• Dr. Anup Kumar

Abstract: The National Policy on Education (NPE 1986) and the subsequent Programme of Action (PoA, 1992) and also National Education Policy 2020 laid great stress on the quality of teacher education in India. The real condition of preparation of pre-service teachers and the efforts being made by TEIs are clearly stated in of Justice J. S. Verma Commission (2012).There are inherent problems in the functioning, management and implementation of teacher education (government as well as private sector). If the same conditions continue to exist in multidisciplinary integrated mode also, it will result in a big failure of four year integrated B.Ed. Programme as is the case with present two year mode. The present paper is an attempt to reflect on the major issues/problems responsible for the deterioration of quality of teacher education specially B.Ed. course and also providing suggestions for its possible improvement. The paper highlighted major factors responsible for deterioration of quality of B.Ed. course are absence of mandatory NAAC Accreditation, absence of separate Nodal Teacher Education Agency, Wide gap between the actual needs of school education and the practices being adopted by TEIs and poor quality of instruction and lack of provision for laboratory/practical work. Suggestions are also provided for making a foundation for the implementation of new four year integrated multidisciplinary B.Ed. course.

National Education Policy 2020, Teacher Education, B.Ed. Course, Factors responsible for deterioration and suggestions for improvement.

"TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE LIGHT OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.2137-2142, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103266.pdf

"TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE LIGHT OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp2137-2142, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103266.pdf