Volume 9 : Issue 2 (2022)

Financial Viability of Self Finance Teacher Education Institutions: Issues, Concerns and Remedies

The teachers are the builders/shapers of the characters, personality, talent, skills and knowledge of future generations. Hence, Teacher Education is an extremely crucial element in the entire National Development cycle. Self – financing Teacher Education Institutions and restriction on the multitasking use of human resource and infrastructural resources due to some policy / regulatory reasons has raised doubts and concerns over the financial viability of the institutions. This paper analyses the issues and concerns related to financial viability of self – finance Teacher Education Institutes and proposes some solutions that can be deliberated upon.

Teacher Education Institutions, Self Financing, National Council for Teacher Education, B.Ed. M.Ed., Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP)

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