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@article{190871,
        author = {Rabia Ismail},
        title = {From Policy to Practice: Readiness of Teacher Educators in Central Universities for NEP 2020’s 4-Year ITEP Programme},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {4057-4063},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190871},
        abstract = {The New Education Policy which came into being on 29th July 2020 visions the 2- year B.Ed course as 4-year integrated programme which is now termed as Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP). By 2030, it will be the minimum qualification to become a school teacher. ITEP has been already launched in 57 higher educational institutes (HEI) including central and state universities and rest of them are preparing to launch the course. Hence, the present study focusses on the readiness of teacher educators towards the ITEP programme in central universities. Data was collected from 44 teacher educators of central universities where the programme has been already launched or in the process of launch through structured questionnaire. Questionnaire was prepared on four main dimensions i.e. faculty awareness, faculty perception, faculty academic preparedness and faculty suggestions. It was found that the faculty readiness which plays an important role in successful implementation of any programme in a HEI is not up to the level. Faculty need to be empowered with the awareness towards the ITEP programme. They need to be oriented towards the various dimensions of the ITEP programme.},
        keywords = {New Education Policy, Integrated Teacher Education Programme, Central Universities, readiness, Teacher Educators, Faculty readiness, Faculty awareness, Faculty perception, Faculty academic preparedness, B.Ed and implementation.},
        month = {January},
        }