Unqualified CUTEC principals may lose jobs

CU authorities making efforts to restore recognition for 11 teacher education centres

With the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) extending the last date of filing a performance appraisal report to March 15, the authorities at the University of Calicut have intensified efforts to restore the lost recognition of its 11 teacher education centres.

The NCTE cancelled the recognition of Calicut University Teacher Education Centres (CUTEC) citing issues such as lack of qualification of its principals, last year. According to the NCTE Regulations, 2014, principals should have PhDs and teachers should have an M.Ed, besides clearing the National Eligibility Test. The university was earlier supposed to meet all requirements and file a report by January 29.

Meanwhile, the Syndicate decision to appoint principals and teachers “in line with the qualifications prescribed by the NCTE” has put a question mark on the future of incumbents in these posts. Sources said that a majority of the principals were not qualified.