Context

Better teacher recruitment and deployment strategies can contribute directly to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all.

NEP 2020 and Teacher Recruitment

  • The National Education Policy 2020 puts teachers at the centre of the fundamental reforms in the education system.
  • The new education policy proposes measures to recruit the very best and brightest to enter the teaching profession at all levels.
  • For recruitment in private or government schools, the teacher must qualify through TET, give a demonstration class, pass the interview, and have knowledge of local languages.

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The NEP 2020 Provides

  • Teacher Eligibility Tests (TETs) will now be extended to cover teachers across all the new stages (Foundational, Preparatory, Middle and Secondary) of school education.
  • For subject teachers, TET, as well as NTA test scores in the corresponding subjects, will also be considered for recruitment.
  • The NEP 2020 also encourages school complexes to hire local eminent persons or experts as ‘master instructors’ in various subjects to meet the need of teachers to teach the newly introduced classical languages and vocational and skill subjects.

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Training

  • As per NEP 2020, teachers will be trained, encouraged, and supported – with continuous professional development – to impart foundational literacy and numeracy.
  • Based on the recommendations of NEP 2020 on teacher education and training, a National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, NCFTE 2021 will be drafted to guide all teacher education.
  • The B.Ed. degree will teach a range of knowledge content and pedagogy and include strong practical training.

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Independent Training Wing

  • For the teacher training programme, there could be a separate training wing with experts appointed as trainers.
  • These trainers will train the selective teachers from each district. These teachers then can further train other teachers from district, tehsil and block levels.
  • This can be implemented at the SCERT training wing available in states and UTs.

Merit-based Assessment:

  • Teachers will be recruited through robust, transparent processes. Promotions will be merit-based, with a mechanism for multi-source periodic performance appraisals and available progression paths to become educational administrators or teacher educators.
  • A common National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) will be developed by the National Council for Teacher Education by 2022.

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Conclusion

In order to align with the NEP-2020, transformation in the assessment system by the 2022-23 academic session, guidelines for teacher education programmes shall also be developed.

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