Minutes of 179th NRC Meeting Held from February 18-20-2011
The 179th Meeting of the Northern Regional Committee (NRC), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was held on February, 18-20, 2011 at A-46, Shanti Path, Tilak Nagar, Jaipur.
In pursuance of the Gazette Notification No.213 dated 25.08.2010, NRC has been terminated under Section 21(2)(a) of NCTE Act, 1993 and the powers and duties on behalf of the Northern Regional Committee are being exercised and performed under Section 21(2)(b) by Shri Hasib Ahmad, former Member Secretary, NCTE.
The following member and convenor were present:
1. Shri Hasib Ahmad, Chairman, NRC, NCTE
2. Shri R.D. Sharma, Regional Director, NRC, NCTE
With the permission of Shri Hasib Ahmad, Chairman, Shri R.D. Sharma (Convenor) presented the Agenda before the Committee. Item-wise decisions taken are as follows:-
AGENDA ITEM No. 179.01: Confirmation of the minutes of 178th NRC Meeting
S. No / Cases / Decision of NRC1. / The minutes of 178th NRC Meeting held from February, 8-10, 2011 has been uploaded on the website of NRC. / Minutes are confirmed.
AGENDA ITEM:-179.02.
CONSIDERATION OF COURT CASES
Sr. No. / File Code No. / Name of the Institution / Name of the Course / Decision of NRC2. / RJ-683 / Shekhawati Mahila Shikshan Prashikshan Mahavidyalaya, Laxmangarh, Sikar, Rajasthan / B.Ed. / As per orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur dated 06.10.2010, the inspection of the institution was organized. The order of the Court that the inspection be conducted between 01.11.2010 to 13.11.2010 were received in the office of NRC on 11.10.2010 and was placed before the Committee on 21-22.10.2010. The Visting Team was arranged immediately. However the Visiting Team Member could not proceed in time due to rains in Uttarakhand and therefore inspection could be arranged only on 27.12.2010.
2. The institution refused to get the inspection done on the ground that the inspection date fixed by the Hon’ble Court is already over and since NRC could not get the inspection done on these dates fixed by the Court, they would get the inspection done only on other date to be fixed by the Hon’ble Court.
3. The inspection of the institution was conducted twice U/s 17 of the NCTE Act, 1993. The inspection report dated 09.06.2009 was considered by NRC in its 142nd meeting and the institution recognition was allowed to be continued. Another inspection on the basis of a comp laint, was held on 07.12.2009 and a Show Cause Notice was issued on 05.02.2010. The reply was considered in NRC in its 163rd meeting, Show Cause Notice dated 05.02.2010 and its reply dated 06.03.2010 was considered by NRC in its 163rd meeting and recognition was withdrawn for B.Ed. course vide NRC order dated 21.09.2010.
4. The institution moved to the court and Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur ordered fresh inspection which was refused by the institution, for the reason vide para-1&2 above.
5. Since the inspection has been refused by the institution, the case has been considered afresh on the basis of the available records. The reply of the institution dated 06.03.2010 with reference of the Show Cause Notice by NRC dated 05.02.2010 has been considered and following observations made :-
a) The institution submitted a list of faculty alongwith the minutes of the Selection Committee held on 23.06.2009. The list has no approval of the University, although the Selection Committee had the representative of the University. The institution has not submitted the list of faculty that they engaged during the period from 2006-07 i.e. the year of recognition, to the establish that the institution has been functioning with proper faculty during this period and did not violate the NCTE Norms.
b) The Photographs of the Labs submitted by the Institution clearly indicates that the Labs have not been developed properly. The equipments / apparatus has been displayed on removable tables and no experimental table with associated water / drainage arrangement has been provided. This shows that the institution has been functioning without proper labs in violation of the NCTE Norms.
c) The institution has shifted to its new building, where the inspection was conducted on 07.12.2009. The land on which new building has been constructed bears no. as 527/2, 528/2, as reported by the Visiting Team. The exact area of the land, supported by the certified copy of the land document has not been submitted, which needs to be provided alongwith the Building plan and Building Completion Certificate of the new building duly approved by the Competent Authority.
The reply of the institution on the above points be obtained within 30 days. In case institution fails to submits proper reply with supporting documents within stipulated time the withdrawal of recognition vide order dated 21.09.2010 would be confirmed in compliance to the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur.
3. / HR-296 / Doon Valley College of Education, Karnal, Haryana / B.Ed. / The Doon Vallay Trust vide its letter No. 1545 dated 20.11.2010 submitted by Chairman of the Trust, whose name is not indicated, requested that the Doon Vally College of Education, Chirao (Karnal) having 100 seats of B.Ed. course be allowed to Shift its premises from Chirao to another premises at Sector-17, Near Fir Brigade Station, Karnal. In this request they also referred to their earlier application wherein they sought permission for shifting this college to one of their another existing college namely Doon Vally Institute of Education, Karnal. They themselves decided that since this merging is not possible, the proposal to shift the institution at Sector-17, Near Fire Brigade Station, Karnal be approved.
The request of the Society has been considered and since the institution has not submitted any details about the land ownership, building plan etc. for the site where they proposed to shift the institution, the request has been rejected. The request has also been rejected, as the reason sought for transfer e.g remote and rural area is not acceptable, in view of the fact that such colleges needs to be located in rural / remote areas.
The fee of Rs. 40,000/- submitted by the society be returned to them.
