National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) :
Kothari commission Report (1964-66) criticized Teacher Education Programme being conventional, rigid and away from reality.
Objectives :
• To work especially towards planned and coordinated development of teacher-education.
• To improve the standard and functioning of teacher-educators.
Functions :
According to the Act 1993, NCTE performs the following functions :
• Undertake survey and studies relating to various aspects of teacher-education and publish the results.
• Making recommendations to the center and State government Universities, the U.G.C and other institutions in the preparation of plans and programmme’s in the field of teacher education.
• Coordinating and monitoring teacher education and its development in the country.
• Preparing a guideline with regard to minimum qualifications for the candidates to be employed as teacher- educators at different levels.
• Developing norms for any specified category of courses or training in teacher-education, including minimum eligibility criterion for admission.
• Preparing a guideline and specified requirements for starting new courses and programmes under teacher education.
POSTED BY: AAKASH SINGH
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