Inspection panel: NCTE invites applications for members’ pool

BHOPAL: For greater transparency in inspection of colleges, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has decided to form a centralized database of teacher educators. NCTE has invited online applications from teachers to form a team of visiting team members that can inspect under Section 13, 14 and 15 of the NCTE Act.
NCTE official website stated that as a step towards e-governance and bringing transparency in functioning, the council has developed an online system for empanelment of visiting team members.
Earlier, regional office of NCTE had an important role in inspection of colleges. Sources said several colleges have been under council scanner , which were given recognition and were not following norms. NCTE regional office has been putting responsibility on respective universities for not providing affiliation to colleges without proper inspection.
On the other hand, universities felt they were bound to give affiliation to colleges despite knowing they were not following norms.
Inspection sections empower the council to cause inspections of recognized educational institutions to find out if they are functioning in accordance with regulations and norms and standards prescribed by the NCTE.
Last year, MP NCTE regional office and Barkatullah University were in slugfest over physical education colleges for violating norms.
Website stated teacher educators are requested to visit NCTE website and submit the online application. They may submit applications at the earliest as weblink will remain active for a limited period.