Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.

(1) This Act may be called the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1***. (3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 3[(4) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Act shall apply to-- (a) institutions; (b) students and teachers of the institutions; (c) schools imparting pre-primary, primary, upper primary, secondary or senior secondary education and colleges providing senior secondary or intermediate education irrespective of the fact, by whatever names they may be called; and (d) teachers for schools and colleges referred to in clause (c).]