EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A RESEARCH FOCUS (Pages 01-09) by Dr. Sudarsan Raju Chandolu in THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST / ISSN: 2350-1499 (Online); 2350-0751 (Print)

Teacher education is an area which needs constant appraisal and changes to keep abreast with changing times. The next millennium is considered to be an age of science and technology, professionalism and thus the teachers will have to rise to be able to meet the demands of new century. It has to become a progressive, dynamic and responsive teacher education system for preparing enlightened, emancipated teachers of tomorrow who are competent and committed towards striving higher quality of life for everyone. Earlier the Teacher Education was whole heartedly respected, now it is being vociferously abused by everyone, State, Judiciary, Legislative and Society. Various reflections on some of the issues concerning Teacher Education in Indian Perspective have been dwelt on in this paper. The Teacher Education in India has been struggling to strengthen its identity. Struggle does not mean degeneration of values and degeneration of institutions. It is true that after persistent struggle there is evident improvement, but, still there is no end to perfection. There is a need of doing thorough functional analysis for enhancing the Quality of Teacher Education and call for revolutionary changes. The recommendations of Honourable Justice Verma Commission ought to be scientifically integrated, where needed and feasible. Keywords: Apex Agencies, Innovation, Quality, Teacher Education, Technology