REGISTERED No. DL-33001/96 The Gazette of India PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 8] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1996 (PHALGUNA 5, 1917) (Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation) [PART III—SECTION 4] [Miscellaneous Notifications including Notifications, Orders, Advertisements and Notices issued by Statutory Bodies] 1—479 GI/95 (2795) 2797 2798 2838 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA. FEBRUARY 24, 1996 (PHALGUNA 5, 1917) [PART III—SEC. 4 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION New Delhi, the 26th December 1995 No. F. 28—4/95-NCTE. —In exercise of the powers conferred by subjection (1) and clause (0) of sub-section (2) of section 32 read with sub-section (7) of section 70 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993), the Council hereby makes the following regulations for the procedure to be followed by the Regional Committees of the National Council for Teacher Education:
1. Short Title and Commencement:
(i) These regulations will be called the National Council for Teacher Education (procedure to be followed by the Regional Committees) Regulations, 1995;
(ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. Applicability:
These regulations shall be applicable to the matters relating t o :
(a) consideration of applications for recognition under the Act from institutions offering courses or training in teacher education immediately before the appointed day;
(b) consideration of applications for recognition from institutions intending to offer a course for training in teacher education;
(c) consideration of applications for increase in the intake of students to the courses already included while granting recognition;
(d) consideration of applications from recognised institutions for permission to start any new course or training in teacher education;
(e) issues which fall under section 17 of the Act;
(f) such other functions as may be assigned by the Council from time to time.
3. Definition:
In those regulations unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Act means, National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993" (73 of 1993);
(b) "'Appointed day" means the date of establishment of the National Council for Teacher Education under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 3;
(d) "Regional Committee" means a committee established under section 20;
(e) "Convenor" shall mean an officer of the National Council for Teacher Education nominated as Convenor of the meetings of the Regional Committee;
(f) "Member" of the Council shall mean member nominated by the Council to the Regional Committee under clause (a) of sub-section 3 of section 20 of the Act;
(g) "Chairperson" of the Regional Committee shall mean a Chairperson dominated by the Council under sub-section 4 of section 20 of the Act as Chairperson of the Regional Committee;
(h) All other word3 and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993 (73 of 1993) shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the laid Act.
4. The Member Secretary of the Council shall nominate the Convenor for the meetings of the Regional Committee.
The Convenor shall function under the overall supervision and guidance of the Chairman of the Regional Committee in so far as matters relating to convening, preparation of agenda and preparation of the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Committee.
5. Every meeting of the Regional Committee shall be convened by a letter in writing issued by the Convenor. Notice convening meeting of the Regional Committee shall be issued to all Members of the Regional Committee 15 days prior to the date of the meeting indicating date, time and venue of the meeting.
6. Chairman Regional Committee shall fix the time, date and venue of the meeting of the Regional Committee.
7. The Convenor of the meetings of the Regional Committee shall draw up the minutes of the meeting of the Regional Committees whenever held and after obtaining approval to the draft of the minutes shall circulate the same to all members of the Regional Committee.
In case any comments/modifications/objections are received for the minutes, the same shall be placed before the Chairman of the Regional Committee and together with his/ her views, if tiny, the minuter shall be placed before the subsequent meeting of the Regional Committees for confirmation. In the event of any objections to the record of the minutes, the same shall be resolved in subsequent meeting of the Regional Committee subject to the provisions in respect of objections/points raised by the member nominated by the Council and would be dealt as per provisions indicated in Regulation 8 below.
8. Procedure:
(a ) The Regional Committee shall decide issues by concensus after taking into account the view point of members present in light of rational presented in support thereof.
(b) In the event of difference of opinion in the meeting on the interpretation of eligibility conditions for recognition and application of norms and standards laid down by the Council, the matter shall be referred to the Council by the convenor of the Regional Committee.
(c) On receipt of reference in pursuance of clause (b) above, the matter shall be put up to the Chairperson of the Council for clarification /decision. Pro vided, however, the Chairperson may place the matter before the appropriate forum as deemed fit by the Chairperson.
9. The Chairperson NCTE shall nominate any other member of the Council to be its nominee, in the event of the appointed nominees of the Council being unable to attend any particular meeting or during any particular period in the meeting's) of the Regional Committee.
SURENDRA SINGH Member Secretary National Council for Teacher Education New Delhi, the 10th January 1996 No. F. 28-5/95-NCTE. —In exercise of the powers conferred in clause- (a) of sub-section (2) of Section 32 read with subsection (1) of Section 7 of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993 (No. 73 of 1993), the National Council for Teacher Education hereby mates the following regulations, viz.
1. Short title and commencement These- regulations may be called the National Council for Teacher Education (procedure relating to meetings of the Council and quorum for such meetings) Regulations. 1995.
They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. Definitions In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires; —
(a) "Act" means the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993 (No. 73 of 1993).
