ENHANCING EXCELLENCE AND ADRESSING THE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR QUALITY TEACHER EDUCATION

Abstract

Teacher education is a crucial component of education. Through teacher education, school teachers, who are considered mentors of any society, are prepared and produced normally. Its importance in human life has been recognized for a long time. Teacher education is the main pillar of any established system of education and the custodian of the society’s culture. The quality of teacher education programme needs to be up graded. Now a days Teacher education has not come up to the requisite standards. Teachers are not able to think critically and solve the issue related to teaching methods, content, organisation etc. Teacher education programme needs a comprehensive reform and restructuring curriculum of teacher-education programme needs to be revised according to changing needs of society. This paper points out some major problems which is responsible for the deterioration of quality of teacher education and it also suggest some remedial measures for minimising these problems and thereby to enhance the quality of teacher education.