Open AccessNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020: EMPOWERING TEACHER EDUCATION
Author(s) -
Anshuman Tiwari
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/7008072
Subject(s) - teacher education , bachelor , multidisciplinary approach , curriculum , government (linguistics) , political science , pedagogy , education policy , sociology , higher education , medical education , public relations , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , law
The Government of India released the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) in July 2020, 34 years after the lastnational policy was released in 1986. Momentous and essential changes in the education system is proposed in NEP2020, which is rooting and getting operationalised in the country, including Teacher Education. This paper discussesreflection on the steps suggested by NEP 2020 to improve the quality of Teacher Education and the reforms considerednecessary as per the futuristic need. It also talks about how to equip the future teachers with transforming TeachingLearning process with innovative pedagogy. As it is known that research and development has very vast effect on thegrowth of any country, NEP 2020 focuses on research in the field of educational psychology, philosophy, sociology etc.with integration of science and technology. It also advocates the designing of National Curriculum Framework forTeacher Education (NCFTE). Nep 2020 emphases on the multidisciplinary inputs, and education in high-quality contentas well as pedagogy. This paper also focuses on how the Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP) will beimplemented in multidisciplinary institutions and universities and how this ITEP, the 4-year Bachelor's DegreeIntegrated Teacher Education Program in different stream will, enhance the quality of teachers in the education system.It is also discussed in the paper that how Nep 2020 also focuses on improving high quality of research with the help offinancial assistance in the field of Teacher Education.