India, Aug. 3 -- The Delhi High Court ordered a stay on the derecognition of 660 Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs), out of the 2,962 derecognised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) for failing to submit online Performance Appraisal Reports (PARs) for 2021-22 and 2022-23.

The court's order allows these institutions to participate in counselling and admit students for the 2025-26 academic session, the NCTE said in notices-containing the names of the institutes-issued between July 23 and August 1.

NCTE had set a final deadline of December 30, 2024, for Performance Appraisal Report (PAR) submissions after two extensions, requiring institutions to provide faculty details, financial statements, and geo-tagged documents....