ICT in Teacher Education: A Key Factor of NEP 2020 India

Abstract

With the approval of the Union Cabinet for National Education Policy 2020, the country, after 34 years, has got its new education policy. There is a lot of emphasis given on the integration of technology in NEP 2020 as technology can serve as an important factor which can pave the way for a holistic development. In NEP 2020, a special emphasis is also given on the regional languages as E-courses will be developed in the same. As per the NEP 2020, technology in education shall be given major emphasis. It involves several disruptive technologies which are likely to bring major changes in the ways of teaching and learning in the institutes. The vision for NEP is Technology use and Integration’ in order to give a pathway for the students to make India a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy around the globe. Effective integration of ICTs into educational system is a complex and multifaceted process that involves in educational policy and planning, infrastructure, capacity building, language and content and financing. With the paradigm shift in the curriculum, teacher acts as a facilitator in a student centered learning and ICT based education makes the teaching-learning process effective. ICT implementation has given a magnificent opportunity for the Education Implementation specialists to reanalyze what we want our future leaders of India to be like. This paper presents the highlights of NEP and various provisions for ICT in Teacher Education and the present status of ICT usage in B.Ed. colleges in India