The Delhi Cabinet Monday approved a proposal to establish ‘Delhi Teachers University.’ The Delhi Teachers University bill 2021 will be placed before the Legislative Assembly in the upcoming assembly session.
The campus will be set up at Bakkarwala village.
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal gave green nod to the proposal terming it a revolution in the education sector, he said, “Delhi government will prepare new-generation teachers.”
The Teachers’ University, as name suggests , will offer four years integrated teacher education programme like - BA-BEd, BSc-Bed,” CM Kejriwal said, “The University will operate as a multidisciplinary academic center that brings together varied stakeholders. The admissions to the new university will start in the academic session of 2022-23.”
Interestingly, students will be attached with Delhi Government Schools for the entire duration of their course to get hands-on experience. “This will help students gain excellent practical knowledge in addition to theoretical knowledge,” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo said.
The University will consolidate a range of efforts while aiming at provisioning excellent quality of public education for the people of the city.
The University is envisaged to align with and also bring together the reforms that have been initiated in the public school education in Delhi.
“These reforms range across the various aspects of public school education including infrastructure renewal, curriculum and learning outcomes related reforms, and mentor teacher programme for on-site teacher support, among several others,” Kejriwal added after the Cabinet meeting.