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TEACHER EDUCATION

UNIT-I DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHER

EDUCATION IN INDIA
TOPIC: NPE-1986
 National Policy Education 1986
Background: Mr Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of
India in 1986.
• He felt that education system of India should be re-
examined and reorganised.
• Survey of the existing system of education was conducted
and it was published in Aug, 1985 entitled ‘challenge of
Education: A Policy Perspective’. In this document, the
statistical description of the progress of Indian education
from 1951 to 1985, a real picture of its achievements and
failures and a correct analysis of its merits and demerits
was presented.
• Govt made this document public and started a nationwide
debate on it.
• Suggestions were received from different regions of all the
provinces. On the bases of these suggestions, the Central
Govt prepared a new education policy.
• Finally, the New National Policy Education was approved by
the Parliament in May 1986. Rajiv Gandhi was the prime
Minister of India in that time.
• This new policy called for “special emphasis on the removal
of disparities and to equalise educational opportunity.”
• The NEP called for a “child-centered approach”
in primary education and launched “operation
Blackboard” to improve primary schools
nationwide.
• The policy also expanded the open university
system.
• The document of the NPE, 1986 is divided into
12 parts and 157 paragraphs on different
aspects of education.
 On Teacher and Teacher Education
• The importance of teacher was accepted.
• The standard of teachers and teacher training will be
uplifted.
• Teachers will be selected on the basis of their
qualification.
• To raise their standard, their pay scales will be
increased and service conditions will be made
attractive.
• The principle of same pay scales for same work will be
implemented in the whole country.
• The Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training
will be reformed.
• District Institutions of Education and Training
(DIETs) will be established in each district
wherein training for the primary teachers and
the workers of the informal Education and Adult
Education will be organised.
• They will also run short term training courses and
research work will be carried out in this field.
• Sub-standard Primary Teacher Training Schools
will be closed down.
• The status of some selected high standard
Secondary Teacher Training Colleges will be
raised. They will be converted into the
Colleges of Teacher Education. Wherein
Training of Secondary Teachers and Research
work will be organised.
• Some very high standard Teacher Training
Colleges will be raised to the status of Institutes
of Advanced Study in Education.
Impact of NPE, 1986 on teacher education:
• A revolutionary changes has occurred in the
field of teacher education.
• Till the end of 2011, 555 district institutes of
education and training (DIETs) were established.
• 104 Teacher Training Colleges were upgraded
as the Colleges of Teacher Education (CTEs).
• 31 Teacher Training Colleges were raised to
the status of Institutes of Advanced Study in
Education (IASEs).
• In the meantime NCTE was accorded
Constitutional status in December 1993.