Strategies for Quality Enhancement in Teacher Education in Tripura

Quality is contextual. In the educational context, quality is seen as a complex issue as education is concerned with human being. Human Beings' overall quality is largely depended upon the quality of education provided to them. And it is the role of the teaching community to take up the responsibility to impart quality education among the students. For the prosperity and integrity of nation, quality of teacher education is then an important aspect and it cannot be ignored because teachers' teaching competencies or quality of teaching too is dependent on the quality of teacher education. In the name of development of education, for access to maximum, self-financing teacher education institutions are mushrooming now-a-day s. In a small state like Tripura within a couple of years many institutions have come forward to offer Teacher Education but how far the quantitative expansion has been accompanied a qualitative increase in teacher education is actually a big question. This paper attempts to discuss the strategies for quality enhancement in teacher education that help in designing the program in order to respond to global challenges, ensure a quality outcome so as to serve students of this small state in a better manner.