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Teacher Mentoring

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Overview

Teacher education prepares and continuously develops teachers through pre-service programmes, induction and in-service training, regulated by NCTE.

Key points

The NCTE became a statutory body under the NCTE Act, 1993.
District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) were set up under NPE 1986.
The Kothari Commission said "the destiny of India is now being shaped in her classrooms".
The Justice Verma Commission (2012) recommended reforms in teacher education.
NEP 2020 makes the four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme the minimum qualification by 2030.
National Professional Standards for Teachers set expectations for career stages.

Explanation

Practice teaching and internships link theory with classrooms.
Mentoring supports new teachers.
Continuous professional development keeps teachers updated.
Reflective practice is part of teacher education.
Quality concerns arose from poorly regulated private colleges.

Step by step

Identify the concept, method or policy asked.
Recall the definition, thinker, year or rule.
Apply it to the situation and eliminate extreme options.

Examples

A B.Ed. student teaches in a school for a semester → internship.
A new teacher is paired with an experienced mentor → induction.
District teachers attend DIET workshops → in-service training.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Wrong NCTE year.
Trap: Ignoring in-service training.
Trap: Forgetting ITEP 2030 target.

Quick revision

NCTE Act 1993.
DIETs (NPE 1986).
Verma Commission 2012; ITEP by 2030.

Practice MCQs

The NCTE became a statutory body under the NCTE Act of —
1. 2009
2. 2020
3. 1986
4. 1993
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Answer: (d) 1993. The NCTE Act was passed in 1993.
DIETs were set up under the —
1. NPE 1986
2. NEP 2020
3. RTE 2009
4. Kothari Commission
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Answer: (a) NPE 1986. District Institutes of Education and Training came from NPE 1986.
Pairing a new teacher with an experienced colleague is called —
1. appraisal
2. detention
3. streaming
4. mentoring
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Answer: (d) mentoring. Mentoring supports new teachers.
NEP 2020 expects teachers to do at least how many hours of CPD per year?
1. 25
2. 50
3. 100
4. 10
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Answer: (b) 50. NEP 2020 suggests 50 hours of continuous professional development.
The four-year Integrated Teacher Education Programme becomes the minimum qualification by —
1. 2030
2. 2035
3. 2040
4. 2025
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Answer: (a) 2030. NEP 2020 sets 2030.
Which commission said "the destiny of India is now being shaped in her classrooms"?
1. Kothari Commission
2. Mudaliar Commission
3. Radhakrishnan Commission
4. Yash Pal Committee
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Answer: (a) Kothari Commission. This line is from the Kothari Commission report.
Good mentoring feedback is —
1. only marks
2. rare
3. specific and supportive
4. public criticism
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Answer: (c) specific and supportive. Specific, supportive feedback helps growth.
Classroom observation in mentoring should lead to —
1. transfer
2. silence
3. reflection and improvement
4. punishment
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Answer: (c) reflection and improvement. Observation supports reflective practice.
The Justice Verma Commission (2012) recommended reforms in —
1. elections
2. teacher education
3. railways
4. banking
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Answer: (b) teacher education. It reviewed teacher education.
Practice teaching and internships mainly link —
1. students with jobs
2. schools with hospitals
3. theory with classroom practice
4. teachers with banks
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Answer: (c) theory with classroom practice. They connect theory and practice.