Poor infrastructure for teacher training
A renewed attempt by the Union human resource ministry for streamlining teachers training facilities in the country has revealed that a large number of teacher training institutes are running without proper infrastructure or instruction facilities. As a result of its inspection drive across the country the National Council for Teacher Education has withdrawn the recognition of 585 institutes over a period of about 18 months.
Official sources stated that the regional committees of the NCTE have conducted these inspections in various institutions after complaints were received about inadequate facilities at these facilities. A total of 1121 inspections were carried out to ascertain the availability of facilities at these institutions. “The inspections revealed that 585 teacher training institutes were operating on with inadequate instruction and infrastructure,” sources added. The National Council for Teacher Education has withdrawn recognition of these institutes. The inspections were carried out by the NCTE between January 1, 2009 to May 10, 2010. HRD minister Kapil Sibal has repeatedly stated that the UPA government wanted to improve the training facilities for teachers across the country. There is a shortage of an estimated nine lakh teachers in the country. And with the implementation of the Right To Education Act, which makes education a right for children between six and 14 years, the country’s requirement for trained teachers has also increased.
In March this year, the HRD ministry had also unveiled the national curriculum framework for teachers In an effort to improve the quality of teachers across the country. The national curriculum framework aims to create a uniform curriculum for teacher training across the country.
The curriculum has been developed with an effort to reorient teachers to enable children to learn through activities, discovery and exploration of environment.
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