Transforming Teacher Education in India through NEP-2020

Abstract: ‘Education’ one of the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ to be achieved by 2030. To achieve all these 17 SDG’s, Education becomes the foundational stone. The education system of any nation contributes towards addressing a specific need of the nation and organizes itself as per the need. Teacher education is formulated keeping in mind the societal needs of a particular nation. With the advent of technology, teacher education had undergone a number of reforms. To impart such cutting-edge knowledge to the students to withstand the need of globalization, the nation must have skill-full teachers. The NEP-2020 has put forth a multi- disciplinary approach of teacher education opening new avenues to produce valued and competent teachers in this era. The paper attempts to review current teacher education program in context of NEP-2020 achieving Quality Education which is 4th SDG. NEP-2020 and the current program for teacher education were analyzed for current study. NEP-2020 does provide a positive foundation in field of teacher education providing the nation a full- fledged teacher education program in the reach of every individual of the nation through it’s multidisciplinary approach.