WELCOME ACC JAINCOLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Education and itsPurpose:-

 Education is theprocess that enables human beings to develop their quality of life, lead apeaceful social life and make a proper contribution to national development inaccordance with contextual charges of the nation. As such, the goals of educationemphasize balanced and harmonious development of the individual in four aspectsas follows : Wisdom, Spiritual development , Physical development and Socialdevelopment.

           The words of Kahlil Gibran reverberate: “No man can revealto you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of ourknowledge. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among thisfollowers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his loving less. If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of wisdom, butrather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.”–(The Prophet).

Teacher Education –Aims and Purposes: -

 TeacherEducation is a curricular input for improving school education. It not onlycomprises transference of knowledge, but and attempt to infuse within thetrainee-teachers a spirit of transaction of knowledge, but and attempt toinfuse within the trainee – teachers a sprit of transaction of knowledge so asto enable the students to know how to know. According to the report of theDelor’s Commission (1997), the four pillars of education are (1) Learning toknow (2) Learning to do (3) Learning to live together (4) Learning to be.

As such, the motto ofthe teacher education program should be to inculcate the above spirits withinthe students of schools.