KOUSIK DAS AND OTHERS
Vs.
STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND OTHERS
( Before : B.R. Gavai and Augustine George Masih, JJ. )
Civil Appeal No….of 2025 (Arising Out of SLP(C) No. 19139 of 2024)
Decided on : 04-04-2025
Education Law — Teacher Qualification — Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed.) — NIOS 18-Month ODL Programme — Purpose and Scope — The 18-month Diploma in Elementary Education (D. El. Ed.) programme conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) through Open Distance Learning (ODL) mode, pursuant to the NCTE Recognition Order dated 22.09.2017, was a specific, one-time measure necessitated by the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017 — This programme was designed exclusively to enable untrained elementary teachers, who were already in service as on 10.08.2017, to acquire the minimum required qualification by the statutory deadline of 31.03.2019, thereby safeguarding their continued employment.
