The Section 13 of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993 empowers the Council
to cause inspections of the recognised Teacher Educations Institutions (TEIs) to find out if they
are functioning in accordance with the Regulations and Norms and standards prescribed by the NCTE
for the teacher education programme (s) offered by the concerned TEI.
Objectives
The main purpose of the inspection is to intimate the observed deficiencies to the TEIs and to
provide them the an opportunity to make up the deficiencies in order to improve their functioning.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has directed the NCTE to continuously monitor the
functioning of all recognised TEIs by conducting inspection of each TEI once in a cycle of 3-5
years, The NCTE is developing an Action Plan to implement the directives of the Hon’ble
Supreme Court of India.
Activities
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Procedure of conducting inspections
- Selection of Institutions
At the beginning of an academic session a list of Teacher Education institutions for
inspection in drawn. The institutions are identified in accordance with the criteria
evolved for the selection of institutions. The criteria include the time gap after the
precious inspection and inspections conducted by other organisations like NAAC. The
institutional Database giving detail of the Courses offered in a TEI, sanctioned intake for
various programmes and inspections conducted in the past is in the process of development.
- Visiting Teams for Conducting inspections
A team of two experts is appointed to cause inspection of a TEI. The NCTE maintains a Panel
of Teacher Education experts, educational administrators and
educationists for this purpose the applications are invited from the experts interested in
the inspection work and the experts who fulfil the prescribed
conditions are included in the Panel.
- Orientation of selected visiting Team Members
The experts selected for Conducting inspections are given orientation through various means
such as face to face interaction in a formal situation with the
officers of the NCTE or with the Academic members of the inspection Committee Constituted
by the NCTE.
- Inspection Manual
The NCTE has developed inspection Manual for the reference and guidance of visiting Team
members. Besides the purpose and objectives of the inspection
under Section 13 of the NCTE Act, the manual explains the various processes involved in the
conduct of inspection, such as scrutiny of the necessary
records, perusal of the website, assessment of physical and instructional resources,
interaction with students and teachers, etc.
- Intimation to the institutions
As per the Rules framed under Section 13 of the Act, the institutions are given prior
intimation of the intended inspection alongwith the self Appraisal
format. They are further directed to keep certain records ready for the perusal of the
visiting Team members.
- Conducting of inspections and submission of Report
The Visiting Team members reach the institution on the appointed day the NCTE provided them
a copy of the prescribed inspection proforma and a copy of the
inspection manual. On the basis of their Assessment, the visiting Teams submit their
reports to the NCTE.
- Analysis of VT Reports
The VT reports are analysed by the inspection Division with the help of an expert Group.
The group prepares Appraisal respect of each institution against
the pre-defined parameters like infrastructure, instructional facilities, staff, management
of academic affairs, etc. Besides, enumeration of conclusion,
the Group, also makes certain recommendations for the consideration of the Council.
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Intimation of outcome of inspection to the TEIs
On the basis of the Appraisal Reports prepared by the experts Group, the NCTE Communicates the
outcome of inspection to the concerned TEIs and directs them
to submit the compliance report for perusal and consideration
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Examination of Compliance Reports
The Compliance Reports submitted by the TEIs are processed by the inspection Division with the
help of an expert Group and if necessary, further advisory
Communication is sent to the institutions. In case, Contravention of the prescribed Norms or
violation of the conditions of recognition is observed, the
matter is referred to the concerned Regional Committee for necessary action under the relevant
Section of the NCTE Act.
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Special Inspections
Besides regular inspections as part of under Annual Plan, Special inspection in Compliance the
orders of High Courts or as per the decision of the NCTE’s Appeal Committee. For example,
in the year 2012, in compliance to the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Jharkhand,
inspection of 95 B.Ed. Colleges in the state of Jharkhand were conducted. Likewise, in
compliance to the order of Hon’ble High Court of Madhya Pradesh passed in the month of
June, 2014, inspection of 392 B.Ed. Colleges is being conducted. The inspection of
approximately 280 institutions has already been completed. The inspections are being conducted
under the overall guidance and supervision of Prof G.L. Arora, Former Head, Department of
Teacher Education, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi