Which of the following are included in the functions of the National Council for Teacher Education? (i) Conducting examination in teacher education institutions (ii) Making admission of students in teacher education institutions (iii) Determination and maintenance of standards in teacher education (iv) Preventing commercialization of teacher education (v) Recruitment of faculty in teacher education institutions Choose the correct answer from the code given below :
(iii) and (iv)
Statements iii and iv are NCTE functions under the NCTE Act, 1993. Section 12 provides for standards in teacher education and steps to prevent its commercialisation. The Council prescribes norms for admissions, examinations and staffing; it does not routinely conduct each institution’s admissions, examinations or faculty recruitment.
Match List I with List II
| List I | List II | ||
| (Programmes on Education) | (Focus Area) | ||
| (A) | Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya | (I) | In this programme, the women's groups are themselves allowed to set up their agenda and priorities |
| (B) | Mahila Samakhya | (II) | In this programme, residential schools are set up for girls in educationally backward blocks |
| (C) | Rashtriya Madhyamic Shiksha Abhiyan | (III) | In this programme, the focus is on enhancing the accesss to secondary education as well as its quality. |
| (D) | Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Abhiyan | (IV) | In this programme, the focus is on celebrating the unity in diversity of the country |
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An observational study reports an association between body mass index and a measure of cognitive performance in children. Which conclusion is justified by that association alone?
A teacher is explaining about a model of change by giving an example of converting a cube of ice into a cone of ice. The teacher is talking about:
Choose the correct year of Publication of National Curriculum Frameworks out of the following and arrange in sequential order:
(A) 1972
(B) 1975
(C) 1987
(D) 2000
(E) 2005
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In India, the statutory body to set norms and standards for teacher education in special education is: