HRD Press Release Dated 8 February 2016 – Meeting on Teacher Education

Please find attached HRD Press Release Dated 8 February 2016 – Meeting on Teacher Education: It is decided to constitute a committee to suggest ways to institutionalize an internship of Teacher Education programmes in Government school.

Abstract of the Press Release 

20-week internship for BEd students

After making Bachelor of Education (BEd) a two-year course, the Central Government wants to introduce a compulsory 20-week internship for these budding teachers. A decision to this effect was taken by the Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani recently.

At the end of this internship, the school will provide feedback on the teaching aptitude of the trainees. A committee has been constituted with State Education Secretaries of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Tripura and representatives of NCTE and KVS to suggest ways to institutionalise an internship of teacher education programmes in government schools.
Speaking about the internship programme, Kavya Rao, a BEd student said, "The compulsory internship in schools is likely to give more practical exposure to us. Earlier, with BEd being only one year, the students didn't have much time for practicals though they would intern briefly in schools. The 20-week internship will definitely help us."

Meanwhile, the Centre has also decided to develop an accreditation or grading framework for teachers of education institutions to provide an idea of the quality of the institutes. The government will also introduce a mobile app developed in collaboration with MyGov, by the Ministry of HRD - to enlist citizens who are willing to volunteer as teachers. Eighteen states expressed their willingness to participate in the first phase. During April-May, 2016, a two to three-day workshop, Educational Administrators in Higher Education, will be organised by the UGC in five regions across the country. Modules for these workshops will be developed by the Indian Institutes of Management.

These modules may be adopted by state governments which can carry the process forward by organising similar workshops. It was also decided that NCERT will conduct a review of SCERTs and DIETs and prepare a roadmap for strengthening of these institutes. UGC will similarly undertake training of college principals.

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