Students of the university will collaborate with Delhi government schools during their courses and get hands-on experience. Source: Pixabay
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on March 4 inaugurated the Delhi Teachers University which would offer programmes such as BA-BEd and BSc-Bed, with focus on fundamental and applied research in education.
The campus is located in Outram Lane in Mukherjee Nagar area of the national capital.
"It gives me great pleasure to inaugurate the Delhi Teachers University. This is Delhi's first-of-its-kind university that aims to prepare well-trained and highly qualified teachers. Our government aims to inspire today's students to become tomorrow's teachers," Sisodia said in a series of tweets.
"The university will offer a new-age, integrated teacher education programme after Class XII. It will also emphasise on fundamental and applied research in education by collaborating with national and international organisations," he added.
Sisodia, who is also the education minister of Delhi, further said, "A teacher touches all aspects of our life. That's why it was easier to establish IITs, IIMs, AIIMS but we couldn't establish a top-level teachers' university till date."
The Delhi assembly in January passed a bill for setting up a world-class teachers' training university. The university will offer teacher education programmes such as BA-BEd and BSc-BEd to create a new generation of teachers.
Students of the university will collaborate with Delhi government schools during their courses and get hands-on experience with a focus on research.