TEACHER EDUCATORS' PERCEPTION ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF NEP-2020 IN TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS

The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a comprehensive document that emphasises the need for
restructuring and revitalization of the Indian education system. The policy has advocated a big structural
change in the design of curricular and pedagogy of school education system, i.e., 5+3+3+4. It has also
suggested structural change in the teacher education programme, i.e., 4 years of integrated B.Ed.
programmes like B.A. B.Ed., B.Sc. B.Ed., and B.Com. B.Ed., etc. However, is the structural change in the
teacher education programme in line with the change in the school education system? Will the proposed 4-
year integrated programme be compatible with the school education system? NEP-2020 also states that
teacher education institutions will be move by 2030 as multi-disciplinary colleges and universities with
multiple entry and exit point systems; this is an additional challenge for institutions that have offered only
one teacher training programme or a so-called “stand-alone” institution. How would the idea of
integration and a multidisciplinary approach be made possible in such an institution?
To address some of the questions raised above, the researchers conducted survey research on teacher
education institutions. Initially, the NEP-2020 document was analyzed with respect to the guidelines and
provisions of teacher education programmes. The researchers sampled 30 teacher educators has been
taken from different teacher training institution of the country. It has been found that infrastructure,
funding, clear guidelines etc., were major challenges for educational institutions. In addition, suggestions
were solicited from them on how to smoothly facilitate the implementation of the policy. The findings are
significant for academia and other stakeholders.