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(b) "Council" means the National Council for Teacher Education.
(c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council.
(d) "Vice Chairperson" means the- Vice Chairperson of the Council.
(e) "Member Secretary" means the Member Secretary of the Council.
3. Meetings of the Council
(1) The Council shall meet as. often as may be necessary to transact its business but shall meet atleast once in a calendar year,
(2) The Chairperson shall fa the date, time and place of the meeting of the Council and approve the agenda for the meeting.
(3) A member shall attend all the meetings of the Council, save where leave of absence has been granted by the Chairperson in writing, and shall sign the meetings book kept for such meetings.
4. Notice of meeting and list of business
(1) A written notice for every meeting of the Council shall be given by the Member Secretary to all the members atleast fifteen days before the date fixed for the meeting,
(2) The notice shall state the place, date and time of the meeting and shall specify the business proposed to be transacted thereat.
(3) A separate agenda for the meeting shall be prepared and dispatched to all the- members along with the notice or immediately thereafter.
(4) No business which is not on the agenda shall be considered at the meeting without the permission of the Chairperson or in his absence the Vice Chairperson or the other presiding member, as the case may be.
5. Quorum
(1) At every meeting of the Council at least one-third of the Members excluding the number of vacancies, shall form the quorum.
(2) If at any meeting the quorum is not available for any reason, the presiding member shall, after waiting for thirty minutes, adjourn the meeting to such hour on the same day or the following day or some other day as he may think fit and the notice of such adjournment shall be given to the members present, as well as affixed on the Notice Board of the Notice Hoard of the Council and business which was to have been brought before the original meeting, had there been a quorum, shall be brought before the adjourned meeting and may be disposed off irrespective of the quorum.
6. Emergent Meetings
(a) The Chairperson may call an emergent meeting of the Council at any time reducing the period of notice at his discretion to deal with any urgent matter requiring its attention.
(b) The Chairperson shall call an emergent meeting at his discretion on the merits of urgency if he receives a requisition in writing signed by not fewer than seven members and stating the purpose for which they desire the meeting to be called,
7. Minutes of the meeting
(1) Immediately after each meeting of the Council, the Member Secretary shall draw up the minutes of the meeting and submit the same to the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson or the other presiding member, as the case may be, for his approval for taking further necessary action. The minutes so approved shall be circulated to all the members of the Council for inviting comments, if any.
(2) The minutes circulated under sub-regulation (1) of Regulation 7 shall be placed before the Council for confirmation, and subject to such modifications, if any, as the Council may deem fit to be made therein. The minutes so approved shall be signed by the Chairperson or in his absence, the Vice Chairperson or the presiding number, as the case may be, and may form a part of the computer (Hot and the register to be maintained for reference and record.
SURENDRA SINGH Member Secretary National Council for Teacher Education New Delhi, the 29th December 1995 No F. 28-11/95 NCTE. —In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (f) and (g) of sub-section (2) of the section 32 read with section 14 and 15 of the NCTE Act, 1993 (No. 73 of 1993), the National Council for Teacher Education hereby makes the following regulations.
1. Short Title and Commencement These regulations may be called the National Council for Teacher Education (application for recognition the manner for submission, determination of conditions for recognition of institutions and permission to start new course or training) Regulations, 1995.
2. Definition In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires: —
(i) "Act" means National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (No. 73 of 1993),
(ii) "New course or training in teacher education" meant any course or training in teacher education which was not being offered by the institute at the time of recognition but is proposed to be offered by the recognised institution
(iii) All other terms shall have the same meaning as contained in section 2 of the Act.
3. Application for recognition
(a) Every institution offering a. course or training in teacher education immediately before the 17th August, 1995 shall make an application for recognition under the Act to the Regional Committee in the form given in Appendix I to these Regulations.
(b) Every institution intending to offer a course or training in teacher education shall make an applies' tion on for recognition under the Act in the form given in Appendix-I to these Regulations.
(c) The application shall bo submitted to the Regional Committee in whose territorial jurisdiction the institution is located,
(d) Territorial jurisdiction of the Regional Committee is given in Appendix-II to these Regulations,
4. Application for permission to start new course or training or increase in intake
(n) Where any recognised institution intends to start tiny new course or training of in teacher education it shall make an application to the Regional Committee concerned in Appendix-I to these Regulations.
(b) Where any recognised institution intends to increase its intake of students beyond the intake approved for such course or training, the recognised institution shall make an application to the Regional Committee concerned in Appendix-I to these Regulations,
(c) The application shall be submitted to the Regional Committee in whose territorial jurisdiction the initiation is located.
(d) Territorial jurisdiction of the Regional Committee is given in Appendix-II to these Regulations.
5. Manner of making application
(a) Application for recognition in the Form given in Appendix I shall be mad« to the Regional Committee concerned,