IMPACT OF NEP 2020 ON TEACHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) is a Large-Scale Change Initiative in Indian education and teacher education, which focuses on holistic education, multidisciplinary reform, and improved preparation of teachers. This paper discusses the impact of NEP 2020 on teacher education in India based on secondary literature to outline the main challenges in implementation and the new opportunities. The paper presents purposes in terms of knowledge of these issues and opportunities exploration, through a critical review of seven relevant studies. The discussion employs the documentary and literature-analysis methodology, tracking how the teacher-education programmes are re oriented (e.g., four year B.Ed., continuous professional development, digital pedagogy), as well as examining their outcomes. The article concludes that NEP 2020 has a transformational potential in the area of teacher education, with more integrated curricula, emphasis on pedagogical capacity, and professionalism, and the reality on the ground is the lack of resources, issues with institutional readiness, and the inconsistency in implementation across the states. Opportunities are multidisciplinary teacher-training institutes, combined digital action education and enhanced research in teacher training. The paper ends with a few recommendations to policy actors and teacher-educators so that the vision of NEP can be converted into practice.