National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
Act No. 2 of 2019 amended Sections 14 and 15 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 to provide retrospective statutory recognition or permission, subject to the prescribed conditions, for specified government-funded teacher-education institutions and courses.
Current legal position
The 2019 amendment is reflected in the current text of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. It was enacted as a retrospective measure concerning specified institutions funded by the Central Government, State Government or Union territory Administration that had offered teacher-education courses or training up to the academic year 2017-2018, subject to the statutory conditions and Central Government notification.
Text of the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2019
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 - NO. 2 OF 2019
[10th January, 2019.]
An Act further to amend the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2019.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 17th day of August, 1995.
2. Amendment of section 14
In the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 14, in sub-section (1), after the proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided further that such institutions, as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, which-
(i) are funded by the Central Government or the State Government or the Union territory Administration;
(ii) have offered a course or training in teacher education on or after the appointed day till the academic year 2017-2018; and
(iii) fulfil the conditions specified under clause (a) of sub-section (3), shall be deemed to have been recognised by the Regional Committee.".
3. Amendment of section 15
In section 15 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that the course or training in teacher education offered on or after the appointed day till the academic year 2017-2018 by such institutions, as may be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette, which-
(i) are funded by the Central Government or the State Government or the Union territory Administration; and
(ii) fulfil the conditions specified under clause (a) of sub-section (3), shall be deemed to have been granted permission by the Regional Committee.".
What the 2019 amendment does
Section 2 inserts a further proviso into section 14(1) of the principal Act for deemed recognition of qualifying institutions. Section 3 inserts a proviso into section 15(1) for deemed permission in relation to qualifying courses or training. The benefit is not automatic for every institution: the institution must fall within the statutory class and be specified by the Central Government by notification in the Official Gazette.
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