DW BUREAU Punjabi university has decided to act tough against the education colleges flouting the NCTE and university faculty norms by not appointing any approved principal and faculty member. Twelve such B. Ed. Colleges, which have been operating without any approved teacher and principal, have been prohibited from admitting new students in B. Ed. first year for the session 2021-22.The first counseling for admission to B.Ed. college is due on October 21. According to the guidelines of NCTE, for an intake of 100 students for B. Ed. course, there is a requirement of 16 full time faculty members including the principal. Further the selection of at least 10 faculty members including the principal should be approved by the university. But for the last many years these colleges had not recruited any University- approved faculty member and principal despite many reminders and warnings by the university. After the last warning in August, these colleges had given an affidavit, stating that they will appoint an approved principal and the minimum required faculty by October 15 and in case they failed to do so, they had no objection to university taking any disciplinary action against them. Consequently, Punjabi university has now banned these colleges from admitting any student in B. Ed. first year. In the absence of proper teaching faculty, the students studying in other classes and courses in these colleges are also suffering and the colleges have further been strictly instructed to appoint the minimum required faculty and principal within 2 months for those students. (editor@dailyworld.in)