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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd October, 2021
F. No. NCTE-Regl011/80/2018-MS(Regulation)-HQ.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections
(1) and (2) of section 32 of National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (73 of 1993), the National Council for
Teacher Education hereby makes the following amendments in the National Council for Teacher Education
(Recognition, Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014, namely: -
1. Short title and Commencement – (1) These regulations may be called the National Council for Teacher
Education (Recognition, Norms and Procedure) Amendment Regulations, 2021.
2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
3. In the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition, Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2014 (herein
referred to as Principal Regulations) in regulation2 after clause (c) the following clauses shall be inserted namely: -
“(ca) “multidisciplinary institution” means a duly recognised higher education institution involving several different
subjects of study/ combining or involving more than one discipline. Multidisciplinary universities and colleges will
aim to establish education departments, which besides carrying out cutting edge research in various aspects of
education, will also run Integrated Teacher Education Programme, in collaboration with other departments or field of
liberal arts or humanities or social sciences or commerce or mathematics, as the case may be, at the time of applying
for recognition of Integrated Teacher Education Programme.
(cb) “NEP 2020” means the National Education Policy 2020 which was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on
29 July 2020.”
4. In the Principal Regulations, for regulation 9 the following regulation shall be substituted, namely: -
“9. Norms and standards.- Every institution offering the following programmes shown in the Table shall have to
comply with the norms and standards for various teacher education programmes as specified in Appendix 1 to
Appendix 15:
Sl. Norms and Standards Appendix No.
No.
1. Diploma in early childhood education programme leading to Diploma in Appendix-1
Preschool Education (DPSE)
2. Elementary teacher education programme leading to Diploma in Elementary Appendix-2
Education (D.El.Ed.)
3. Bachelor of elementary teacher education programme leading to Bachelor of Appendix-3
Elementary Education (B.El.Ed.) degree.
4. Bachelor of education programme leading to Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) Appendix-4
degree.
5. Master of education programme leading to Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree. Appendix-5
6. Diploma in physical education programme leading to Diploma in Physical Appendix-6
Education (D.P.Ed.).
7. Bachelor of physical education programme leading to Bachelor of Physical Appendix-7
Education (B.P.Ed.) degree
8. Mater of physical education programme leading to Master of Physical Education Appendix-8
(M.P.Ed.) degree
9. Diploma in elementary education programme through Open and Distance Appendix-9
Learning System leading to Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.)
10. Bachelor of Education Programme though Open and Distance Learning System Appendix-10
leading to Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree.
11. Diploma in arts education (Visual Arts) programme leading to Diploma in Arts Appendix-11
Education (Visual Arts)
12. Diploma in arts education (Performing Arts) programme leading to Diploma in Appendix-12
Arts Education (performing Arts)
13. Bachelor of education programme (Part Time) leading to Bachelor of Education Appendix-13
(B.Ed) degree.
14. B.Ed. M.Ed (3 years integrated) programme leading to B.Ed. M.Ed (Integrated) Appendix-14
degree.
15. Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) Appendix-15
”
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5. In the Principal Regulations,-

(i) Appendix-13 shall be omitted;
(ii) Appendix 14 and 15 shall be renumbered as Appendix-13 and Appendix-14 and after Appendix-13 and
Appendix 14 as so renumbered the following Appendix shall be inserted, namely: -
“APPENDIX-15
Norms and Standards for Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)
1. Preamble:
1.1 The teacher must be at the centre of the fundamental reforms in the education system. The ITEP shall be
offered after Senior Secondary (+2) or its equivalent examination or as per NEP 2020 structure 5+3+3+4 of schooling.
It integrates everything to empower teachers and help them to do their job as effectively as possible. In addition, the
integration of disciplinary and professional knowledge caters to the requirement to recruit the very best and brightest
for the teaching profession at all levels (5+3+3+4).
