Teacher education for professionalism-quality issues

The history of Teacher Education (TE) in modern India is less than 200 years old. It is a very important sector today for the demand of state-wise and central requirement of teachers to meet through the sector of Teacher Education and (ii) in generating good employment opportunities for the youth. The method used for designing this article is a Survey. The objective is to find out the shortcomings which block the Teacher Education for its Professionalism. The shortcomings related to various issues are analyzed as follows: Lack of coordination between regulating bodies and its decentralization, real model schools, regular interaction of Teacher Educators with school environment, training of pupil teachers in teaching skills, teaching methods and evaluation practices, Absence of accounting between supply and demand of teachers and requirement of new institutions, Poor infrastructural facilities and human resources, Shortcomings in Evaluation of Pupil Teachers, Lack of professional associations of Teacher Educators with motto of professionalism, research base in Teacher Education and Teacher Educators with professional touch. The solution to the listed shortcomings is a real challenge before teacher educators. Nobody else except Teacher Educators can resolve these problems. The need is to reconstruct the system of Teacher Education for Professionalism.