SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME

Abstract

Education is that light which removes darkness from life and society. It focuses attention in all round development of the child. It is a tri-polar process. It involves interaction between the pupil, the teacher and the social environment. These three components are equally responsible for the better education purpose. Secondary education commission (1952-53) considered teacher as the most important factor in the contemplated national reconstruction. A teacher through an interactive process shapes the personality of the students and attempts to make them better citizens. Thus, he shares the responsibility of shaping the destiny of our country. The objectives of the study were to analyze the level of sustainability among the teachers working at different levels and to explore some theoretical concepts of teacher education towards Sustainable development. Secondary sources of data collection were applied for this study. Survey method was adopted for this study. Teacher should be a role model for students so that cultivation of values in students may be enhanced. These values cultivation, social awareness, economical attention and tendency to protect the environment etc. are the basic components of Sustainable development.