Dr Patanjali Mishra

In 1944, The American Commission on Teacher Education revealed in its reports that the contemporary social scene and the democratic way of life as points of orientation, urging that teachers become sensitive to the school's relation to social realities and ideals (as quoted in A Design for a School of Pedagogy, p.11). The Commission also recommended for the advancement of the design of teacher education programmes according to social responsibilities and development of institutions for effective implementation of teacher education programmes.<strong> </strong>Today, it is compulsory need of teachers are required to engage with the moral and social purposes of schooling, to value and sustain the intellect, to work collaboratively with other stakeholders of education, to be responsible for societal need, to be accountable for their responsibilities and to be committed to lifelong learning and reflexivity. Therefore, defined values, knowledge and skills are mandatory to...

The news of suicide by coaching student has become a common phenomenon in these days. Sometimes over ambitions on the part of parents, circumstances, in ability on the part of students, conflict between dream of students and parents expectation produces conflict. The American newspaper, The Washington Post published that more than 70 students have committed suicide in the last five years in Kota city of Rajasthan, India. It is quite evident in the report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) that the rate of these suicides is much higher than the national average of 10.6 suicides per one hundred thousand (100,000) people in 2014. According to this report the suicides are committed by hanging self, ablaze self and by jumping from the heights. (Bray and Lykins, 2012) found also that the private supplementary tutoring is widely known as shadow education, since it mimics the mainstream. This research paper is not committed to resolve the suicidal tendency but only focusing on the ...

From the renaissance to now, many more inventions have been patented in the area of education and curriculum like Over Head Projector, Film Projector, Epidiascope, computer and many more. But a curriculum every time facing challenges of time, place and language when renovated. The teacher has been trying to be skilled every day by filling the generation gap and gap of technology. It was expressed in University Education Commission 1948-49 (also known as Radhakrishnan Commission) that the most important and urgent reform needed in education is to transform it, to endeavour to relate it to the life, needs and aspirations of the people and thereby make it the powerful instrument of social, economic and cultural transformation necessary for the realisation of the national goals. For this purpose, education should be developed to increase, produce, achieve, social and national integration by accelerating the process of modernisation, globalisation and technocrat with cultivating social, moral and spiritual values. Therefore, to fulfil the demand of globalised education, it needs to understand the challenges of the curriculum. This research article emphasises on the new challenges of the curriculum by suggestive pedagogical approaches.

Curriculum Framework is a broad term used as architecture of a subject, which is applied as a guide to decorate the interior of a subject to be taught including ideas, concepts, practices and needful evolutionary teaching-learning methods. While designing National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education (NCFTE-2009), NCTE pays precious time with the help of various experts in personal and expert committees. Before the NCFTE-2009 many Curriculum Frameworks were developed to support and usher the level of school education, wherein teacher education had been the integral part of the curriculum. After the studies and recommendations of National Education Commission (1964–66), NPE-1968, NPE-1986, Chattopadhyaya Committee Recommendations (1983–85), The Curriculum for The Ten Year School: A Framework (1975), NCESE-1988), National Curriculum Framework for Secondary Education (NCFSE-2000), National Curriculum Framework (NCF-2005), NCFTE (Draft for Discussion) 2006, NCFTE (Draft for Discussion) 2009, finally (National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education) NCFTE-2009 were prepared to implement the teacher education. This conceptual paper focuses on the shift which has been taken place in curriculum framework of teacher education in discourse of time.

The change, which is being felt by Indian University institution, must instigate them to apply the marketing concepts to their strategies. It becomes imperative to determine the customers and identify their needs, desires and aspirations. Although, available literature shows some sort of discrepancies, while defining the concept of a university customer. This paper will be discussing different existing concepts of customers in higher education

For the great success of any organization/institution top management, decision making and leadership quality are very important. Without better leadership we cannot imagine a great institution. Leadership quality can make any institution the best one. Implementing TQM requires a team effort headed by the organization's leadership team. Each person involved in change management has their responsibilities, and it is important for the entire organization to understand the role of leadership in TQM to make delegating responsibility more effective. This paper is a review of the role of leadership in implementing Total Quality Management in Higher education.

For the great success of any organization/institution top management, decision making and leadership quality are very important. Without better leadership we cannot imagine a great institution. Leadership quality can make any institution the best one. Implementing TQM requires a team effort headed by the organization's leadership team. Each person involved in change management has their responsibilities, and it is important for the entire organization to understand the role of leadership in TQM to make delegating responsibility more effective. This paper is a review of the role of leadership in implementing Total Quality Management in Higher education.

Quality in education is a major concern as it is a complex phenomenon and is difficult to measure. Higher education in India is in such a phase where quality has to play a vital role. Present paper focuses on the concept of Total Quality Management (TQM) in higher education. It discusses the need of Total Quality Management (TQM) in higher eduction and also the challenges and issues related to Total Quality Management (TQM) in Higher Education with special reference to Indian Education System. Major challenges identified are poor curriculum design, lack of funds and resources, resistance of employees towards change etc. The paper concludes with suggestion to think of suitable models for total quality management in higher education.

The change, which is being felt by Indian University institution, must instigate them to
apply the marketing concepts to their strategies. It becomes imperative to determine
the customers and identify their needs, desires and aspirations. Although, available
literature shows some sort of discrepancies, while defining the concept of a university
customer. This paper will be discussing different existing concepts of customers in
higher education
KEYWORDS: University, Stakeholder, Customers, Client, Teaching, Learning, Research.

The Communications–an applied journal of research in open and distance education, is an official publication of the Directorate of Distance Education, University of Kashmir, Srinagar. The Journal seeks to bridge and integrate the intellectual, methodological and substantive diversity of educational scholarship and to encourage a vigorous dialogue between educational scholars and practitioners. The journal seeks to foster multidisciplinary research and collaboration among policy makers, professionals, teacher educators, research scholars and teachers. The journal also intends to exert its efforts in capacity building for the future of learning and teaching among the new researchers across the broadest range of research activities internationally. The directorate seeks to offer spaces for more critical thinking and reflection grounded in rigorous scholarship as to ways in which higher education might go on being further reshaped in the future.