Quality Maitenance in Elementary Teacher Education Institutions of Assam: A Comparative Study

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  • Sewali Borah Dept. of Education, College of Education, Nagaon, Assam Author

Keywords:

Quality, elementary teacher education institutions

Abstract

Quality maintenance in teacher education institution is the main destined parameter for achieving good quality of teacher education programme. Referring to the significance of teachers in this endeavour, the Mudaliar Commission (1953) emphasized that school teachers can be infused with a high sense of their destiny only when they are made to realize they engaged in the making of better human beings and creating a better social order and not merely teaching a dull, prescribed syllabus. Teachers are the most critical agents of change, responsible for growth, development and progress of societies and communities. They prepare the next generations and the level of their commitment; devotion and dedication determine the future society

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2016-02-26

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