1.2 The ITEP programme emphasizes on preparing teachers as envisaged in Pedagogical and Curricular
restructuring of school education under NEP 2020. Apart from preparing teachers for the school education system in
the country, the disciplinary knowledge gained in different subjects would help the student-teachers to gain in-depth
knowledge in their specific subject(s) which would ensure admission to higher studies in that disciplinary stream and
for higher professional qualification.
1.3 The ITEP aims at the dual purpose of providing student teachers disciplinary knowledge along with the
professional knowledge in an integrated manner. Since the program will be equivalent to an Undergraduate Degree
(B.Sc./B.A./ B.Com.) and Teacher Education Degree, the curriculum of this program includes different courses and
activities essential for both the degrees.
1.4 The ITEP offered by multidisciplinary Higher Education Institutions (hereinafter referred to as ‘HEIs’) will be
the minimal degree qualification for school teachers. The ITEP will be a dual-major holistic Bachelor’s degree. This
programme will prepare teachers for the new curricular and pedagogical structure of school education as reconfigured,
to make it responsive and relevant to the developmental needs and interests of learners at different stages of their
development, corresponding to the stages like Fundamental, Preparatory, Middle and Secondary guided by the
5+3+3+4 design.
1.5 The ITEP shall be in multi and inter disciplinary academic environment and shall be implemented in a phase-
wise manner commencing in a pilot mode. The programme shall permit sharing of existing physical resources of other
departments of the university/ HEIs. The ownership of ITEP shall lie with the Education Department of the
multidisciplinary HEIs. All stand-alone Teacher Education Institutions (hereafter referred to as ‘TEIs’) will be
required to convert into multidisciplinary institutions by 2030 to become eligible to offer the ITEP.
1.6 The annual performance appraisal report shall be submitted by the HEIs, in the customised format for ITEP
provisioned by NCTE, within 1 (one) month after completion of the academic year. Inspection shall also be
conducted, based on a suitable proforma developed by NCTE, which will determine extension/ withdrawal of
recognition.
1.7 The time limits prescribed for inviting and processing of applications as provided in sub-regulations (5) and (6)
of regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be adhered to. If it is considered necessary, the time limits provided
under sub-regulations (5) and (6) of regulation 5 may be relaxed after due consideration and after obtaining approval
of the Central Government.
1.8 ITEP shall be implemented in a phase wise manner starting from piloting in multidisciplinary HEIS/TEIs and
thereby country wide expansion as per NEP 2020 timeframe.
1.9 The exit system shall be applicable in ITEP as finalised in the National Higher Education Qualification
Framework by UGC aligned with NEP 2020.
2. Duration and Working Days:
2.1 Duration:
The ITEP shall be of four academic years comprising eight semesters including internship (field-based experiences
and practice teaching). Any student-teacher who is unable to complete any semester or appear in any semester–end
examination, shall be permitted to complete the programme within a maximum period of six years from the date of
admission to the programme.
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2.2 Working Days:

(a) In a semester, there shall be at least 125 (one hundred and twenty-five) working days, excluding the period of
admissions but including the period of examinations.

(b) Total working hours shall be a minimum of 40 (forty) hours to be spread over one week.
(c) The minimum attendance of student-teachers shall have to be eighty percent in all courses and ninety percent
for field-based experience or school internship or teaching practice separately.
3. Intake, Eligibility, Admission Procedure and Fees:
3.1 Intake:
a) The basic unit shall comprise of fifty students each in the programme.
b) The institution shall be permitted to opt for one or more streams of either Arts Stream or Science Stream or
Commerce Stream. The institution shall also be permitted to opt for one or more units being appropriate, in
case the institution is eligible for the same.
3.2 Eligibility:
a) Candidates with minimum fifty percent marks in Senior Secondary or plus two examination or its equivalent
(under 5+3+3+4 pattern) from a recognised board are eligible for admission.
b) The relaxation in percentage of marks in the Senior Secondary or plus two examination or its equivalent
examination (under 5+3+3+4 pattern) and in the reservation for Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or Other
Backward Class or Persons with Disabilities or Economically Weaker Section and any other categories shall be
as per the rules of the Central Government or State Government or Union Territory Administration, wherever
applicable.
