Review of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education: Synthesis Report. 2007

Abstract

National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) a statutory body in teacher education at the national level was assigned responsibility of undertaking the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education during Xth Five Year Plan (2002-2007) by Ministry of Human Resource Development, MHRD, Government of India. A Teacher Education Resource Group (TERG) as an advisory body was constituted by MHRD as an institutional mechanism for the purpose of overseeing the status and functioning of teacher education and implementation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education in the States/ UTs. The secretariat of the TERG is located in NCTE. As part of this functional responsibility, NCTE through the TERG so constituted undertook the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of 29 States/ UTs where this Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education was in operation.