Proceedings of 187th Meeting of ERC-NCTE held on 8th -9th May, 2015 PROCEEDINGS OF 187th MEETING OF THE ERC-NCTE HELD ON 8th - 9th May, 2015. The 187th Meeting of the Eastern Regional Committee (ERC), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was convened on 8th – 9th May, 2015 at Conference Hall, ERC, NCTE, 15, Neelakantha Nagar, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar. The Chairperson, Members and Convener as listed below were present at the time of the 187th ERC Meeting. Prof.(Dr.) P.C. Mahapatra - Chairperson Prof. Brajanath Kundu - Member Shri Ali Imam - Member Dr. Shukla Mahanty - Member Prof. Manik Bhattacharjee - State representative of West Bengal Dr. Ratna Ray - State representative of Tripura Dr. Joram Begi - State representative of Arunachal Pradesh Shri Dr. S.Gyaneswar Singh - State representative of Manipur Shri Sanjiva Suman - State representative of Bihar Smt Tilottama Senapati - State representative of Odisha Shri Chandrapida Neelap - Regional Director, ERC & Convener At the outset, the Regional Director welcomed all the members of Committee and apprised them about the provisions of the NCTE Act, Rules, Regulations and Guidelines issued from time to time. With the permission of Chairperson, Shri Chandrapida Neelap (Convener) presented the Agenda before the Committee for its due consideration and appropriate decision. Sl. Item No. Content No. Confirmation of the Proceedings of 186th ERC meeting, 23-24 April, 2015 at ER-187.1 Bhubaneswar. Minutes of the 186th meeting is confirmed. ATTENTION ! The committee unanimously decided that the institution may reply in response to the decision of the committee uploaded on the ERC website without waiting formal letters from the office of ERC. The replies so received will also be considered by the committee. 1. The cut-off date has been extended up to 31st May 2015 for grant of recognition for the session 2015-16. Institutions are personally responsible if they lose the session due to non-submission or late submission of replies. 2. The Endowment Fund / Reserve Fund (5 Lakhs + 7 Lakhs) is 12 Lakhs per programme. (see ERC website for detail). 3. The institutions which have not submitted the balance amount of Rs.4.00 Lacs towards Reserve Fund expected to submit the same. 4. The institution whose applications are pending and reached to the stage of 7(9) [7(13) as per New Regulation] including the institution already submitted the reply of 7(13) prior to publication/implementation of NCTE Regulations 2014 are advised to submit/re-submit their reply as per New Regulations along with other required documents at the earliest to enable to ERC to take appropriate decision. 5. The institution need to submit list of 10 schools for internship and school based activities duly approved by District Education Officer. 6. Institutions must give the affidavit for consent / willingness for number of units either one or two if it was not submitted earlier. 7. The institution must go through the Regulations 2014 about the number of teachers and accordingly they must send the list duly Countersigned by the Concerned University /Affiliating Body. 8. The institution shall comply with the additional facilities required (additional built-up area, additional staff, additional funds etc) for the SECOND UNIT as prescribed in NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations 2014 before 31.10.2015. 9. As per provisions u/s 17(4) of the NCTE Act, 1993, if an institution offers any course or training in Teacher Education without obtaining recognition or Shri Chandrapida Neelap (RD/Convener, ERC, NCTE) Prof P C Mahapatra (Chairperson ERC, NCTE) 1 Proceedings of 187th Meeting of ERC-NCTE held on 8th -9th May, 2015 permission under this Act, the qualification in teacher education obtained pursuant to such course or training or after undertaking a course or training in such institution, shall not be treated as a valid qualification for purposes of employment under the Central Government, any State Government or University, or in any school, college or other educational body aided by the Central Government or any State Government. ER-187.5 VTR U/S 14 / 15 Ashok Nilay Nivedita College Of Education, Vill-Ullon, Tehsil/Taluka-Diamond 1. 187.5.1 Harbour, Town/City-Lakshmikanta Pur, P.O-Ramlochanpur, Dist-South 24 Parganas, West Bengal-743336 (B.Ed) (Private) (Code No.ERCAPP1106) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs., VTR, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and decided as under: Letter of intent u/c 7(13) of the NCTE Regulation 2014 be issued for two unit in B.Ed. Course. The institution also be asked to submit the faculty position in accordance to the NCTE Regulation 2014 for the B.Ed. Course duly countersigned by the concerned affiliating body as per New Regulation 2014. District Institute of Education & Training, Plot.