3.3 Admission Procedure:
a) Admission in ITEP shall be through a suitable subject and aptitude test conducted by the National Testing
Agency (hereinafter referred to as ‘NTA’) and shall be standardized keeping in view the linguistic and cultural
diversity of the country.
b) A single nation-wide entrance test called National Common Entrance Test (hereinafter referred to as ‘NCET’)
will be conducted by NTA for admission to the 4 Year ITEP under the recommendations of NEP 2020. The
mode of examination shall be online/Computer Based Test (hereinafter referred to as ‘CBT’) in multilingual
pattern and its score would reflect the relative performance level of the candidate for merit-based selection to
secure the admission. Scorecard shall be prepared by NTA and admission shall be done through centralised
online counselling.
c) At the time of admission to the programme, the candidate must indicate the subjects/discipline (B.A.
B.Ed./B.Sc. B.Ed./B.Com. B.Ed.). Any change in the choice of subjects shall be made within one month from
the date of commencement of the programme.
3.4 Fees:
The institution shall charge only such fee as may be prescribed by the affiliating body or State Government or
concerned Universities in accordance with provisions of the National Council for Teacher Education (Guidelines for
regulation of tuition fees and other fees chargeable by unaided teacher education institutions) Regulations, 2002 and
shall not charge donations, capitation fee etc. from the students.
4. Curriculum and Programme Implementation:
4.1 The Curriculum and the implementation of the programme shall be based on the Model/Suggestive
Curriculum developed by NCTE. However, different universities and institutions conducting this programme will be
allowed upto 30% flexibility while adapting or modifying the Model/Suggestive Curriculum as per local requirements.
However, NCTE reserves the right to validate any modifications to the Curriculum so adapted or modified at any
stage, if felt necessary. Within a time span of 90 (ninety) days, curriculum framework and suggestive syllabus shall be
uploaded on NCTE website for adoption /adaptation by the recognised HEIs/Affiliating body.
4.2 The HEIs will have to fulfill the following specific requirements for implementation of ITEP:
(a) Preparing school calendar in which the school internship and other school related practicum are synchronized
with the academic calendar of the school.
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(b) Making arrangement, with enough schools, for 18 weeks internship as well as other practicum activities
required for school engagement. These schools will preferably be government schools and will form the basic
contact point for all practicum activities and related work throughout the program of study. The state education
administration should be involved for the allotment of schools to different HEIs.
(c) Ensuring a coordinating mechanism between schools and HEIs of the region. The Government must ensure a
rational and reasonable distribution of student-teachers in various schools, in consonance with the school
calendar, to provide school support and cooperation.
(d) Developing institutional mechanisms to involve the schoolteachers, of the Internship schools, in processes
related to school internship. An orientation may be planned with the commencement of the Internship program,
where faculty from the institute/college/department interacts with school teachers (mentor teachers).
(e) Ensuring work in the field amounting to a minimum of 6 weeks, spread over several days throughout the
program. This will include 4 weeks of engagements in different types of schools to develop an integrated
picture and perception of school and classroom, along with experience of teaching and feedback etc., and a 2
week program for engagement with the community.
(f) Initiating and deepening the discourse on education by organizing seminars, debates, lectures and discussion
groups for student-teachers and faculty.
(g) Organizing inter-institutional interactions for student-teachers between various colleges on themes of
educational significance and participation in such events organized in other institutions.
(h) Adopting a participatory teaching approach to help student-teachers to develop reflective thinking and critical
questioning in skill-oriented courses.
(i) Facilitating student-teachers to access quality academic journals and observation records which provide
opportunities for reflective thinking.
(j) Maintaining records of planning, observation schedules, feedback and reflective reports prepared by the student
teachers.
