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The central objective of the study is to explore how to trace ICT in Teacher Education effectively to strengthen the Discipline in India. The specific objectives are, (i) to elaborate the present status of ICT in education, (ii) to elaborate how is the place of ICT in Teacher Education in India, and then (iii) to suggest logically how to trace ICT in Teacher Education in India to strengthen the Discipline. First the researcher reviewed all the available resources to sketch the present status of ICT in Education, then he reviewed all the available resources to elaborate the place of ICT in Teacher Education in India, then he logically developed the suggestions on how to trace ICT in Teacher Education in India. It has been got that although the utilization of ICT in education system in India is moderate, but the utilization of advanced and world class ICTs is weak in Teacher Education. Teacher Education should grow and develop along with higher education with multidisciplinary and integrated feature for its quality along with ICT. Grants system and financial support to all the Teacher Education Institutions including government and private should be provided; and scholarships and fellowships should be available for all the student-teachers. Triangulated inspection and supervision should be launched for monitoring the Teacher Education Institutions. Different e-platforms available should be strengthened and utilized, few programmes on SWAYAM or on such advanced platform/s can be compulsory for the student-teachers as well as for the faculties, and the blended mode should be encouraged for the Teacher Education Programmes as well as for the Faculty Development Programmes. |
