India, Feb. 20 -- 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.

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 ...