New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- The National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) will take action against at least 2,900 teacher education institutes (TEIs) that have not submitted their performance appraisal reports (PAR) online for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic sessions, council chairperson Pankaj Arora said on Thursday.
The statutory body, responsible for maintaining norms and standards in the teacher education system, introduced the mandatory submission of PAR online in 2019 to ensure recognised institutions comply with NCTE norms, standards, and guidelines. NCTE has constituted a five-member committee to recommend actions against such TEIs. "Suitable actions as suggested by the expert panel will be taken against TEIs if the panel is no...