Cares Beart ar Ge Biafra wea ) (A Statutory Body ofthe Government of nc) wrsgtar seaman fran afeeq { X National Council for Teacher Education sefeni toe el By e-mail / Hand / Speed Post / Fax F, No. NCTE-Acad013/1/2023-Academic Section-HQ 8'* May 2023 Public Notice National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has launched Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) in IITs, NITs, Central/ State Government Universities and Government Colleges from the academic session 2023-24 throughout the country. This is a flagship programme of NCTE under NEP 2020. 2. ITEP, as notified on 26 October 2021, is a 4 Year dual-major holistic undergraduate degree offering B.A. B.Ed,/ B.Sc. B.Ed,/ B.Com. B.Ed. This course will prepare teachers for the 4 stages of the new school structure i.e, Foundational, Preparatory, Middle and Secondary (543+3+4). ITEP will be available for all students who choose teaching as a profession after Secondary (+2). This integrated course will benefit students since they will save one year by finishing the course in 4 years rather than the customary 5 years required in the present B.A. + B.Ed. plan, Admission for this course will be carried out by the National Testing Agency (NTA) through a single nation-wide entrance test called the National Common Entrance Test (NCET). 3. The institutions which have been granted recognition for piloting ITEP programme from the academic session 2023-24 are hereby informed the following: > NCTE is preparing the curriculum syllabi for the ITEP course which will be shared tentatively by the end of May 2023. > The mode of examination, to be carried out by NTA, shall be online/Computer Based ‘Test (CBT). The advertisement for the same will be issued shortly. Jaro Mop (Kesang Y. Sherpa IR‘ ‘Member Seeretary NCTE ‘ft-7, Faet-10, great, WE facett-110075 mag Qe G-7, Sector-10, Dwarka, New Delhi -110075 a= Phone: +91-011-20803266, Fax : #91-011-20893270 E-mail :ms@ncte-india.org TSI. Website : www.ncte.gov.in Si Alea