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To achieve the outcome of enhanced qualify at all levels of education, Govt, of India has been focusing its attention on qualify and excellence in higher education and teacher education. Teacher qualify has produced voluminous studies that line many a research library. Discussion on what it is, how it is developed, and its connection to student achievement have become the feature of educational slang in the 21 st century. This article provides an overview of teacher education problems and evaluation in India and lastly we discuss about issues and challenges in teacher education. Several studies related to classroom environment and teacher behavior in selected subjects are referenced. In addition, the potential use of teacher profiles to drive staff development and academic improvement is explored.
Keywords: Qualify, Excellence, Teacher Education.
Introduction
Primary and secondary teachers in India are trained at universities, and the educational system is centralized and the Ministry of Education and its implementation units, such as local education centers, have the primary responsibility for education policy, curricula design and practice. The Parliament approves legislation on education and the Ministry of Education sets guidelines for all practical issues including teacher education, as well as being the main funder in the sector. In general India does not experience shortages of school teachers but there are shortages in particular subject fields and locations, such as in the areas of mathematics, and science, especially in remote areas. Quality and excellence in the education sector is one of the major initiatives of the Government of India in its plans. To achieve the outcome of enhanced quality at all levels of education, Govt, of India has been focusing its attention on quality and excellence in higher education and teacher education. Management of teacher education is a difficult task because of the fact that there are large numbers of variables in teacher education programmes including variations in the purpose for which persons join teacher training courses of various levels. There are four types of teacher education institutions: (a) government managed, (b) examining body managed, (c) government aided and privately managed and (d) self-financed and privately managed.
Government of India Organisation Bodies in Teacher Education
Department of Elementary Education & Literacy of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of...