Integrated Teacher Education Programme to begin next year
The Hindu
Dual degree B.Eds will be mandatory for teacher recruitment by 2030
The Education Ministry on Wednesday notified a four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP), offering dual-major Bachelor’s degrees which will become a mandatory requirement for recruitment of school teachers by 2030, according to the National Education Policy (NEP). As a pilot project in 2022-23, the programme will initially be offered in 50 selected multi-disciplinary institutions.
Admissions to the programme will be carried out by the National Testing Agency through the National Common Entrance Test (NET).
The curriculum, designed by the National Council for Teacher Education, will enable student-teachers to get a degree in education in a specialised discipline such as history, mathematics, science, arts, economics, or commerce. Students will walk out of the four-year programme with a B.Ed along with a B.A., B.Sc or B.Com degree.