(1) This Act may be called the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993.
(2) It extends to the whole of India 2***.
(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
[(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).]