Lok Sabha Question No. 2157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-08
Subject: National Council of Teacher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2157 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH MARCH, 2021

## National Council of Teacher Education

## 2157. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the steps taken by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) during the pandemic towards strengthening teacher education;
- (b) the details of proposed changes in the powers and functions of NCTE post-implementation of National Education Policy;
- (c) the number of current vacancies in the organization;
- (d) the number of days the post of Vice-Chairperson's lying vacant;
- (e) the efforts made by the Government and NCTE for filling this vacancy;
- (f) whether Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Member Secretary are academicians;
- (g) if so, the details thereof; and
- (h) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) : Following steps were taken by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) to strengthen the teacher education system in the country during pandemic:-

- (i) Advisory to all Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) was issued to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- (ii) Open Education Resource (OER) were developed by the Expert Committee and uploaded on NCTE website for making proper use by students/teacher educators and other stake holders free of cost.
- (iii) The weblink for open Education Resource (OER) developed by other organisation working for teacher education in the country have also been hyper linked so that the beneficiary/target group can avail the teaching/learning resource by visiting the NCTE website www.ncte.gov.in.
- (iv) To sensitize Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) about the recommendations of New Education Policy (NEP) for teacher education sector, a series of webinars have been conducted.
- (v) The teaching/learning material on the content of teacher education has also been digitally made available on the NCTE website www.ncte.gov.in.

(b) : NCTE will act as Professional Standard Setting Body (PSSB). Formation of Guidelines is under process. The regulation part of NCTE will be subsumed in the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). HECI will be a regulatory system which will have four verticals for regulation, accreditation, funding & academic standard setting.

(c) : The Number of Current Vacancies in NCTE is 55. The details of the Number of Current Vacancies are at Annexure-I.

(d) : The post of Vice-Chairperson is vacant since 09.07.2011.

(e) : Regarding efforts to fill up the Vacancies, the NCTE had published an Advertisement on 20 th August, 2020 for 18 Posts to be filled through EdCIL, however, with regard to upcoming new role of NCTE, it has been decided not to fill up the vacancy post in NCTE of any rank before restructuring to NCTE into professional standard setting board.

(f) to (h) : The posts of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Member Secretary are being appointed by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Govt. of India.

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## Annexure-I

## ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2157 FOR ANSWER ON 08.03.2021 REGARDING NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHER EDUCATION ASKED BY SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH.

| Sl. No.   | Name of post           | No of posts vacant   | Vacant Since          |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.        | Vice Chairperson       | 1                    | 09.07.2011            |
| 2.        | Deputy Secretary       | 4                    | 22.11.2019            |
|           |                        |                      | 29.02.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 13.03.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 15.11.2020            |
| 3.        | Under Secretary        | 7                    | 09.11.2018            |
|           |                        |                      | 30.08.2019            |
|           |                        |                      | 24.01.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 11.02.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 28.02.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 18.02.2021            |
|           |                        |                      | 28.02.2021            |
| 4.        | Section Officer        | 3                    | 15.09.2017            |
|           |                        |                      | 23.11.2017            |
|           |                        |                      | 03.04.2019            |
| 5.        | Accounts Officer       | 1                    | 19.04.2014            |
| 6.        | CPPMO                  | 1                    | 31.03.2010            |
| 7.        | LDPO                   | 1                    | 27.06.2014            |
| 8.        | Assistant              | 3                    | 23.12.2014            |
|           |                        |                      | 01.07.2015            |
|           |                        |                      | 12.05.2016            |
| 9.        | Stenographer Grade 'C' | 6                    | 28.06.2005            |
|           |                        |                      | 25.06.2014            |
|           |                        |                      | 06.12.2017            |
|           |                        |                      | 31.07.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 14.08.2020            |
|           |                        |                      | 14.08.2020            |
| 10.       | Jr. Accounts Officer   | 5                    | 13.08.2014            |
|           |                        |                      | 14.11.2014            |
|           |                        |                      | 16.06.2015            |
|           |                        |                      | 2015                  |
| 11.       | Jr. Accountant / UDC   | 1                    | 03.12.2019 01.10.2014 |
| 12.       | Stenographer Grade 'D' | 6                    | 20.05.2003            |
|           |                        |                      | 16.04.2007            |
|           |                        |                      | 27.02.2008            |
|           |                        |                      | 27.02.2008            |
|           |                        |                      | 14.01.2014            |
|           |                        |                      | 06.06.2019            |
| 13.       | DEO                    | 1                    | 14.11.2008            |
| 14.       | LDC                    | 5                    | 06.10.2003            |
|           |                        |                      | 23.07.2009            |
|           |                        |                      | 14.01.2015            |
|           |                        |                      | 14.01.2015            |
|           |                        |                      | 20.10.2016            |
| 15.       | Driver                 | 2                    | 29.02.2016            |
|           |                        |                      | 31.01.2021            |
| 16.       | MTS                    | 8                    | 05.02.2004            |
|           |                        |                      | 03.09.2004            |
|           |                        |                      | 08.08.2007            |
|           |                        |                      | 09.08.2017            |
|           |                        |                      | 11.09.2017            |
|           |                        |                      | 31.07.2019            |
|           |                        |                      | 08.10.2020            |
|           | Total                  | 55                   | 21.01.2021            |