TEACHER EDUCATION

The National Policy on Education (NPE, 1986), emphasizing the importance of teacher education viewed as, “The status of the teacher reflects the socio-cultural ethos of a society; it is said that no people can rise above the level of its teachers. The Government and the community should endeavour to create conditions, which will help motivate and inspire teachers on constructive and creative lines. Teachers should have the freedom to innovate, to devise appropriate methods of communication and activities relevant to the needs and capabilities of and the concerns of the community”. vate, to devise appropriate methods of communication and activities relevant to the needs and capabilities of and the concerns of the community”.