Shillong, August 24: The National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE) in collaboration with the North East Regional Institute of Education (NERIE)-NCERT, Umiam, Barapani organized an ‘Information Sharing Session on ITEP aligned with NEP-2020’ on the 24th August, 2023at the Auditorium of the NERIE-NCERT, Umiam.
Mrs. Kesang Y Sherpa, Member Secretary, NCTE made a detailed presentation on the implementation of Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) as a flagship prpgramme of the Government of India aligned with NEP-2020 on pilot mode for the first phase for which 42 institutions including 5 from the North East region have been selected.
Commending the Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) of the NCERT as top notched teacher education institutions, the member secretary exhorted the participants to work towards successful implementation of the proggramme on the ground as ITEP will help us to become a global leader in education.
The member secretary, NCTE also underlined the importance of making students to become teachers by choice for which ITEP as a professional degree course is a step in the right direction.
The programme was attended by Shri. Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari, IAS, Chief electoral Officer, Meghalaya and Commissioner & Secretary to the Hon’ble Governor, Meghalaya as the chief guest. Emphasizing on the teacher as the most crucial stakeholder in the educational system.
The chief guest encouraged teachers to stay updated with the latest developments, create new learning environment where questions from the students are entertained with open minds so as to train students to become thinkers, emotionally resilient and to prepare students with capabilities and skills so that they become creators of jobs rather than remaining as mere job seekers.
The open session for question-answers and observations was conducted by Prof. R.C. Patel, ITEP, Core Committee Member and Shri. GajanandLondhe, ITEP, Curriculum Committee member. Many questions related to the issues, concerns and challenges in the implementation of ITEP were addressed by the expert members along with the Member Secretary, NCTE.
Earlier, Prof. F.G. Dkhar, Principal NERIEgave the welcome address. The objectives of the programmeand the vote of thanks were given by Prof. Subhhas Chandra Roy, NERIE-NCERT, Umiam.
