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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The challenge to the impugned order was mainly on the usage of ‘affiliation’
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a government order relating to self-financing Teacher Training Institutes (TTIs), except in relation to the single window system.
In his order dismissing a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a government order of the School Education Department of May this year, Justice K.Chandru said the attack made to the impugned order was clearly misconceived and devoid of merits.
The challenge to the impugned order was mainly on the usage of the term `affiliation’ by the examining body.
Mr.Justice Chandru said the writ petitions were of a seasonal character and were filed year after year whenever the State government issued orders relating to self-financing TTIs, laying down certain guidelines dealing with admission, teacher’s qualification and examination.
In the present batch, a set of writ petitions had been filed by TTIs, which were yet to get affiliation by the examining body.
One petition had been filed by an association representing the existing TTIs which already had recognition from the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and approval by the authorities from the State Government.
The Judge said when the plain meaning of the term ‘affiliation’ was clear, it could not be given any artificial meaning.
The NCTE had specified that the recognition of the council was subject to fulfilment of all such other requirements as may be prescribed by the regulatory bodies, including the State government, as applicable.
None of the guidelines in the impugned order encroached upon the NCTE Act or the regulations framed thereunder.
The only issue relating to the Single Window System had been given up by the Additional Advocate-General. Hence, that was not gone into in the present case, the Judge said.
Mr.Justice Chandru said in the matter of TTIs, the NCTE and the State authorities would have to co-exist in the interest of academic excellence and to prevent the mushrooming growth of fly-by-night institutes.
What was at stake was innocent students and the gullible public and they should not be allowed to be left to the vagaries of such institutes.
The underlying public policy behind the impugned G.O. only enhanced the spirit of Article 14 of the Constitution, he said.
GO on teacher training institutes upheld
The challenge to the impugned order was mainly on the usage of ‘affiliation’
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld a government order relating to self-financing Teacher Training Institutes (TTIs), except in relation to the single window system.
In his order dismissing a batch of writ petitions challenging the constitutional validity of a government order of the School Education Department of May this year, Justice K.Chandru said the attack made to the impugned order was clearly misconceived and devoid of merits.
The challenge to the impugned order was mainly on the usage of the term `affiliation’ by the examining body.
Mr.Justice Chandru said the writ petitions were of a seasonal character and were filed year after year whenever the State government issued orders relating to self-financing TTIs, laying down certain guidelines dealing with admission, teacher’s qualification and examination.
In the present batch, a set of writ petitions had been filed by TTIs, which were yet to get affiliation by the examining body.
One petition had been filed by an association representing the existing TTIs which already had recognition from the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) and approval by the authorities from the State Government.
The Judge said when the plain meaning of the term ‘affiliation’ was clear, it could not be given any artificial meaning.
The NCTE had specified that the recognition of the council was subject to fulfilment of all such other requirements as may be prescribed by the regulatory bodies, including the State government, as applicable.
None of the guidelines in the impugned order encroached upon the NCTE Act or the regulations framed thereunder.
The only issue relating to the Single Window System had been given up by the Additional Advocate-General. Hence, that was not gone into in the present case, the Judge said.
Mr.Justice Chandru said in the matter of TTIs, the NCTE and the State authorities would have to co-exist in the interest of academic excellence and to prevent the mushrooming growth of fly-by-night institutes.
What was at stake was innocent students and the gullible public and they should not be allowed to be left to the vagaries of such institutes.
The underlying public policy behind the impugned G.O. only enhanced the spirit of Article 14 of the Constitution, he said.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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