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नई दिल्ली, बृहस्पतिवार, अक्टूबर13, 2011/ अश्विन 21 , 1933 (शक ) NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 / ASVINA 21 , 1933 (SAKA)
इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके ।
Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation .
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 13th October , 2011 /Asvina 21 , 1933 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 12th October , 2011 , and is hereby published for general information:-
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2011
(No. 18 OF 2011)
[12th October, 2011. ]
AnAct to amend the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 .
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-second Year ofthe Republic of India as follows:-
1.(1) This Act may be called the National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act, 2011 .
Short title and commencement .
(2) Itshall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification inthe Official Gazette, appoint .
73 of 1993 .
Amendment of long title.
2. Inthe National Council for Teacher Education Act , 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in the long title, after the words " in the teacher education system " , the words " including qualifications of school teachers " shall be inserted.
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Amendment of section 1 .
3. In section 1 of the principal Act , after sub - section (3 ) , the following sub - section shall be inserted, namely:----
"(4) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply to-
(a) institutions;
(b) students and teachers of the institutions ;
(c) schools imparting pre - primary, primary, upper primary, secondary or senior secondary education and colleges providing senior secondary or intermediate education irrespective of the fact , by whatever names they may be called; and
(d) teachers for schools and colleges referred to in clause ( c). " .
4. Insection 2 of the principal Act,-
Amendment of section 2 .
(i) after clause (e) , the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--
'(ea) " local authority " means a Municipal Corporation , Municipal Committee,Municipal Council , Zila Parishad , District Board or Nagar Panchayat orPanchayat, or other authority (by whatever name called) , legally entitled to , or entrusted by the Government with the control or management of a municipal or localfund;' ;
(ii) after clause (k) , the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
'(ka) " school " means any recognised school imparting pre - primary, primary, upper primary, secondary or senior secondary education, or a college imparting senior secondary education, and includes--
(i) a school established, owned and controlled by the Central Government, or the State Government or a local authority;
(ii) a school receiving aid or grants to meet whole or part of its expenses from the Central Government , the State Government or a local authority;
(iii) a school not receiving any aid or grants to meet whole or part of its expenses from the Central Government, the State Government or a local authority;'.
Amendment of section 12 .
5. In section 12 of the principal Act, in clause (d) , the words " in schools or " shall be omitted.
6.After section 12 ofthe principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-
Insertion of new section 12A.
"12A. For the purpose of maintaining standards of education in schools , the Council may, by regulations , determine the qualifications of persons for being recruited as teachers in any pre -primary, primary, upper primary , secondary, senior secondary or intermediate school or college , by whatever name called , established , run, aided or recognised by the Central Government or a State Government or a local or other authority:
Power of Council to determine minimum standards of education of school teachers .
Provided that nothing in this section shall adversely affect the continuance of any person recruited in any pre -primary, primary, upper primary , secondary, senior secondary or intermediate schools or colleges , under any rule , regulation or order made by the Central Government, a State Government , a local or other authority, immediately before the commencement of the National Council for Teacher Education SEC. 1]
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(Amendment) Act, 2011 solely on the ground of non - fulfilment of such qualifications asmay be specified by the Council :
35 of 2009 .
Provided further that the minimum qualifications of a teacher referred to in the first proviso shall be acquired within the period specified in this Act or under the Right ofChildren to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. " .
7. In section 32 of the principal Act, in sub- section (2 ), after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
Amendment of section 32.
"(dd) the qualifications of teachers under section 12A; ".
V. K. BHASIN,
Secy. to the Govt. ofIndia.
CORRIGENDUM
Inthe Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2011 (12 of2011 ) , published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, dated the 8th September, 2011 (Issue No. 17), in the long title, for " to further to " , read "further to" .
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