With the aim to prepare well-trained and highly qualified teachers of the new era, Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday inaugurated the Delhi Teachers University in the national Capital.
Delhi Teachers University will offer programmes such as BA-B.ed and BSc-B.ed and focus on fundamental and applied research in education. The campus is located in Outram Lane in Mukherjee Nagar area of the city.
“Delhi Teachers University is one of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s dreams for improving education in Delhi. Our vision is to make it the best university in the country and the world. This university will set even better standards than other premier institutions of the country like the IITs and IIMs,” said Sisodia, who is also the Education Minister of Delhi. “The varsity will emerge as a brand in the field of teacher education and set new standards in the world. It will offer a new age integrated teacher education programme after class 12 and will also emphasise on fundamental and applied research in education by collaborating with national and international organisations,” said Sisodia.
“The varsity will also ensure that trainees spend 30 to 50 per cent of their time in schools and get hands-on learning experience from very first month of their course. Along with this, a unique cell will also be set up in Delhi Teachers University which will visit schools of Delhi and motivate students to opt for the teaching profession,” said Sisodia. On this occasion Vice-Chancellor of Delhi Teachers University, Professor Dhananjay Joshi said that today every child dreams of becoming a doctor or an engineer but never talks about opting for teaching profession. “It is mostly last career option, but through Delhi Teachers University we will work to change this mindset. Teachers are nation builders. To prepare a better and developed India, we will motivate each and every child to become a teacher,” said Joshi.
Earlier, on January 4, 2022, the Delhi Teachers University Bill was passed in the Legislative Assembly and within two months it has been inaugurated along with the approval of Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal.