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31-Jul-2020
The new National Education Policy 2020 released by the Centre has recommended major changes to the country’s education system. According to the new education policy, by 2030, the minimum degree required for becoming teachers will be a four-year integrated Bed course.
Besides this, the present Teacher Eligibility Test will also be changed as per the new school system. As of now, the TET is divided into two components — part 1 and part 2. But now that the school structure has been divided into four parts — foundational, preparatory, middle, and secondary - TET will also be developed accordingly.
For subject teachers, suitable TET or the National Testing Agency (NTA) test scores in the corresponding subjects will also be taken into account for recruitment. The NTA will be the testing authority for exams for all subjects and a common aptitude test.
TET qualifiers will have to appear in an interview, and show their knowledge of the local language, as per the new policy. The interview will play a deciding role in the selection process and assess comfort and proficiency in teaching in the local language. And this will be mandatory for both the teachers of government as well as private schools to qualify TET.
As schools will need teachers who can teach in multiple languages and have knowledge of new-era courses like computational thinking, coding etc. introduced at the school level under the NEP thus B.Ed course will also be changed according to the new requirement.
The B.Ed courses will be of four-year duration. Dual BEd degrees with a focus on one language and having bilingual lectures will be offered too. B.Ed programmes will allow specialisation in the education of ‘gifted children’. However, One and two-year BEd options will also be available.
Two-year-BEd will be for candidates having a Bachelor’s degree, and one-year BEd programmes will be offered only to those who have completed the equivalent of four-year multidisciplinary Bachelor’s degree or who have obtained a Master’s degree.
B.Ed degree holders will be hired as subject teachers in the area of speciality (or the subject pursued at UG or PG level).
Additionally, shorter post-B.Ed. certification courses will also be made widely available, at multidisciplinary colleges and universities.
Merit-based scholarships for B.Ed Aspirants
To ensure the entry of talented candidates in the teaching profession – basically, from rural areas – a large number of merit-based scholarships shall be instituted throughout the country for studying quality 4-year integrated B.Ed programs.
In rural areas, special merit-based scholarships will be established that also include preferential employment in their local areas upon successful completion of their BEd programmes.
To make the teaching profession more meaningful and attractive a merit-based structure of tenure, promotion, and salary structure will be developed.
A common guiding set of National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) will be developed by 2022, by the National Council for Teacher Education. The professional standards will be reviewed every 10 years.
Teacher transfers will be halted, as per NEP 2020. Transfers will be allowed in “very special circumstances”. Furthermore, transfers will be conducted through an online computerized system that ensures transparency.
“In order to fully restore the integrity of the teacher education system, stringent action will be taken against substandard stand-alone Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) running in the country.
