• Dr. Suman Lata

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• Dr. H.L. Khatri

  Author

The progress of the country depends on the quality of its teachers. Teacher
education is an integral component of the educational system. It is intimately connected with
society and is conditioned by the ethos, culture and character of a nation. According to Dr.
Radha Krishnan the teachers place in the society is of vital importance, he acts as the pivot
for the transmission of intellectual tradition to keep the lamp of civilization burning. He not
only guides the individual but also the destiny of the nation. So there is a need to improve the
quality of teachers because the quality of education depends on teacher’s quality. In India
teacher education programme is increasing quantitatively, but at the same time it is
decreasing qualitatively. There are many reasons of the degradation. This situation should be
improved immediately so that we can provide qualitative education. Quality is the corner
stone of today’s teacher education system and it makes an academic institution good or bad.
Quality of teacher education is directly linked to how well the teachers are prepared for
teaching. The emphasis of this paper is on the quality improvement in teacher education in
India.

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