CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has launched an online portal to simplify the process of recognition of teacher education programs in higher education institutions. The applications for the recently launched 4 years Integrated Teacher Education Programmes will be processed on this portal.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most learned men of all time, Confucius (561B. C.), became the first private teacher in history. Born of a once noble family fallen on hard times, he found himself as an adolescent with a thirst for knowledge and nowhere to drink, since only the royal or noble were allowed an education.

Detailed explanation-3: -NCTE launches online portal to streamline recognition process of teacher education programmes. National Council for Teacher Education has launched an online portal to streamline the entire process of recognition of teacher education programmes in Higher Education Institutions and Teacher Education Institutions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Teacher’s Training Schools–The first formal teacher‟s training School in India was set up at Serampur in Bengal in the name of “Normal School” by Carey, Marshman and Ward in 1793. In Bombay, the Native Education Society trained a number of teachers for the improvement of teaching in primary schools.