The NCTE headquarters is located at G-7, Sector-10, Dwarka, Near Metro Station, New Delhi – 110075. It is headed by the Chairperson, NCTE. He is assisted by the Vice-Chairperson, the Member-Secretary and various other officers to look after academic, regulatory and administrative matters. The headquarters is mainly responsible for laying down policy guidelines, norms and standards for various teacher education programmes, conducting and promoting research and innovations in teacher education and performing various other academic functions as envisaged in section 12 of the NCTE Act and consideration of appeals under section 18 of the NCTE Act.
The National Council for Teacher Education, commonly known as the Council or the General Body of the NCTE, is constituted by the Government of India under Section 3 of the NCTE Act. It is the highest decision-making body of the NCTE. It lays down policy, frames regulations and takes final decisions on various aspects of the mandate given to it under the NCTE Act.