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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
D.K.SINGH
Secretary Cum Manager Majilis Arts And Science College (Autonomous) – Appellant
Versus
National Council For Teacher Education – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
D. K. SINGH, J.
Heard Mr. George Poonthottam, the learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Ms. Shilpa Sreekumar for the petitioner College and Mr. Abraham P. Meachinkara, the learned Standing Counsel for the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).
Facts
2. The petitioner College is an autonomous college, recognised by the State Government and affiliated to the University of Calicut. The petitioner College has been accorded ‘Minority’ status, recognised by the National Minority Commission. The petitioner College imparts twenty undergraduate courses and seven postgraduate courses under the self- financing scheme. The petitioner College has also been accorded an ‘A’ grade NAAC accreditation. Under the National Education Policy 2020, significant changes have been brought in the teacher education programme. The National Council for Teacher Education/ the first respondent had published the Regulations framed under Section 32 of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) Act, 1993, providing the norms and standards for the establishment of teachers’ education institutions by amending the National Council for Teacher Education (Recognition, Norms and Procedure) Regulations
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