Integrated Teacher Education Programme

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In news– Recently, the Ministry of Education has announced a four year Integrated Teacher Education Programme(ITEP).

Key features of ITEP-

• It involves a  dual-major holistic bachelor’s degree offering B.A. B.Ed./ B. Sc. B. Ed. and B.Com. B.Ed. which is one of the major mandates of the National Education Policy 2020 related to Teacher Education.
• As per the NEP, 2020, teacher engagement from the year 2030 onwards will be only through ITEP. 
• It will be offered in pilot mode initially in about 50 selected multidisciplinary institutions across the country.
• The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) under the Ministry of Education has devised the curriculum of this course.
• The new curriculum enables a student-teacher to get a degree in education as well as a specialised discipline such as history, mathematics, science, arts, economics, or commerce. 
• The ITEP will be available for all students who choose teaching as a profession after secondary, by choice. 
• This integrated course will benefit students since they will save one year by finishing it in four years rather than the customary five years required by the present B.Ed. plan. 
• The commencement of Four Year ITEP will be from the academic session 2022-23. 
• Admission for the same will be carried out by the National Testing Agency (NTA) through the National Common Entrance Test (NCET). 
• This course will be offered by multidisciplinary institutions and will become the minimal degree qualification for school teachers.

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