(k) Providing opportunities for faculty development and organizing academic enrichment programs for the
professional development of faculty. Faculty shall be encouraged to participate in academic pursuits and pursue
research, especially in school education.
4.3 Assessment and Evaluation: -
The evaluation pattern as per the Suggestive Curriculum Framework developed by NCTE would be followed.
5. Staff:
5.1 Faculty:
For an intake of one basic unit of fifty students and two units of one hundred students, faculty shall be recruited for the
curricular areas, with the specified essential and desirable qualifications and specialisation. Additional faculty shall be
appointed subject to provisions that the faculty requirements for the curricular areas mentioned below are fulfilled.
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The distribution of minimum faculty across different curricular areas for one unit and two units of 4 Year ITEP for Streams as applicable:
Sl. Designation Science Humanities Commerce
No. One unit Two units One unit Two units One Unit Two Units
1. Head of
Department (in One
the rank of the
Professor/Asso
ciate Professor
in Education)
2. Assistant 1. Maths One 1. Maths Two 1. History One 1. History Two 1. Accountancy One 1. Accountancy Two
Professor (in 2. Physics One 2. Physics Two 2. Geography One 2. Geography Two 2. Business One 2. Business Two
Liberal 3. Chemistry One 3. Chemistry Two 3. Political One 3. Political Two Studies Studies
Discipline and 4. Zoology/ One 4. Zoology/ Two Science Science 3. Economics One 3. Economics Two
Pedagogy/ Life Life 4. Economics One 4. Economics Two 4. Informatics One 4. Informatics Two
Educational Sciences/ Sciences/ 5. English/Hindi/ One 5. English/Hi Two Practice/ Practice/Math
Studies) Bio-Scien Bio-Science MIL ndi/MIL Mathematics ematics
5. Botany/ One 5. Botany/ Life Two 6. Communicativ One 6. Communic One 5. English One 5. English Two
Life Sciences/ e Skills in ative Skills /Hindi/MIL /Hindi/MIL
Sciences/ Bio- English in English 6. ommunicative One 6. ommunicative One
Bio- Science 7. Communicativ One 7. Communic One Skills in Skills in
Science 6. Communicat One e skills in ative skills English English
6. Communi One ive Skills in MIL/Classical in MIL/ 7. ommunicative One 7. ommunicative One
cative English Languages Classical skills in MIL/ skills in MIL/
Skills in 7. Communicat One 8. Educational Two Languages Classical Classical
English ive skills in Studies 8. Educationa Three Languages Languages
7. Communi One MIL/Classic l Studies 8. Educational Two 8. Educational Three
cative al Lang. Studies Studies
skills in 8. Educational Three
MIL/Class Studies
ical Lang.
8. Education Two
al Studies
3. Health and One (Part-time)
Physical
Education
4. Arts Education One (Part-time)
5. Career One (Part-time)
Guidance and
Counselling
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For additional units over and above two units, the faculty requirement shall be as under: -
(i) For three units, the requirement of faculty shall be increased by the exact number of faculty as is prescribed
for one single unit (except Sl. No. 1,3,4 & 5). For four units, the faculty requirement is exactly double of the
faculty requirement for two units (except Sl. No. 1,3,4 & 5).
(ii) The above is the minimum essential core faculty to be appointed for the programme. However, the services
of existing faculty in the institution could also be utilized for this teacher education programme if she/he
possesses the prescribed qualification. Furthermore, any extra number of faculty may be appointed, over
and above the minimum number prescribed for this programme.
(iii) Faculty for health and physical education may be shared, if available, in the institution or otherwise may be
recruited part-time.
(iv) The Counsellor engaged for the purpose shall either be an Assistant Professor in Education having guidance
and counselling as one of the papers at Post Graduate level or a part time Counsellor with an appropriate
qualification in guidance and counselling.
(v) The programme shall permit sharing of existing physical resources in other Departments of the University or
College.
