School teachers will now have to undergo a refresher course to keep abreast with the latest developments in the fast-changing world.
The government on Monday said it is working on introducing refresher courses even as teacher training programme is being revamped to create quality educationists as per the thrust laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The National Council for Teachers Education is working on a refresher programme. This is being done to ensure that teachers are navigated through a huge maze of knowledge and information developing in this fast-changing world,” School Education Secretary Vrinda Sarup said at an event here.
The government had earlier announced that two teaching degrees — B.Ed and M.Ed — would be two-year courses from the next academic session.
At a State Education Ministers’ conference last week, Ms. Sarup had said that an integrated four-year course leading to B.A and B.Ed degree will be introduced after Class XII to attract bright minds from an early age into the profession.
Those who want to be primary school teachers can get into a two-year diploma in education course after Class XII.
Pursuing the M.Ed programme under the open and distance learning mode has been dropped.
The Prime Minister, on December 25 last, had made a strong pitch for producing quality teachers in large numbers who could be exported, saying there is a large demand globally.
