The NCTE De-recognised, CTE, Tura for the year 2020-21, NGOs write to Mr Conrad

Tura, August 22: The three prominent NGOs from Garo Hills comprising of the GSU, FKJGP, AYWO and ADE has sent letter to the Chief Minister Mr Conrad K Sangma seeking his intervention to address the admission crisis at B.ed College at Rongkhon, in Tura West Garo Hills District.

In the letter have urged the Chief Minister addres of admission crisis for aspiring students at B.ed College (CTE), Rongkhon due to immediate revocation of its recognition status. The de-recognition of the CTE, Tura (Rongkhon, W.G.Hills, Meghalaya) for the year 2020-21 by the NCTE bears grievous tidings for the students of Meghalaya.

The issue metes out further complication because of the present covid-19 ravaged scenario as many students cannot venture out of the Garo Hills to enrol for educational courses or seek admissions which will concentrate their activities in the home state stretching the capacity of the existing education institutions in the region. It is exactly the reason why the issue posits immediate scrutiny and evolution of a corrective strategy for the sake of the students.

The GSU, AYWO, FKJGP and the ADE is stunned about the developments in the CTE, Tura because it signals a loss of one year for many students seeking to enrol for the B.Ed course because instead of adding one more educational institution we are losing one in Garo Hills.

The NCTE in its letter F.No.ER-280.61/APE00176/B.Ed./2020/62520 have laid a blanket blame on the CTE for failure to subscribe to the NCTE Regulation,2014 for its inability to fulfil conditions by way of several accusations such as providing; Approved faculty list, Approved building plan and FDRs towards Endowment Fund and Reserved Fund as prescribed in the regulation.

The NCTE has stated time and again that these requirements were not fulfilled despite several show cause notices stretching almost several years which is quite a serious allegation. These accusations bear further official scrutiny by the Meghalaya Government.

Though there are reports that more than a hundred teacher training centres who failed to respond to show cause notices, it cannot alleviate the grim outcome of the revocation of the grant of recognition of the said CTE.

The NGOs also mention in the letter to the Chief Minister, some reports suggest that the present principal of the CTE, Tura (Rongkhon) do not possess the required credentials to be eligible for the post, it is of grave concern because such posts are an example in itself of fair recognition of the regulations to bypass corrupt or political appointments and injustice to others eligible for the post.

The Meghalaya Govt also bears some responsibility on the matter because the government failed to recruit two teachers as there still are vacancies for two posts in the CTE, and that too for such a long number of years. This inaction on the part of the government has also contributed to the present crisis.

The NCTE has given the CTE, Tura (Rongkhon) a sixty day appeal period under section 18 of the NCTE against the order. It now behoves upon the state government to negotiate with the NCTE while at the same time prepare the necessary documents to be submitted to the statutory body to fulfil the conditions specified.

The regulations laid down by the NCTE to integrate other courses at the B.Ed College could be a boon for Garo Hills. It will not only prepare the groundwork for a specialised course of 4 years Integrated Teacher Education Programme but it will give admission opportunities for many students in various general studies if varied mainstream subjects are introduced thereby further relieving the admission pressures on the existing institutions.

The proposed integration will also shorten the period of completing a B.Ed course by one year for the students, also laying the foundation to complete M.Ed earlier.

The NGOs said that the present crisis, they believe for the present B.Ed course, is not for the lack of infrastructure which can be easily remedied as only minor works like electrification and plumbing remains, it is but due to failure to provide approved list of faculties and the recruitment of necessary number of teachers.

The immediate concern is that aspiring students will not be able to seek admission for the B.Ed Course which will be a great loss because we know that neither the state government nor the Central Government will reduce the age bar of the students who failed to seek admission this year later in their career.

It has been learnt that the B.Ed colleges in India have been given one and a half year to follow the integrated course of 4 years which the Meghalaya Government can exploit and satisfy the NCTE by subscribing to the regulations of the NCTE by directing the concerned authority to submit the necessary approved documents.

If a private institution like Don Bosco College for Teacher Education, Tura is ready for the integrated course there is no reason that CTE, Tura Rongkhon cannot be made ready.

As far as the NGOs understand, the new buildings were supposed to have been completed in 2018, not that it is a surprise for such things are common but which now the NCTE has caught the CTE, Tura Rongkhon and the PWD department on a wrong foot which has helped led to this present situation.

If the government directs the contractors to proceed for completion of the building on a war footing the institute will have conformed to one of the other conditions of NCTE, Meghalaya Government must ensure the grant of recognition to the CTE, Tura so that the educational institute continue its esteemed endeavour to churn out professional teachers who are the bedrock of a sound education system.

The loss of this institute to grant admission for students for the year 2020 will be a catastrophe because Garo Hills need more educational institutions in garo Hills.

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