5.2 Qualifications:
The faculty shall possess the following qualifications: -
A. Professor in Education or Associate Professor in Education (as Head of the Department):
(i) Postgraduate degree in Sciences or Mathematics or Social Sciences or Commerce or Languages.
(ii) M.Ed.
(iii) Ph.D. in Education
(iv) Ten years of teaching experience in a teacher education institution for Professor and eight years for
Associate Professor.
(v) Any other relevant qualification prescribed by the University Grants Commission for these categories of
posts.
Desirable:
Diploma or Degree in Educational Administration or Leadership.
B. Assistant Professor –in Liberal Discipline and Pedagogy:
(i) Post-Graduate degree in Sciences (Physics or Chemistry or Botany or Zoology or Life Sciences or
Bioscience) or Mathematics or Social Sciences (History or Geography or Political Science or Economics)
or Languages (English or Modern Indian Languages or Classical Languages) or Commerce allied subjects)
with minimum fifty-five percent marks or its equivalent grade.
(ii) B.Ed. degree with minimum fifty-five percent marks or equivalent grade.
(iii) National Eligibility Test or State Level Eligibility Test or Doctor of Philosophy in Education or in the
concerned subject as prescribed by the University Grants Commission for these categories of posts.
Desirable:
(i) M.Ed. or M.Ed. with Specialisation
(ii) Ph. D in Education.
C. Assistant Professor in Educational Studies:
(i) Postgraduate degree in Education (M.Ed.) with minimum fifty-five percent marks or equivalent grade
(ii) With National Eligibility Test or State Level Eligibility Test or Doctor of Philosophy in Education or any
other qualification prescribed by University Grants Commission for these categories of posts.
Desirable:
(i) Master’s degree in Psychology or Philosophy or Sociology or their allied subjects.
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D. Specialised Courses:
Physical Education:
(i) Master of Physical Education (M.P. Ed.) with minimum fifty-five percent marks or its equivalent
grade
Art Education:
(i) Postgraduate degree in Performing or Visual Arts with minimum fifty-five percent marks or its
equivalent grade.
5.3 Administrative and Professional Staff:
(a) Assistant Librarian - One
(b) Computer Lab Assistant - One
(c) Data Entry Operator (DEO) - One
(d) Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) - One
(e) Other Administrative and professional staff working for existing Departments shall be shared.
Note:
1. All the above staff should be shared with existing courses.
2. The qualifications shall be as prescribed by the State Government or University or affiliating body
for equivalent posts.
5.4 Terms and Conditions of Service of Staff: The terms and conditions of service of teaching and non-teaching
staff including selection procedure, pay band or scale, age of superannuation and other benefits shall be as per the
policy of the Central Government or State Government or affiliating body or University.
6. Infrastructural Facilities:
The following facilities shall be for one unit. However, for every additional unit the facilities shall increase
proportionately: -
6.1 Land and Building:
(a) The minimum essential space for an institution offering the ITEP includes an administrative wing,
an academic wing and other amenities. All spaces should be inclusive and have barrier free access.
(b) The institution shall earmark 3000 sq. mts. (three thousand square metres) of well demarcated land
for the initial intake of fifty students and 2000 sqm. (two thousand square metres) shall be the
demarcated built-up area and the remaining space for lawns, playfields etc.
(c) For every additional unit of fifty students, it shall earmark an additional built up area of 200 sqm.
(two hundred square metres).
(d) A minimum number of four toilet blocks shall be earmarked by the Institution, two for students (one
each for women and men) and two for staff members, including persons with disabilities. One
common hand washing station, with four taps, in an open area shall be provided.
6.2 Instructional Facilities:
(a) Classrooms: The Institution shall have six earmarked classrooms for one unit with an area of 500
sq. ft. (five hundred square feet) for each classroom and for two units or more the number of classrooms
shall be increased proportionately.
