• Dr.DIVAKARA NAIK K S

ABSTRACT Total quality management (TQM), a management philosophy developed for industrial purposes, is now attracting increasing attention in the field of teacher education. In recent years total quality management (TQM) has emerged as a viable solution to achieve the goal of quality. Although business organizations have applied TQM principles with considerable success, its use in teacher training institutes is largely limited and has received little attention. Teacher education is one of the areas in higher education which trains student-teachers in pedagogy, which in turn helps them to train the young minds of educational institutions. The “Fate of the nation is decided in the classroom,” is a remark made by the Education Commission of India. Teacher education institutions should maintain quality to ensure the academic excellence of trainees who come into the teaching profession. Quality assurance in teacher education reflects on the high profile of the institution and the competency of student-teachers. The present research article focuses on the need concept and thrust areas of TQM in teacher education in Karnataka. It has exposed the perception of teachers on quality indicators, such as teacher quality, linkage and interface, students, co-curricular activities, innovative strategies in teaching learning practices, pedagogy, curriculum development, value inculcation, Teacher Education Institutions and Schools linkages, use of information and communicative technology and governance. The present research article falls under the purview of quantitative research and hence quantitative methods, such as data collection, analysis, comparison, tabulation and illustration, are used. Among 48 randomly selected colleges of education, I received replies from 19 colleges of education only, and the same data are taken for granted for analysis.

TQM: Total quality management, TE: Teacher education

"COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN DIFERENT DIVISIONS OF KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.2542-2549, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U59.pdf

"COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN DIFERENT DIVISIONS OF KARNATAKA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp2542-2549, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905U59.pdf