Teacher Educator with at least 15 years regular teaching experience in a recognized teacher training institution may be considered for this award.

(ii)              He/she should have authored at least two books on Teacher Education and should have published at least 10 papers on Teacher Education in different journals/newspapers.

(iii)            Normally a retired Teacher Educator will not be considered for the award. However, those teachers who have served for at least 6 months in the academic year previous to the academic year to which award pertains to may be considered, provided he/she fulfills all other conditions.

(iv)             A teacher educator whose name was considered during previous year(s) may be reconsidered if he/she is otherwise eligible. However, one who has already got this award once may not be considered second time.

 

Main consideration that should guide the selection of teacher educators for the award.

 

(i)                 Reputation in the institution.

(ii)              Academic efficiency and contribution towards further improvement with focus on research.

(iii)            Genuine interest towards the promotion of the cause of teacher education.

(iv)             Overall involvement in the field of education.

 

Procedure for Selection

 

Nomination for the award for a year may be invited through advertisement in leading newspapers. Names may be forwarded to the Regional Committee concerned by the State Govt. for elementary teacher training and by the University for other categories in the proforma attached at Annexure I, as per schedule (to be indicated in the advertisement). Any institute running teacher training course may forward one name in any category to the State Govt./University concerned in the proforma attached at Annexure (I) (except part D and E). Private institutions running teacher education course may send the nomination to the University/Affiliating Body concerned. Nomination may be considered at the level of State Govt./University by a Selection Committee (Vide composition at Annexure II). With the recommendations of the Selection Committee, not more than two names in each category may be forwarded by the State Govt./Universities concerned to the respective Regional Committee of NCTE in Annexure I (Except part E).

 

          At the Regional Committee level, there will be a Selection Committee (as provided for in Annexure II) which will consider all the names received from State Govts./Universities for different categories. Each Regional Committee may recommend name equal to double the number of awardees in each category to the NCTE Hqrs. for further consideration, in Annexure I. The final list of awardees will be decided by NCTE on the basis of recommendations of a National Level Selection Committee (to be constituted for this purpose as per composition at Annexure II).

 

Annexure I

Proforma for recommending the name of a teacher educator for this award.

 

PART – A

Particulars of the Teacher Educators

1.Name (in Block letters)

:

____________________________________

2.Sex with marital status

:

____________________________________

3.Designation & complete institute address with Pin code number, Telephone number

:

____________________________________

4.Complete Residential address with Pin code number, Telephone number

:

____________________________________

5. Complete Permanent address with Pin Code number

:

____________________________________

6. District

:

____________________________________

7. State

:

____________________________________

8. Date of Birth

:

____________________________________

9. Present age

:

____________________________________

10. Date of superannuation

:

____________________________________

11. Total Service with date of joining as teacher in training institute

:

Total Service

_______Years ______Months

Date of joining as Teacher Educator:

___________________________

12. Total Experience

:

Period

 

 

From

To

                                               

Teaching :

                                      Administrative :

                                      Other

                                      Total

 

PART-B

SERVICE RECORD

Name of the Institution (s)

Management Govt. aided or Unaided

Intake/Total enrollment

 

 

 

Duration of service with date, month and year

Subject (s) taught

Result at public or annual examination (s)

Details of Research undertaken/Paper published

Any other responsibility discharged

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART - C

(i)                 Has the Teacher Educator undertaken any specific activities for promoting National Integration? Details may be given.

(ii)              Has the Teacher Educator undertaken/adopted any innovative experiment/practice for greater impact of his/her teaching on the teacher trainee? A brief note may be given.

(iii)            What are the types of Teaching Learning Method (TLM), including Information and Communication Technology (ICT), used by the Teacher Educator to make classroom instruction more interesting and innovative? Details may be provided with particular reference to computer aided teaching-learning process used by the Teacher Educator.

(iv)             Does the Teacher Educator give any special attention and assistance to the gifted /weaker /specially challenged trainee? Details may be given.

(v)                Has the Teacher Educator participated in any in-service training programmes, workshops, etc.? If so details of the last five years be provided.

(vi)             Does the Teacher Educator takes active interest in organizing co-curricular or extra-curricular activities in the institute? Details be given.

(vii)           Has the Teacher Educator written any article, text books etc.? Details may be given.

(viii)        Has the Teacher Educator received any recognition, award or prize from the institute, community or Government during the last 10 years? If so, particulars may be given.

(ix)            Any other significant achievement not mentioned above.

(x)               General assessment by the Head of the Institution for the last five years. In case of head of the institution’s name being recommended for the award, general assessment of his superior be provided.

 

PART-D

 

Recommendation by the State Govt. /University/Director SCERT/ Director School Education.

 

 

Chairman of the Selection Committee

 

PART-E

 

Recommendation by the Regional Committee concerned.

 

 

Chairman of the Selection Committee

 

Annexure II

Composition of Selection Committee at the State Govt. level
(only for elementary teacher training).

 

1.       Secretary, School Education             -        Chairman

2.       Director, SCERT                                -        Member Secretary

3.       Director, School Education               -        Member

4.       One NCTE nominee                          -        Member

5.       Two eminent educationists               -        Member

          (to be nominated by State Govt.)


University level Selection Committee

1.       Vice-Chancellor                                 -        Chairman

2.       Principal of a B.Ed. college/HOD      -        Member Secretary

          of Education Deptt. of the Univ.

 

3.       One Prof. of a Univ./Deptt.               -        Member

4.       One NCTE nominee                          -        Member

5.       One eminent educationist                -        Members

Regional Committee level Selection Committee

1.       Chairman, Regional Committee                 -        Chairman

2.       Regional Director                                        -        Member Secretary

3.       Two members of Regional Committee         -        Member

4.       One eminent teacher educator                   -        Member

National level Selection Committee

1.       Chairman, NCTE                                         -        Chairman

2.       Member Secretary, NCTE                           -        Member Secretary

3.       Two members of the Council                      -        Member

4.       One eminent teacher educator                   -        Member