Action against 2,900 TEIs that didn’t submit performance appraisal reports: NCTE

NCTE is the statutory body responsible for maintaining norms and standards in the teacher education system

Updated on: Feb 20, 2025, 21:02:45 IST

By Sanjay Maurya

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NEW DELHI: The National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) will take action against at least 2900 teacher education institutes (TEIs) that have not submitted their performance appraisal reports (PAR) online for 2021-22 and 2022-23, said council chairperson Pankaj Arora on Thursday.

In 2019, NCTE mandated submission of PAR to ensure that recognised institutions comply with its norms, standards, and guidelines. (Facebook: NCTE.Official)

The last date for PAR submission was December 30, 2024.

Arora said NCTE has constituted a five-member expert committee headed by Harish Chandra Singh Rathore, chairperson of Northern Regional Committee (NRC) of NCTE who told HT that “the actions against such institutes include their closure too.”

NCTE, the statutory body responsible for maintaining norms and standards in the teacher education system, mandated submission of PAR in September 2019 to ensure that recognised institutions comply with NCTE norms, standards, and guidelines.

“Before PAR, NCTE used to provide recognition after a one-time assessment. There was no process for verifying whether TEIs were adhering to NCTE norms and guidelines or not. The NCTE Act 1993 provides us the power for periodic checking of TEIs and we are exercising it through PAR,” NCTE chairperson Arora told HT.

As part of the PAR submission process, TEIs have to provide various documents, including faculty details with qualification records, institutes’ financial statements, and geo-tagged pictures and documents.

“The PAR submission process is fool-proof and robust. Institutes found submitting incorrect information are given an opportunity to explain their position. If they fail to justify, appropriate action is taken as per the provisions of the NCTE Act 1993,” Rathore said.

Arora said this is the first time that NCTE is planning to take action against TEIs which haven’t submitted PAR.

Arora said that NCTE will soon be issuing show-cause notices to the institutions which have not submitted their PARs for 2021-22 and 2022-23.

“Suitable action as suggested by the expert panel will be taken against TEIs if the panel is not satisfied with their responses. The expert panel will suggest action against TEIs under clause 17 of NCTE Act 1993 which deals with the contravention of provisions of the Act and consequences thereof,” he added.

Clause 17 of the NCTE Act 1993 allows NCTE to withdraw recognition from institutions that fail to meet prescribed guidelines. Upon withdrawal, their affiliation must be canceled, and non-compliance may lead to legal action, ensuring accountability and quality in teacher education.

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Sanjay Maurya
Sanjay Maurya is a Principal Correspondent with Hindustan Times, where he covers education, with a focus on school and higher education, competitive examinations, education policy and governance. Working as part of the National Bureau, he is based in New Delhi and reports on the Ministry of Education and covers various statutory bodies like UGC, AICTE and NCTE and autonomous bodies like CBSE and NCERT. His reporting also tracks the implementation of key government reforms and policies from school education to higher education including in IITs, NITs, IIMs, central and state universities, and their impact on students and educational institutions. His reporting on the irregularities and rushed implementation of CBSE's On-Screen Marking (OSM) system for evaluation of Class 12 board exams 2026, triggered administrative action, leading to the transfer of the board's two senior-most officials and the constitution of a committee to probe alleged irregularities in procurement process of the system. He joined Hindustan Times in December 2024. Prior to that, he had a three-year stint at Careers360, where he reported on school and higher education, entrance examinations, admissions, rankings and various education policies involving universities and professional education bodies. Over the years, Maurya has reported extensively on major developments in India's education sector, including the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) following the NEET-UG 2024 controversy, changes in school education, higher education regulation, and the evolution of entrance examinations such as NEET, JEE and CUET. He regularly produces data-driven and explanatory stories based on government documents, parliamentary proceedings, court records and official data. His focus remains on helping readers understand how education policies and institutional decisions affect millions of students, teachers and educational institutions across the country.Read More

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