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Development of Education System

Notes Academic Stream
• differentiated, demarcated and specific contents
• subject and discipline orientation preparatory to specialization
• enriched and comprehensive curriculum with goal specificity
• regrouping of subjects into compulsory and optionals
• emphasis on abstract and creative thinking and higher mental faculties to deal with complex
ideas and complicated concepts.
• directed and focussed towards higher studies
Vocational Stream
The main characteristics of vocational courses are in their being
• job oriented,
• skill based,
• useful,
• practical,
• manipulative,
• rich in economic values,
• employment or self-employment oriented,
• terminal in nature, and
• suitable for middle level workers in economy.
Teacher Characteristics: In order to deal with the above, the teachers of academic stream require
the following :
• enriched and higher academic qualifications and standards
• additional teaching competencies
• different curriculum transactional strategies and modalities
• competency to promote desire for pursuing higher studies and develop academic interests
and pursuit of independent study
To deal with vocational subjects different kinds of teachers are required. They must possess.
• expertise in a vocational subject;
• capacity to inculcate workmanship and dignity of labour;
• ability to transfer skills from one trade/vocation to another;
• competencies to explain scientific principles involved in a trade or vocation;
• capability to impart knowledge and skills for achieving success in a trade or vocation;
• desire to produce an educated citizen, not only a narrow specialist or trade's man;
• ability to inspire students for the constant upgrading of their skills; and
Teacher Education Programmes for the +2 Stage : At present there exists a common programme
for the education of teachers for the secondary and senior secondary schools. It is undifferentiated
and generalized. But the courses at the senior secondary stage have been enriched. Their nature
and goals are dufferent. They have been divided into two broad streams. The characteristics of
students have also changed. Under these circumstances certain additional competencies are
needed for teachers teaching at this stage. Hence the separate programmes for the academic and
vocational streams of teachers.
Teacher Education for Senior Secondary Stage - Academic Stream
Objectives : The objectives of teacher education for academic stream may include the following:
• to develop among teachers an understanding of the nature, purpose and philosophy of the
academic stream

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