Abstract

India has one of the oldest and largest systems of teacher education in the world. We are always interested to know about the history of teacher education in India. Teacher education in India has a strong historical perspective. It starts molding from the ancient education system and till the present system of education taking shape according to the global and local needs of the Indian society. In the ancient system of education pre Vedic education had a very prominent place in society. History of teacher education in India can be classified into two parts, one part was teacher education during pre independent India which starts from ancient education system of education till India got independent and other part was teacher education during post independent India that is after independent till present year. This paper also highlights the major milestones in the history of teacher education in India during pre independent only.

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