National Education Policy 2020: Efforts to upgrade standards & qualifications of teachers

Bringing in new reforms in education for first time since 1986, National Education Policy (NEP) anunced by Ministry of Education on Wednesday aims at upgring existing qualifications and education for teachers. A key highlight of NEP includes establishing a common guiding set of National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) to be developed by 2022, by National Council for Technical Education (NCTE). policy has also stated that NCTE will be restructured as a Professional Standard Setting Body (PSSB) under a General Education Council (GEC). 

national policy highlights that teacher education will be grually moved into multidisciplinary colleges and universities by 2030 and pushing minimum degree qualification for teaching to a 4-year integrated B.Ed. degree by 2030.

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Here are key highlights of NEP pertaining to teaching and its qualifications: 

• 2-year B.Ed. programmed to be offered to those who have alrey obtained a Bachelor's Degree in or specialized subjects 
• apted 1-year B.Ed. programmes for those who have completed equivalent of 4-year multidisciplinary Bachelor’s Degrees or who have obtained a Master’s degree in a speciality
• ODL accredited institutions may offer high-quality B.Ed. programmes
• All B.Ed. programmes to include training in recent techniques of pedagogy with respect to foundational literacy and numeracy, multi-level teaching and evaluation, teaching children with disabilities, teaching children with special interests or talents, use of educational techlogy, and learner-centred and collaborative learning
• Special shorter local teacher education programmes to be introduced as well 
• Regulatory System shall be allowed to take stringent action against substandard and dysfunctional teacher education institutions (TEIs)
• National Mission for Mentoring to be established

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National Education Policy, 2020

National Education Policy 2020 introduced by Centre allows a higher flexibility in higher education and renames Union Human Resource Development Ministry to Ministry of Education. A committee led by former Indian Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Dr. K Kasturirangan formed  Draft National Education Policy 2019 on foundational pillars of 'Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability, and Accountability.'  new NEP replaces one formulated in 1986. Rolling out new features for Higher education, Union Secretary (Higher Education) said that India aims to achieve 50% Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 2035. new policy also regulates fee structure under a bro regulatory framework.

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