HC quashes show cause notice to SVI college of education

The Madras High Court today directed the state government to give details on how long it would take to provide employment to about four lakh students who are likely to have graduated from the Teacher Training Institutes in the state between 2015-18.
Justice N.Kirubakaran asked the government to submit the time frame required for their employment year wise and posted the matter for further hearing to August 10.
The judge was passing interim orders on a plea filed by the Tiruchirappalli-based SVI College of Education.
The institution had challenged denial of increase in student intake for its B.Ed and M.Ed courses by the Southern Regional Committee (SRC) of the National Council for Teacher Education.

The judge also quashed the show cause notice issued by the SRC to the institution.
"The reason given in the show cause notice is contrary to the instruction given by the Southern Regional Committee (SRC), is not sustainable and it is quashed," the judge said.

The judge then directed the committee to consider the single application submitted by the college for two courses and to conduct inspection within a period of two weeks.
The matter relates to an application by the institution for additional intake of 50 Students for the existing B.Ed Course and recognition of new M.Ed course.
Rejecting the application, the SRC had last month issued a show cause notice to the institution asking it to choose any one course failing which it could be constrained to reject the application.

Quashing the show cause notice, the judge said the notice is contrary to the committee's own instruction which said the applicant need not submit separate applications for the same institute for multiple teacher education programmes and courses either new or for additional intake.
When the matter came up earlier, the judge had also impleaded the Director of National Council For Teacher Education, New Delhi, Secretary, Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University, Chennai and Directorate of Employment and Training as other respondents in the petition.
The judge had also raised some queries such as number of teacher training institutes,the size of unemployed teacher and whether the nation needed so many teacher training institutes.

When the matter came up today, while referring to the queries raised by him earlier, the judge said they were yet to be answered.
The judge issued the direction after going through the counter affidavit filed by Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University which stated that about four lakh students are likely to have graduated between 2015-18.