The university will offer four-year integrated teacher education programmes such as BA-BEd, BSc-BEd among others and will enrol 5,000 students starting this year.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has introduced the Delhi Teachers University Bill in the Assembly. The Bill seeks the establishment of an institution that will offer four-year integrated teacher education programmes.
While mentioning the details of the upcoming University, the government said that the campus of the Delhi Teachers University will come up at Bakkarwala in east Delhi, and will enrol 5,000 students starting this year. The university will offer four-year integrated teacher education programmes such as BA-BEd, BSc-BEd among others.
Manish Sisodia, who also holds the portfolio of Delhi Education Minister, said that the varsity will focus on preparing quality teachers through world-class exposure and will set new standards of teacher education in India.
“Delhi Teachers University will focus on preparing teachers of such standard. It will not be just a B.Ed. or any other teacher education institution. It will set new standards in the field of teacher education like IIMs have set standards for management education, IITs for engineering education and AIIMS for medical education,” said Sisodia.
He further said there was a lack of teachers training institutions, and added that the upcoming university will plug this gap. Sisodia said the blueprint of the new university has been made in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
He further added that the government plans to increase the seats at the university every year.
“Here excellent parameters will be created for pre-service as well as in-service teacher training. Along with regular teacher education programmes, a one-year diploma programme will also be introduced for those professionals who have passion for teaching but are not able to pursue it as a profession due to degree restrictions,” he said.
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