4. / UP-3112 / Savita Devi Girls College, Delhi Road, Village-Kaysth Gawari Post-Mohiuddinur Tehsil/District-Meerut. Uttar Pradesh / B.Ed. / The institution submitted a copy of the Court order dated 01.02.2011 on 07.02.2011. The institution did not submit any further details, as asked by NRC, in its letter dated 07.02.2011. However, in compliance to the court orders, the entire case of the institution has been considered and following observation made :-
1. The minutes of the Selection Committee at 30.01.2010 has been perused. The Selection Committee comprised of only two members one representative of the management and other representative of the University namely Shri S.S. Soti (Retd.). The Selection Committee in its proceedings mentions “following candidate appeared and selected” and this has been mentioned both for the case of Principal at Lecturers. This precisely means that only one candidate appeared for interview for the post of principal and 7 appeared for lecturers and all of them were selected. This happened when the institution advertised for 14 posts of Lecturers. This clearly establishes that the institution did not follow, the selection procedure properly and had picked up faculty members in an arbitrary manner, with the help of the University nominee. The institution at no stage provided any list of applicants, who appeared for the interview, before the Selection Committee.
2. Since the NRC is insisting on total details about selection procedure in all cases, the failure of the institution to provide complete details and insistence on accepting University;s approval on the face value will not be appropriate. NRC has come to various instances where despite University’s approval the qualification of the candidates selected was no as per norms and even procedure for selection was not observed.
As such, the institution be asked to submit the following details :-
1. The total number of candidates, who applied for the post of Principal and Lecturers in response to the advertisement of the institution for 1 post of Principal and 14 posts of Lecturers.
2. The total number of candidates who were called for interview and who appeared for the interview, including a signed copy of the list of candidates, who appeared for the interview.
3. A copy of the relevant Regulation / Ordinance of the University indicating that a Selection Committee comprising of only two members (out of which only one is the subject experts) would be sufficient for making selection to the post of Principal and Lecturers in the University.
Hence NRC decided that clarification on the above points be sought from the institution within 30 days of issue of clarification letter.
5. / HR-1830 / Vivekanand College of Education, Sector-7, Ext. Gurgaon, Haryana / B.Ed. / In pursuance to the orders of the Hon’ble Court application of the institution particularly the reply dated 16.06.2009 to the Show Cause Notice dated 25.03.2009 has been considered afresh and following observations made :
1. The institution was allotted 1.32 Acres of land by HUDA vide the letter dated 19.07.1990 for establishment of a Primary School. The institution has given no explanation as to whether they established a Primary School on this land and now intend to establish a B.Ed. college in the same premises / Land or else they could not establish the Primary School and are now proposing a B.Ed. college instead. In that event, an NOC from HUDA would be necessary.
2. The building for the proposed B.Ed. course in it’s the name of Vivekanand College of Engineer Education. The building plan is not approved by any authority / HUDA. Moreover, the plan is for second and 3rd Floor, with no indication about nature of usage of ground and first floor. In case the lower two floors are for Primary School or for any other purpose (Engineer College, as is mentioned in the map), the plan cannot be accepted for B.Ed. College, as the NCTE Regulation requires a separate entity for a teacher education course and it cannot run alongwith a School / Engineer College.
3. Contrary to the submission of the counsel for the petitioners that the objection regarding deposit of FDR’, have been met, the institution did not submit, original FDR’s issued by Oriented Bank of Commerce, Gurgaon. The notarized photocopy of FDR available on the file cannot be accepted in lieu of the original FDR’s.
4. The occupation certificate submitted by the application in lieu of the Building Completion Certificate about completion of Ground, first and second floor is for a building of “School Site”. The unapproved plan submitted by the applicant is for second and third floor. As such, there is no Building Completion Certificate for the proposed building on 2nd and 3rd floor. Even though it required approval of HUDA at the initial Stage itself. The certificate also establish that proposed B.Ed. course is on a Primary School building.
In view of the above, NRC decided to confirm its earlier order dated 07.07.2009 closing the application of the institution for B.Ed. Course.
AGENDA ITEM:-179.03.
CONSIDERATION OF VTR UNDER SECTION 14 OF NCTE ACT, 1993
Sr. No. / File Code No. / Name of the Institution / Name of the Course / Decision of NRC5. / NRCAPP-341 / LMS Teacher Training, Gata No. 3193, VPO- Saket, Tehsil- Etah, District- Etah- 207001, U.P. / D.El.Ed. / The Visiting Team Report is positive. The CD taken at the time of inspection was carefully perused and following observation made.
The building where inspection has been conducted has a built up area of 5260 Square Meter, which is much more than the requirement. The institution in its application has left column related to existing Teacher Training Courses and existing course other than the proposed Teacher Training Courses as blank. As such, the institution be asked to submit details about the existing courses with following supporting certification.
1. A certificate from the University that they are not conducting any Graduate / PG level course in the said campus.
2. A certificate forms the District Education Officer / Basic Shiksha Adhikari that no Secondary School is being run in the said premises.
In view of the above NRC decided to issue Show Cause Notice to the institution in the section 14(3)(b) of NCTE Act, 1993 for reply within 30 days of issue of Show Cause Notice.
6. / NRCAPP-147 / Mohan Memorial Prayag Mahavidyalay, Rampur Manjha, Saidpur,Ghazipur, UP / D.El.Ed. / The Visiting report and the CD taken at the time of inspection was considered and following observations made :
1. The institutions in its proposed building plan has mentioned built up area as 1620.22 Square Meter. The essential data format submitted by the V.T. Members, duly signed by the Management has not given any details about the built up area and has simply said, “Plan Attached”. Dimensions of various class rooms / hall / tables etc. are therefore not available, and have not been provided by the management, to be duly verified by the inspection team. The institution, building completion certificate is also silent about total built up space.
2. The institution lacks the infrastructure as is evident from the CD. The Classroom furniture is School furniture comprising of long tables and benches, which are without back support, and is therefore not suitable for grown up students of D.El.Ed. course.