Norms breached by BEd, MEd colleges

Source:-https://www.dailypioneer.com

While teachers education colleges in Odisha have drawn the ire of the NCTE for repeatedly violating norms and a majority of them have been told not to take admission in the current academic session, in Rajasthan, the same NCTE has allegedly kept mum over violations of norms by many colleges and universities imparting BEd and MEd courses.

The allegation was slapped by one Dr Jitendra Sharma of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Dr Sharma expressed surprise over the contrast in action of the two regional offices of the NCTE.”The Government Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education in Rajasthan at Bikaner and Ajmer have also been running BEd and MEd programmes in total violation of the latest NCTE regulations and norms for BEd and MEd.

In spite of my repeated endeavours to convince the State Government to run these colleges in accordance with NCTE norms, nothing has been done,” told Dr Sharma, adding that the NCTE too had not taken any measure in this regard.

The result is the murder of NCTE Regulations and Norms and Standards 2014, he told.

Dr Sharma also told that he had already filed a civil writ petition in the form of a PIL at the Rajasthan High Court. The most serious aspect of the situation in Rajasthan is that the teachers in these two university affiliated colleges are all secondary school teachers having the designations of school lecturer, headmasters, principals of Senior Secondary Schools, District Education Officers, etc. These colleges offer BEd and MEd programmes with an annual intake of 150 and 50 students respectively.

The number of teachers available for both these courses are not in accordance with the NCTE norms for BEd and MEd, he said.

In IASE, Bikaner there are only 25 teachers including one unqualified principal for 150 BEd students and 50 MEd students. Similarly in IASE, Ajmer there are only 26 teachers and no principal for 250 BEd students and 60 MEd students. According to NCTE norms for MEd, two Professors, two Associate Professors and six Assistant Professors are required for an intake of 50 students in MEd.

How can the school teachers be in these designations, and getting salary at par with these university posts, Dr Sharma asked.

The troublesome part is that while the same NCTE goes so far in taking drastic measures against erring colleges in Odisha, it does not have any time to do the same in Rajasthan.

So much so that it’s not even filed its reply in the PIL, he told. Dr Sharma also pointed out similar violations in three State universities known as MLS University, Udaipur, MDS University, Ajmer, and JNV University, Jodhpur.