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There have been cases of students enrolled in coaching institutes ending their lives in recent years due to study pressure (Representative Image-AI Generated)

Parliamentary panel to review surge in coaching centres, student stress and impact of tech in education

November 25, 2025 9:16 am

The Ministry of Education had earlier this year set up a nine-member panel to examine issues relating to coaching and the emergence of "dummy schools" besides the effectiveness and fairness of entrance examinations.

Parliament to take up bill replacing UGC, AICTE, NCTE with single regulator

November 24, 2025 9:25 am

While the UGC oversees non-technical higher education, the AICTE oversees technical education, and the NCTE is the regulatory body for teachers' education.

The accused had approached the court seeking bail in a case registered under Sections 132(1)(b), 132(1)(C), 132(1)(i) of CGST Act, 2017.

Allahabad High Court backs govt rule on minimum qualifications for assistant teachers

November 05, 2025 10:02 am

The writ petition was allowed by a single judge of the court who quashed clause 4 of the government order and directed the state appellants to permit the respondents to participate in the admission process for the training course.

Earlier this year, NCTE issued draft regulations that lay down norms and standards for teacher education programmes

'A short-sighted approach': Parliamentary panel recommends BElEd programme's continuation

August 13, 2025 9:42 am

The parliamentary panel has recommended that NCTE address the limitations of the BElEd programme, leverage the “established history and expertise” instead of scrapping it.

New schools mostly start with elementary levels and the B.El.Ed. graduates with their subject expertise and leadership acumen can fulfil the demands of the ever-increasing need for teachers.

Teacher education in India needs much more than a one-size-fits-all formula

April 28, 2025 2:02 pm

NCTE should reintroduce and promote the B.El.Ed programme to train teachers. It should also encourage teacher education institutions to come up with their own curriculum

Maharashtra: Four-year BA/BSc-BEd course to be replaced with integrated program from coming academic year

March 11, 2025 8:56 am

According to the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell, candidates aspiring for admission to ITEP will now be required to appear for the national level entrance test conducted by the NTA.

The draft NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2025, which were made public for feedback recently, said that the B.El.Ed programme shall be discontinued from the 2026-27 academic session onwards

First launched by DU, NCTE now proposes to discontinue 4-year B.El.Ed programme by 2026

March 03, 2025 2:42 am

The proposal is part of the draft NCTE (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulations, 2025, which were made public for feedback recently.

One-year B.Ed, M.Ed programmes to return after 10-year gap

February 18, 2025 10:26 am

Two-year B.Ed to continue for three-year graduates; shorter duration only for four-year graduates and postgraduates, says NCTE chairman. Here's why.

The High Court noted that the case reflects a deeply troubling situation where the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) issued conditional recognition in violation of the Supreme Court's judgment in “Adarsh Shiksha Mahavidyalaya and others versus Subhash Rahangdale and others (2012) 2 SCC 425.”

From the courts: HC slaps college with 10 lakh cost for deceiving students and Preity Zinta complains against business partner

August 20, 2024 8:34 am

The court also imposed the same cost on National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) for being hand in glove with the defaulting college

NCTE invites online applications for transition from 4-year integrated programme to ITEP

February 08, 2024 9:28 am

The last academic session for admission to the four-year integrated programme will be 2024-2025. No fresh admission will be made in the four-year integrated programme thereafter.