Teleconference as a means of interactive training of in-service teachers

Teaching is a dynamic activity. The teacher needs to be updated about the latest developments in the field of education. Most of the teachers, despite their long years of teaching experience, remain unaware of the latest developments and lack updated information about processes and products of education. They lack continuous training which is created after regular pre-service training. If they are trained in a regular pre-service programme then how long-lasting is the one-year or two-year training to cope with lifelong challenges in teaching is major question. Hence, there appears a need for in-service training on new issues. All teachers can not be trained face-to-face in cascade mode in all the emerging areas. Therefore, Information Communication Technology (ICT) appears as a technique of training for in-service training. Teleconference as an aspect of ICT has a major role in the in-service training of teachers. This article gives an introduction, background, and arrangement of the teleconference. The authors have also discussed problems faced during the conduct teleconference and listed out the stakeholders, suggestive themes, merits and demerits of the teleconference. It is mentioned that teleconference is the best way to have interactive produce for in-service training.