The Ministry of Education (MoE) Wednesday notified the dual-major holistic bachelor’s degree offering BA-BEd, BSc-BEd and BCom-BEd, which is one of the major mandates of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 related to teacher education. It will be offered in pilot mode initially in about 50 selected multidisciplinary institutions across the country.
The integrated teacher education programme (ITEP) will be available for all students who choose teaching as a profession after secondary by choice. The commencement of the four-year ITEP will be from the academic session 2022-23.
The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has devised the curriculum of this course in such a way that it enables a student-teacher to get a degree in education as well as a specialised discipline such as history, mathematics, science, arts, economics, or commerce.
ITEP will impart cutting-edge pedagogy and establish a foundation in early childhood care and education (ECCE), foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN), inclusive education, and an understanding of India and its values/ethos/art/traditions, among others.
