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Friday, May 21, 2010

New NCTE norms creates problem for teachers

Statesman News Service
MALDA, 18 MAY: Many teachers working in secondary schools in the state are facing problem to complete B Ed degree following the new system of the National Council for Teacher Education introduced from this year.
According to the new system of NCTE, a general candidate will be able to apply for admission in B Ed who has secured 50 per cent marks in graduation or post graduation.  Schedule caste and tribe candidate will be eligible to apply if they have 45 per cent. Last year the required marks were 45 per cent  for general and 40 per cent  for SC and ST candidates.
Following the new system of the NCTE, there are many teachers working in secondary schools in Malda and adjoining districts appointed through school service commission are not in a position to apply for admission to complete  B Ed degree during service period from government B Ed colleges because they do not have required marks.
If they can not complete B Ed degree within five years in school service increment of their salary will be stopped after 2012.
The education officials in the state had tried to change the present policy of the NCTE since last year but ultimately decided to follow the NCTE’s present policy from this year.
Universities in the state have finally decided to follow the NCTE’s guidelines to conduct their central admission system for respective government and private B Ed colleges.
The acting registrar of the Gour Banga University Mr Apurba Chakraborty said: “We are following the NCTE’s guidelines to maintain central admission system for B Ed colleges affiliated to our university. General candidates must have to secure 50 per cent marks for admission”.
“There are many teachers in schools will not able to complete B Ed degree from government colleges affiliated to the GBU in three districts due to NCTE’s guidelines. But there is an alternative way. Teachers, who do not have required percentage of marks, can complete B Ed degree from IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)”, said Prof. Sakti Patra, convener of GBU’s monitoring committee for central admission for B Ed colleges.
According to Prof Patra, he recently retired from government B Ed College in Malda: “Assistant teachers and even para teachers in secondary school can get admission for two years B Ed course in IGNOU. The teachers must have three years experience in teaching in a secondary school”.

3 comments:

jodhpur said...

Those who say that the in-service teachers otherwise ineligible to do B.Ed. bacause of not having the minimum required marks can do B.Ed. through Open and Distance Learning by joining IGNOU are committing an error. I've just a few days back raised the issue that IGNOU is conducting its B.Ed. programme in violation of the NCTE's Norms and thus these Degrees can be declared null and void anytime in the same way the Diploma in Teacher Education had been declared in the West Bengal. Kindly look at the eligibility for doing B.Ed. as per the NCTE Norms thorough Open and Distance learning system. One has to have at least 55 per cent marks in Bachelor's/Master's Degree besides having two years' teaching experience. Kindly raise the issue of the erroneous eligibility criteria laid down by IGNOU.

Anamika said...

Recently CBSE has started CTET a teachers eligibility test in which they have set various criteria to appear in the above test as follows:
Minimum Qualifications for Classes I-V:


Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Elementary Education (or its equivalent)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Elementary Education (or its equivalent), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4–year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*

Note:
i). Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks at BA/B.Sc./Senior Secondary level is admissible for SC/ST/ Differently abled Candidates.
ii). For this year only, a candidate with BA/B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and B.Ed qualification shall also be eligible for test for classes I to V, provided he/she undergoes, after appointment, an NCTE recognized 6–month special program in Elementary Education.

Minimum Qualifications for Classes VI-VIII:


B.A. /B.Sc and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Elementary Education* (or its equivalent)
OR
B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1–year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)*
OR
B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1–year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)*, n accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4–year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)*
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4–year BA/B.Sc. Ed or B.A. (Ed.)/B.Sc. (Ed.)*
OR
B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1–year B.Ed. (Special Education)*

* A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B.Ed. (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.
But in order to appear for test for teachers to teach from VI to VIII they have set two criteria i.e.,one should have 50% in B.A./B.Sc. along with B.Ed and the other is one should have 45% in B.A./B.Sc along with B.Ed,n accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
What does this NCTE(Recognition norms and procedure)Regulations issued from time to time in this regard means

Anamika said...

Recently CBSE has started CTET a teachers eligibility test in which they have set various criteria to appear in the above test as follows:
Minimum Qualifications for Classes I-V:


Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Elementary Education (or its equivalent)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Elementary Education (or its equivalent), in accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure), Regulations 2002
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4–year Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Education (Special Education)*

Note:
i). Relaxation of 5% in minimum qualifying marks at BA/B.Sc./Senior Secondary level is admissible for SC/ST/ Differently abled Candidates.
ii). For this year only, a candidate with BA/B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and B.Ed qualification shall also be eligible for test for classes I to V, provided he/she undergoes, after appointment, an NCTE recognized 6–month special program in Elementary Education.

Minimum Qualifications for Classes VI-VIII:


B.A. /B.Sc and passed or appearing in final 2–year Diploma in Elementary Education* (or its equivalent)
OR
B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1–year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)*
OR
B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 45% marks and passed or appearing in 1–year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed)*, n accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4–year Bachelor in Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.)*
OR
Senior Secondary (or its equivalent) with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in final 4–year BA/B.Sc. Ed or B.A. (Ed.)/B.Sc. (Ed.)*
OR
B.A. /B.Sc. with at least 50% marks and passed or appearing in 1–year B.Ed. (Special Education)*

* A diploma/degree course in teacher education recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) only shall be considered. However, in case of Diploma in Education (Special Education) and B.Ed. (Special Education), a course recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) only shall be considered.
But in order to appear for test for teachers to teach from VI to VIII they have set two criteria i.e.,one should have 50% in B.A./B.Sc. along with B.Ed and the other is one should have 45% in B.A./B.Sc along with B.Ed,n accordance with the NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.
What does this NCTE(Recognition norms and procedure)Regulations issued from time to time in this regard means