UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper 1 · Q21

Polity

Hard · RTE Act: Teacher Qualifications and Training

Consider the following statements regarding teacher qualifications under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009:

1. Minimum qualifications for school teachers are laid down by a body called the State Council of Teacher Education.

2. The Teacher Eligibility Test that a candidate must clear is conducted in line with guidelines issued by the National Council for Teacher Education.

3. A majority of India's teacher-education institutions are directly run by state governments.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?