Lok Sabha Question No. 207 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Teacher Training Programmes
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Eatala Rajender, Smt. D K Aruna

*207.

(a) to (c):

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 207 ANSWERED ON 04/08/2025

## Teacher Training Programmes

Smt. D K Aruna:

Shri Eatala Rajender:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) proposes to overhaul its regulations for Teacher Training Programmes after receiving the feedback/responses and following calls for

wider consultation for benefit of the students;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of targets sets and achieved including the challenges being faced to achieve the goal of Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat-2047, State-wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 207 ANSWERED ON 04/08/2025 ASKED BY HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SMT. D K ARUNA AND SHRI EATALA RAJENDER REGRADING 'TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES'.

(a) & (b): The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has released the draft NCTE (Recognition Norms & Procedure) Regulations, 2025 for various teacher training programmes for public consultation in the months of February-March, 2025. The draft regulations propose to align  pre-service  teachers'  education  programme  with  the  National  Education  Policy  (NEP), 2020  recommendations  including  the  Integrated  Teacher  Education  Programme  (ITEP); contemplate admissions in Teacher Education Programme through single window national level standardized test conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA); align Curriculum framework with the UGC national document (NHEQF, NCrF), etc.

The exercise has received wide public feedback with NCTE receiving around 6,774 responses from  academicians,  teachers  and  other  domain  specialists.  This  has  been  followed  by consultation with various experts and other stakeholders by NCTE.

(c):  Towards achieving  'Viksit Bharat' 2047 goal, the Government  is making several efforts through key interventions including in the field  of education. The National Education Policy 2020  envisions  an  education  system  rooted  in  Indian  ethos  that  contributes  directly  to transforming  the  country  sustainably  into  an  equitable  and  vibrant  knowledge  society,  by providing  high-quality  education  to  all,  and  thereby  making  India  a  global  knowledge superpower. The aim of the National Curriculum Framework for School Education 2023, framed in pursuance of NEP 2020, is to develop well-rounded individuals capable of rational thought and  action  equipped  with  sufficient  knowledge  and  appropriate  capacities  and  possessing desirable moral and democratic values.

Some of the key highlights of the vision for the school education sector are: -

-  Schools with sufficient teachers and resources to enable a vibrant learning environment.
-  Inquiry-based and child-centric pedagogy that prioritizes student competencies, handson experiential learning, and is rooted in the contextualized, lived experience of the child.
-  Digitally connected classrooms of the future that leverage AI, experts and teachers to deliver personalised, adaptive learning with student choice and flexibility at all levels.
-  Large scale integration of skill education and life skills.
-  100% transition across grades; significantly higher participation and outcomes for girls/ marginalized communities.

The Department of School Education and Literacy provides technical and financial support to States/UTs under its various Centrally Sponsored Schemes in this regard.

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