Challenges in Teacher Education in the Context of Implementation of National Education Policy 2020, in Raigarh District of the State of Chhattisgarh

Abstract

Well defined and futuristic education policy is essential for a country at all level that includes school and college levels due to the reason that education can leads to social and economic progress of that country. Therefore different countries adopt different education systems by considering the tradition and culture which they adopt at different stages during their life cycle at school and college education levels to make it effective. Since its Independence government of India came out with various policies and committees to improve the quality and standard of Teacher Education .This is as an essential step of the Prime Minister to take proper advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and take India to new heights. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), which was approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020, under the supervision of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) outlines the vision of India's new education system. One cannot deny the fact that education is a powerful tool and based on the recommendations by a panel headed by Dr Kasturirangan former chairman of Indian space research former Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the New Education Policy has been drafted that focuses on equity, quality, affordability, and accountability of education in our country. Production of competent teachers is a big challenge of the contemporary world. With increasing knowledge, today, teacher’s job has been more challenging in pedagogical and psychological theories, philosophical and sociological perspective, a proper Teacher education programmes need to be formulated. The national education policy, currently launched, focuses on India-centric education system in 2020, which will contribute to making our nation again a world guru by providing all high quality education. After the approval of NEP 2020 by Union Cabinet of India, Chhattisgarh government Department of School Education and Literacy, conducted the meeting shared the innovations being made in the context of implementation of education policy to the states, the challenges faced in the implementation of the National Education Policy and the work done by the states in this direction so far. The State Council of Educational Research and Training in the state of Chhattisgarh has been made the nodal agency for the implementation of the National Education Policy. Under this, a task force has been constituted for the implementation of various programs. In this paper, the authoress is going to explore the Challenges phased by the teachers in the context of implementation of National Education Policy 2020, in Raigarh District of the State of Chhattisgarh.