# NCTE sets up panels to make ITEP graduates eligible for teaching posts 2026-10-30T12:08:53+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has constituted two expert committees to amend teacher recruitment qualification rules and eligibility criteria for the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) and State Teacher Eligibility Tests (STET), making graduates of its four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) eligible for school teaching jobs. The move comes ahead of the first batch of ITEP students completing the programme in 2027. Launched in the 2023-24 academic session under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, ITEP aims to prepare teachers for the 5+3+3+4 curricular structure spanning 15 years of schooling. One committee, chaired by former IAS officer Prof Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, will draft amendments to NCTE's 2014 minimum-qualification regulations within 30 days. The other, chaired by retired Delhi University professor Chand Kiran Saluja, must recommend changes to TET guidelines by October 31. The panels may consult subject experts and representatives from ministries, regulatory bodies, examination agencies and state governments. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The committee deadlines fall close, 30 days from the October 8 order for the recruitment panel, and October 31 for the TET panel, meaning amendments could move quickly. The first batch of ITEP students completes the programme in 2027, just months after NEP 2020’s target year of 2030 for making the four-year integrated degree the minimum school-teacher qualification. If the panels work on schedule, state education boards and recruiting authorities will need to align their own eligibility rules, or risk a mismatch between qualified graduates and available posts. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com Leads with policy move and government deadlines, no critical framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: CTET, ITEP, NCTE, NEP 2020, STET Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ncte-sets-up-panels-to-make-itep-graduates-eligible-for-teaching-posts/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ncte-sets-up-panels-to-make-itep-graduates-eligible-for-teaching-posts/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/