IMPROVEMENT IN TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES: INITIATIVES TAKEN BY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION IN NEP 2020

Author: Dr. Savita Mishra

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/020600010

Abstract: Teaching is a Nobel profession, for this Nobel profession, we need well qualified teachers. Only good quality teacher education programme can make good, knowledgeable, qualified teachers suitable for this profession. Teachers are the ones who impart good moral values and disciplines to the students. The key question here is that since the creator of our future generation is the teacher, it is very important to shed light on how teachers should be educated and how to train them. Therefore, enough emphasis has been laid on teacher education in the NEP-2020. Because there are some flaws between the current education system and teacher’s training programme. The objectives of the study are to investigate about the existing problems situated in teacher education programmes at present, to know about the main focus point in planning of teacher education programme in NEP2020 and to know about the initiatives or changes taken by Ministry of Education to improve teacher education programme in NEP2020. The study is theoretical and descriptive based. As secondary sources, the data has been collected from different kinds of books, journals, research articles, NEP-2020 report etc.

Keywords: NEP 2020, Teacher Education Programme, Values.

Page: 74-77