Quality of teacher and global needs

Abstract

There seems to be common acceptance that teacher with qualities, values are needed to meet global needs. UNESCO report on Teacher and Educational Monitoring Global Needs for 2015 and the European Commission report ‘Communication on Teacher education’ 2007 observes research shows that teacher quality is significantly and positively correlated with pupil achievement. The recent educational survey shows around 50% attainment. The experiences of various countries suggest that a well-developed pre-service teacher education program and continue with the in service programs to raise the standards may facilitate quality improvement. Each country has evolved with interaction of its culture the types of teacher education programs that will meet the global needs along with the local requirement. In this paper, an attempt is made to reflect on programs in trend, experiences in practice and needs of the future as a globe for the human kind.