(b) Library:
(i) The library shall cater to the requirements of the programme and shall have a seating capacity
for at least fifty persons equipped with minimum 1000 (one thousand) titles and 4000 (four
thousand) books. These include text and reference books related to all courses of study,
readings and literature related with the approaches delineated in the programme; educational
encyclopaedias, electronic publications and digital or online resources and minimum five
referral professional research journals. The institutions shall create digital library with relevant
and adequate resource materials.
(ii) Library resources shall include books and journals published and recommended by NCTE,
National Council of Educational Research and Training and other statutory bodies, Education
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Commission Reports and Policy documents. At least one hundred titles of quality books shall
be added to the library every year. The library shall have photocopying facility and computer
with Internet facility for the use of faculty and students.
(c) Laboratories: Laboratories for Science stream subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics,
Zoology and Botany shall be earmarked with facilities and adequate equipment for conducting
experiments. In humanities stream, a laboratory for Geography shall be earmarked.
(d) Activity cum Resource Centre:
(i) The space so designated shall be used for conducting various activities like craft, educational
toys, teaching aids and production of teaching and learning materials, etc. There shall be
facilities for conducting other activities which give the teacher student a practical experience of
exposure to experiential learning and use of Information and Communication Technology in
teaching programmes.
(ii) This resource centre will be equipped with facilities such as photocopying machine, audio
video equipment, television, projector etc.
(iii) A Computer and Language Lab shall be established in this Centre.
(e) Health and Physical Education Room: Adequate games and sports equipment for common indoor
and outdoor games, as well as facilities for yoga education, shall be available.
(f) Multipurpose Hall: The institution shall have one earmarked hall with seating capacity of
minimum two hundred seats and minimum total area of 2000 sq. ft (Two thousand square feet). This
hall shall be equipped for conducting seminars and workshops with installation of an audio-visual
system.
(g) Faculty Rooms: For faculty, individual workspaces, functional computers and storage spaces shall
be provided.
(h) Administrative Office Space: The institution shall provide adequate working space for the office
staff, with furniture, storage, and computer facilities.
(i) Common Room: The institution shall provide at least one common room.
(j) Store: One room with adequate space for storage shall be provided.
(k) Functional and appropriate furniture for general and differently able persons in required number for
instructional and other purposes shall be provided.
(l) Access to safe drinking water be provided in the institution.
(m) Effective arrangement be made for regular cleaning of campus, water and toilet facilities, repair and
replacement of furniture and other equipment.
(n) Kitchen garden in the institution be developed and maintained by the student-teachers in order to
learn concepts.
(o) Rainwater harvesting system and infrastructure for renewable energy such as solar panels for
electricity.
(p) Facilities for co curricular activities of choice.
6.3 The existing physical resources in other Departments or Universities or Colleges can be shared with this
programme, if it fulfils the requirement of the teacher education programme.
Desirable:
(a) Energy efficient building designs (such as bio-climatic architecture, high performing building
envelop, high performance-controlled ventilation etc.)
(b) Use of energy efficient equipment and new ways to minimize the dependency on conventional
sources of energy and waste management disposal system.
6.4 The institution must adhere to safety guidelines as prescribed by National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA).
7. Managing Committee: The institution shall have a Managing Committee constituted as per the rules of the
affiliating University or concerned State Government, if any. In the absence of such rules, the institution shall
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constitute a Managing Committee on its own. The Committee shall comprise of the representatives of the sponsoring
society or trust, academicians/ educationists, representatives of the affiliating University/Body and of the staff.
8. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between English and Hindi version of the regulation, the
regulation in English version shall prevail”.
(iii) Appendix-16 shall be omitted;
(iv) Appendix-17 shall be omitted.
KESANG Y. SHERPA, Member Secy.
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./378/2021]
Note: The Principal Regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, dated the
1st December, 2014, vide notification number F.51-1/2014/NCTE (N&S), dated the 28th November, 2014
and were last amended vide notification number F.NCTE-Regl0122/8/2020-US (Regulation)-HQ, dated the
14th October,2021.

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