Manpower Planning in Education in India: A Common Study

Abstract

We are now in 21st century. Equal and controlled misdistributions of resources are very essential for the wellbeing of the mankind. Besides the natural resources, manpower plays an important role in the development of mankind. Human beings are sometimes referred to as manpower when they are being considered as a part of the process of producing goods or providing services. Education serves as a social functionwhen itseekstorespondtothedemands ofindividuals or communitiesforaneducationsuitedtotheir particularneeds,aspirationsandculturaltraditions.Itserves asamanpower functionwhenitseekstoprovide theeconomywithtrainedpersonneltoensurethatthere are sufficient teachers to meet the needs ofsociety as a whole. In the teacher education, manpower is divided into different segments as teachers, management, principal, non-teaching staffs etc. - all play their crucial part for the development of the institution. Teachers,as manpower, teach and guide the students, execute the curriculum. Management controls and develops the institution,maintainstheadministrative body.Principalworks as abridge among the management,teachers andthestudents.Non-teachingstuffsenhancesinalltheabovementionedofficial purposes. Manpower planning for teacher education in India has presented the scenario of expansion of elementary and secondary school education, persisting backlog of untrained teachers, the need for in service and continuing teacher education programmes, the need for overhauling of such programmes so as to increase the quality of inputs, processes and outputs. Manpower planning in teacher education programmes demands a fresh look in the entire system of teacher education in India for an effective manpower planning. In this respect two strategies may be followedfirstly, developing performance indicators for teacher education institutions and programmes and secondly, a need for a consortium of teacher education so as to undertake a variety of tasks of curriculum development, course development and multi-media approach to teacher education for effective manpower planning and utilization in teacher education. Manpower planning is essential in teacher education as well as for the upliftment of mankind. Teacher education institutions are part of society and manpower as a conductive part to the teacher education system also broaden the paths of teacher education programmes.