Affected diploma holders in WB can become teachers now: Sibal
New Delhi: With the West Bengal government
allowing one-year diploma course in teachers' education in
"violation" of NCTE norms, the HRD Ministry today said
students of such programmes can opt for a one-year bridge
course to be eligible as regular teachers.
As per the norms of the National Council of Teachers'
Education (NCTE), the apex body to monitor teachers'
education, the eligibility for a teacher in primary school is
two-year diploma in teachers' education and at least 50 per
cent marks at Class-XII level.
The West Bengal government has allowed the Primary
Teachers' Training Institutes (PTTI) to impart one-year D.Ed
(Diploma in Education) course for which the eligibility is
Class-X.
"What is happening in West Bengal is that class-X pass
outs and Class-XII pass outs with less than 50 per cent marks
are pursuing the one-year D.Ed programmes. We have worked out
different formula for these students to make up their
requirements and be eligible as teachers," HRD Minister Kapil
Sibal told reporters.
There are 31,141 such D.Ed qualified people in West
Bengal who are facing a bleak future. They include 16,759
people who pursued D.Ed after class-XII with 50 per cent
marks, 7,080 D.Ed holders with less than 50 per cent marks at
Class-XII and 7,302 students who did the D.Ed just after
Class-X.
Bureau Report