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Teacher Education

Notes Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' or 'False':
(i) Teacher education maintains the continuity of elementary education and prepare students
for the study of diversified courses.
(ii) If does not explain the implications of liberalization, privatization, globalization, free market,
WTO and out sourcing etc.
(iii) Secondary education creates among students to acquire, construct, process and utilize
knowlede as per the requirement of circumstances.
(iv) It does not help students to make healthy and fit.

5.3 Structure of Teacher Education Programme at Secondary Level of
Education
Mobility from one discipline to another and from pre-service to in-service. Integration meant
integrating theory component with one total programme. Each stage comprised of 3 main areas—
(1) Pedagogical Theory
(2) Working with Community
(3) Content cum methodology including practice teaching
In pedagogy core papers were taught core training programme focused on development of skills
for teachers regardless of their subject, area or level. Each stage will also aim at developing specific
skill for teaching.
Entry qualification at secondary stage is
Pedagogy - 30%
Working with community - 20%
Content cum methodology - 50%
Entry qualification at secondary stage is graduation with 3 papers in school subjects with minimum
second class. Duration is 1 year. Entry qualification for higher secondary stage is post graduate in 1
of 2 subjects with minimum 55% at post graduate level. Two types of courses i.e. academic and
vocational have been designed. The characteristics of courses of academic stream are :
• Differentiated, demarcated and specific contents.
• Subject and discipline orientation preparatory to specification.
• 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 focused towards higher studies.

NCTE while finalising the structure and curriculum framework followed two criteria
i.e. Flexibility and Integration flexibility for mobility of teachers from stage to
another.

Vocational Stream
• Job oriented
• Skill based
• Useful
• Practical

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