General Guidelines

Note: - Before filling up the application format for approval of the  Rehabilitation Professional Course, applicant may kindly go through the General Instructions and the Norms carefully and must ensure  that they fulfill the minimum criteria laid down  for the specific professional course.

 

1                    Separate application neatly typed and properly binded with proper referencing of the enclosures      

            must be submitted for each course proposed by the applicant organisation.

 

2          Institution desirous for seeking recognition of the Council in any of its recognized programme in the field of special education and disability rehabilitation must ensure that they should have sufficient experience in disability rehabilitation activities in addition to the fulfilment of the following :-

(a)        It should have its, own (03 years old-Minimum) functional special school / practice lab / rehabilitation centre.  The special school should have minimum 60 special children in the respective area of disability. For the university, the condition of model school is exempted. However, an MOU signed with a special school for practice teaching should be produced.

(b)       Fully equipped resource room.

(c)       It should be capable of conducting the programme without the financial assistance of the Council.

(d)        Availability of minimum infrastructure viz: qualified Core faculty, provision to invite guest faculty, adequate space, library, equipment, furniture etc., to conduct the professional course in accordance with the Council’s norms as prescribed in the respective syllabus.

(e)         University affiliation is mandatory to conduct the Post Graduate Diploma/Degree level programme.  

 

3.      Proposal(s) in the prescribed format containing following information and documents should be submitted to the Council on or before 31st October of the current year. (If space given in the application is not sufficient, additional sheets may be used.)

     a)

·        Recommendation of the Directorate of Social Welfare/Commissioner Disability or equivalent authority of the respective State / Union Territory as per norms u/s 24 of RCI Regulation.

·     University Affiliation in case of P.G.Diploma/Degree level course.

·      An original undertaking on the non-judicial stamp paper valued Rs 50/= as  prescribed in the application format.

·     Copy of audited balance sheet of the last 2 financial years.

·      A brief report on activities of the organization along with evidentiary documents (Photographs, Information Brochure, Newsletters and any other relevant documents).

·     Copy of appointment letters of the faculty with RCI’s registration number.

 

 

b)      Processing fees of Rs Two thousand three hundred ( non – refundable) in form of Demand Draft favouring Rehabilitation Council of India.

 

The proposal (s) neatly binded should be prepared. The three copy should be sent to the Council as an advance-copy. The other two copies should be sent to the Directorate of Social Welfare/Commissioner of Disability or equivalent authority of the respective State Government / Union Territory Administration for onward submission of the proposal along with their recommendation to the Council.  The fourth copy should be submitted to the University for affiliation of the proposed course.

 

c)         The last date of submission of No Objection Certificate from State Government and /or University Affiliation is 31st December as per the Prescribed norms.

           

4.     Proposal(s) submitted without the enclosures mentioned above will be deemed as incomplete applications and liable for rejection. Inspection team will be deputed after processing the case, if found suitable as per RCI’ norms.

 

5.     The Council will inform the applicant organisation about the status of their case before 31^st March of the following year. On event of grant of permission by the Council to start the proposed training programme, the admission and other related formalities must be completed well in advance prior to the commencement of the training programme.

 

6.    The following inspection fees to be deposited on receipt of in the Council inspection order :-

 

                        a) Certificate & Diploma Level course               : Rs 5,000/=

                        b) Degree & Post Graduate Level course           : Rs 10,000/=

                        c) Master’s & above level course                      : Rs 15,000/=

 

7.         Financial Requirement

 

A-        Reserve Fund:

 

        The institution under private management should have reserve fund of rupees three lakhs deposited in the bank for each programme or an amount decided by the Council from time to time depending upon the level of the training programme. Copy of deposit receipt of the reserve fund should be submitted to the Council with an undertaking that it would not be withdrawn till the validity of the recognition. The University / Government institutions are exempted from this stipulation.

 

B-         Financial Management

 

        Adequate financial provision should be made available for smooth functioning of the professional course in the annual budget of the institution. The institution must carry out the financial transactions as per the prescribed procedure of the Central/State Government concerned.

 

 

       C-        Salary Structure

 

The institution should adopt the salary structure prescribed by the State Govt./UGC for its teaching and non-teaching staff appointed for the training course. It should have a sufficient fund to meet at least three months advance salary of the staff.

 

8.         Fee Structure

 

(A)   Admission fee / Monthly fee /amalgamated fee /any other.

The fee charged for the admission test, if any, should be in consonance with the

 

estimated expenditure involved in conducting the same.  Any surplus amount saved out of such fee must be used to promote academic and professional activities in teacher education institutions and for the welfare of the students.

 

(B)    Tuition and other fees

 

The fee structure followed by the institution should correspond to the norms prescribed by the Central/State Government/University/RCI from time to time.    It is desirable to provide some free studentship for meritorious poor and socially backward student.

In addition to the norms mentioned above, Course Structure, Duration, Eligibility Criteria, Scheme of Examination etc. shall be determined as per the respective syllabus.