Study of Teacher Education Institutions in Jammu and Kashmir with Reference to NCTE-2014

Abstract

Teacher education system of Jammu and Kashmir has passed through various shambles due to the lack of one single monitoring system. The present study is aimed to explore the status of teacher education institutions in Kashmir with reference to the prevailing NCTE’s norms and standards. Keeping in view the nature and objective of the present study, Descriptive Survey Method is employed by the investigator. Hence, Institutional Survey Schedule for institutional survey and an Interview Schedule for the respondents were used to collect the necessary data and information from the selected institutions. For the study twenty teacher education institutions were randomly selected for the sample and the respondents were taken conveniently from the selected institutions due to the less availability of teachers in the institutions. The study has shown the alarming results pertaining to the current status of teacher training institutions in the region in terms of basic facilities such as physical and structural facilities and infrastructural as well as instructional facilities. However the hope was seen by a few in the extension of national governing bodies such as NAAC’s and NCTE’s implementation in teacher education system towards teacher education institutions after the revocation of article 370 in the region, which lead not only NCTE but all other national laws into the socio-political as well as educational aspects in the region. Keywords: Teacher education; NCTE; B. Ed. Colleges; Teacher Educators,