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?