THE 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Programme under NEP 2020: A Systematic Review of Implementation Concerns and Challenges

Abstract

This A new and transformative approach in the field of teacher education is represented by the 4-Year Integrated Teacher Education Program (ITEP). ITEP was created as an integrated program for the acquisition of subject knowledge, teaching methodology, and experiential learning in one cohesive program, as opposed to traditional programs that provide these three components separately. The success of ITEP, however, will depend on many different factors including physical resources, financial feasibility, restructuring the ITEP curriculum, professional development of faculty members and access to ITEP by marginalized groups. This systematic review of recent studies and policy documents will help identify significant barriers to ITEP's implementation and how they affect higher education. While findings from this study suggest that ITEP has the potential to create positive changes in the way teachers are educated through progressive pedagogical methods aligned with the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, it will require implementing ITEP in stages, investing large sums of money into ITEP, developing strong curricula, increasing institutional capacity, and creating a collaborative system of governance to sustain ITEP as a model for teacher education in India today.