NCTE

NCTE, as a statutory body of Government of India, came into existence in pursuance of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 on 17th August, 1995 with the mandate to achieve planned and coordinated development of teacher education throughout the country and to govern the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards for teacher education. The organization is a pan-India jurisdiction and comprises of various divisions alongwith 4 Regional Committees namely Northern Regional Council, Eastern Regional Council, Southern Regional Council and Western Regional Council which are all stationed in New Delhi. The gamut of functions performed by NCTE is very broad covering all the teacher education programmes e.g. Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed), Master of Education (M.Ed) etc. It includes research and training of students-teachers for equipping them to teach at foundational, preparatory, middle and secondary level of the new school system in alignment with NEP 2020.