Education is one of the most powerful instruments of social, economic and cultural transformation necessary for the realization of national goals. It is an effective means of social reconstruction. It helps in the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, morals, beliefs and habits necessary for the human living. It helps to increase the productivity, achieve national and emotional integration; and accelerate the process of modernization. Teaching is said to be a nation building activity and the teacher is the architect of the future. He is the pivot around which the entire system of education revolves. The best system of education may fail to achieve the desired ends in the absence of sincere, competent and professionally talented teaches. The teacher has the rare privilege of shaping the most precious material of the land – the boys and the girls during their crucial period of development. The quality of education ultimately depends on the occupational commitment of teachers towards teaching profession. It is the responsibility of Teacher Educators working in different Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) to prepare teachers who are committed and dedicated to the teaching profession. Teacher preparation is an activity that requires multidisciplinary perspectives and knowledge, formation of dispositions and values and development of practice under the best mentors. Teachers must be grounded in Indian values, languages, knowledge, ethos and traditions. The National Education Policy-2020 made an attempt to restructure the Teacher Preparation programme in order to produce teachers of good quality to the nation. The present paper is an attempt to know the status of Teacher Education as envisioned by National Education Policy-2020.

Teaching Profession, Quality education, National Education Policy-2020, Teacher Education Institutions.