UPTET 2011 / 72825 Teacher Recruitment : TET Vs Acadmic Merit Selection

UPTET 2011 / 72825 Teacher Recruitment : TET Vs Acadmic Merit Selection

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Other Important Information Provided By Central Givernment in Parliament About TET Exam -

The Minister stated that as per the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) teacher qualification norms under the Right to Education Act, Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) will be an essential qualification. He said that while the NCTE is developing the standards and benchmarks for this Teacher Eligibility Test, State Governments would be responsible for administering these tests and it is the responsibility of State Governments to ensure that these tests conform to high standards. He also said that the institutional mechanism between NCERT and SCERTs should work towards developing question banks which could be used by States for their Teacher Eligibility Test. 


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Seven Lakh Teachers Post Created under RTE

Over Seven Lakh additional teacher posts have been sanctioned in the last three years under the Right to Education Act. This was stated by the MOS, HRD, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha today. He said these posts have been approved to maintain Pupil Teacher Ratio under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme which has been harmonized with the RTE Act. In reply to another question, Dr. Tharoor said that only a person who qualifies the Teacher Eligibility Test Conducted by the appropriate government will be eligible for appointment as a teacher for Class I-VIII as per NCTE. The Minister was replying to a written question on the issue. Source : http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=93597 ************** Centralized Exam The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has laid down the minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in schools in its Notification. One of the essential qualifications specified in the Notification is that a person has to pass a Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). The TET will be conducted by the appropriate Government (Central Government and State Government) in accordance with guidelines framed by the NCTE for the purpose. This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Smt. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Lok Sabha today. Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=70056 ************** Learning Ability of Students The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, conducts periodic National Learners’ Achievement Surveys. Two rounds of the National Learners’ Achievement Survey for classes III, V & VIII and the third round of survey for class V have been conducted in 2001-2004, 2005-2008 and 2009-10 respectively, which reveal improvements in the overall learning levels of children in Mathematics and Language subjects in most States. To improve the learning levels of children, steps taken under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan include, inter alia, sanction of more than 19 lakh teachers to improve the Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR), sanction of 1,94,574 primary school buildings, 1,07,682 upper primary school buildings, more than 18 lakh additional classrooms to improve school infrastructure, as well as in-service training for teachers, regular academic support to teachers and schools as well as free text books to children. Further, under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE), Act, 2009, the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) has notified the minimum qualifications and also made the holding of Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory to improve the quality/standard of teachers.  This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor in Rajya Sabha today Source : http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=89766 ******************* NCTE The Ministry of Human Resource Development has constituted Joint Review Missions consisting of eminent teacher education experts to review progress and to consider issues related to programme planning. The mission’s task will include implementation, monitoring and evaluation, with respect to each of the programmatic interventions under the Scheme for 10 states of the country. The Lok Sabha was informed today by the Ministry of State, Human Resource Development, Dr. Shashi Tharoor that the Hon,ble Supreme Court had in May, 2011 appointed a High Powered Commission under the Chairmanship the former Chief Justice of India, Justice J.S. Verma to examine various aspects relating to the teacher education system, including the role and function of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), and recommend measures for improvement. The Commission submitted its Report to Hon’ble Supreme Court on 29.08.2012 and made recommendations in four main categories as under:- (i) Quality of Pre-service Teacher Education (ii) Quality of In-service Teacher Education (iii) Teacher Performance and Teacher Audit (iv) Strengthening the Regulatory functions of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) The Government and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTC) have taken several steps to improve the quality of teacher education. These include laying down teacher qualifications under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009; specifying passing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) as an essential qualification for being appointed as a teacher in classes I-VIII; the development of the National Curriculum Framework of Teacher Education, NCFTE (2009); the preparation of model syllabi for teacher education courses; the revision of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education for the XII Plan, which entails the strengthening and expansion of existing institutional structures such as the District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs), the College of Teacher Education (CTEs) and the Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASEs), the strengthening of the State Councils for Education Research and Training (SCERTs), and the establishment of Block Institutes of Teacher Education (BITEs) in SC/ST/Minority concentration districts, etc. There are about 43 Lakh teachers in Government Schools. Dr. Shashi Tharoor was replying to a written question on a high powered Committee to look into the functioning of regional centres of National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in the House today.