Agencies of teacher education

Abstract

This paper is compilation the role and functions of the different agencies of teacher education at state level such as state institute of education(SIE),state council of educational research and training (SCERT), state board of teacher education (SBTE), university department of education (UDTE), national level such as university grant commission (UGC), national university of educational planning and administration (NUPEA), national council of teacher education (NCTE), national council of educational research and training (NCERT) and international level such as United nations educational scientific, cultural organisation (UNESCO). Due to explosion of knowledge, there is a spread of education not only in India, but all over the world. So the social needs are changed accordingly. A teacher is expected to face the new changes by undergoing through training for new trends in education. Such training needs are satisfied by different agencies at different level.