-3516/1533, 2034/718, 264/230, St. No.-W No. 9, Vill.-Main Road, PO.-Kokrajhar, Tehsil/Taluka- 2. 187.5.2 \ Kokrajhar, Dist.-Kokrajhar, Assam-783370 (B.Ed.)(Government) (SCERT) (Code No. ERCAPP1955) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs., VTR, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and decided as under: Letter of intent u/c 7(13) of the NCTE Regulation 2014 be issued for two unit in B.Ed. Course. The institution also be asked to submit the faculty position in accordance to the NCTE Regulation 2014 for the B.Ed. Course duly countersigned by the concerned affiliating body as per New Regulation 2014. ER-187.6 Applications Status - 7(13) / Notice or Clarification after 7(13) Al Hera College of Education, Plot No.-2431, 2448, 2449, St. NO.-Taki Road, Vill.-Kodalia, P.O.-Dakshin Bagundi, tehsil/Taluka-Kodalia, 3. 187.6.1 Town/City-Basirhat, Dist.-North 24 Parganas, West Bengal -743429 (B.Ed.) (Private) (West Bengal State University) (Code No. ERCAPP1485) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs. VTR, and reply dated 01.05.2015 in response to clarification letter after letter of Intent, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and decided as under: Formal Recognition order under clause 7(16) of the NCTE Regulation 2014 for applied course B.Ed. with an intake 100 (two basic units) from the academic session 2015-2016 may be issued to the institution. Shri Chandrapida Neelap (RD/Convener, ERC, NCTE) Prof P C Mahapatra (Chairperson ERC, NCTE) 2 Proceedings of 187th Meeting of ERC-NCTE held on 8th -9th May, 2015 ER-187.7 Clarification / Notice after VT Hilful Fuzul College of Education and Research Hifcer, Plot No.-416,423, St. No.-715, Vill.-Olanpara, P.O.-Olanpara, Tehsil/Taluka-Bagnan, Town/City- 4. 187.7.1 Howrah, Dist.-Howrah, west Bengal-711303 (B.Ed.) (Private) (University of Calcutta) (Code No. ERCAPP1696) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs., VTR, reply of the institution dated 27.04.2015, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and decided as under. (i) Re-inspection be carried out after submission of Rs.50, 000/- Demand Draft ……… (ii) Building Completion Certificate be submitted to VT signed by the Govt. Civil Engineer in prescribed format. ER-187.12 Misc. Cases Ramkrishna Mahato Memorial Teachers’ Training College (B.Ed.), Vill - Monakchita, P.O.-Baragram, P.S.-Joypur, Dist - Purulia West Bengal - 5. 187.12.1 723103. (Course - B.Ed.) (Sidho Kanho Birsha University) (Code No.ERCAPP1249) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs., representation of the President of the institution dated 08.04.2015, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and decided as under: (i) Refer the case to the Registrar of the University for inquiry and report to ERC. ER-187.6 Applications Status - 7(13) / Notice or Clarification after 7(13) Anugrah Narayan College, Patna, Plot No – 42, Street No – Boring Road, Vill – S K Puri, PO – Patliputra, Tehsil/Taluka – Patna Sadar, Town/City – 6. 187.6.2 Patna, Dist – Patna, Bihar – 800013 (B.Ed.)(Private)(Magadh University) (Code No.ERCAPP1446) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs. VTR, and reply dated 22.04.2015 in response to Clarification letter after Letter of Intent, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and decided as under: Formal Recognition order under clause 7(16) of the NCTE Regulation 2014 for applied course B.Ed. with an intake 50 of one basic unit from the academic session 2015-2016 may be issued to the institution. Ramashray Baleshwar College, Plot No.111, 116, 50, 112, 41, 113, 432, 114, Street No-1B Road, Vill-Nawada, PO/Town/City-Dalsingsarai, 7. 187.6.3 Tehsil/Taluka-Dalsingsarai, Dist-Samastipur, Bihar -848114 (B.Ed.)(Constituent Unit – L.N. Mithila University) (Code No.ERCAPP1583) After considering the records available in the file, and relevant provisions of the NCTE Act 1993, Rules, Regulations and guidelines issued by NCTE Hqrs. VTR, and reply dated 02.05.2015 in response to Clarification letter after Letter of Intent, the Committee discussed the matter in detail and observed as under: (i) The institution in its representation has requested to grant more time for compliance of LOI. (ii) The Cutoff date is 31st May 2015 to issue Recognition Order for the session 2015-2016. (iii) The institution is personally responsible if they lose the academic session for non submission or late submission of reply.