ASSAM TET : State staring at teacher shortfall
ASSAM TET, ATET,
Guwahati: The state is likely to face a severe shortage of trained teachers at the elementary level (Classes I to VIII) as having a teachers' training diploma will become mandatory for Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET) aspirants from next year.
Sources in the education department said, unless their intake capacity is increased, the state's teacher's training institutes cannot fulfill the demand for trained teachers.
"From March 31 next year, having a diploma in elementary education will become mandatory for TET aspirants. According to the Right to Education (RTE) Act, a candidate must complete this training before he or she becomes eligible to appear for the TET exam," said an education department official.
Assam requires around 6,000 trained teachers every year to fill vacancies in lower and upper primary sections of schools. However, the state's teacher's training institutes produce around 2,200 trained teachers for the elementary level every year.
When contacted, officials of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Assam, which looks after teacher's training for the elementary level, said efforts are on to produce more trained teachers at the elementary level. However, they didn't say anything about enhancing the intake capacity of the institutes.
"We have initiated the process to begin two-year diploma courses in elementary education in 19 Basic Training Centers, five District Institute of Education and Training and three normal schools. As soon as these institutions get permission from the National Council for Teacher Education to start the diploma course, we will be able to produce more trained teachers," said L N Sonowal, assistant director of SCERT, Assam.
News Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com Times of India News paper (05.09.2014)
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ASSAM TET, ATET,
Guwahati: The state is likely to face a severe shortage of trained teachers at the elementary level (Classes I to VIII) as having a teachers' training diploma will become mandatory for Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET) aspirants from next year.
Sources in the education department said, unless their intake capacity is increased, the state's teacher's training institutes cannot fulfill the demand for trained teachers.
"From March 31 next year, having a diploma in elementary education will become mandatory for TET aspirants. According to the Right to Education (RTE) Act, a candidate must complete this training before he or she becomes eligible to appear for the TET exam," said an education department official.
Assam requires around 6,000 trained teachers every year to fill vacancies in lower and upper primary sections of schools. However, the state's teacher's training institutes produce around 2,200 trained teachers for the elementary level every year.
When contacted, officials of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Assam, which looks after teacher's training for the elementary level, said efforts are on to produce more trained teachers at the elementary level. However, they didn't say anything about enhancing the intake capacity of the institutes.
"We have initiated the process to begin two-year diploma courses in elementary education in 19 Basic Training Centers, five District Institute of Education and Training and three normal schools. As soon as these institutions get permission from the National Council for Teacher Education to start the diploma course, we will be able to produce more trained teachers," said L N Sonowal, assistant director of SCERT, Assam.
News Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com Times of India News paper (05.09.2014)
