Download or read book A Critical Study of Teacher Education Programme - A Case Study written by Dr. A. R. Purwant and published by Ashok Yakkaldevi. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Enabling the child full Participation in the richest available group life” -Kilpatrick William Heard. Secondary education covers children aged 12 to 18, a group comprising 88.5 million children according to the 2001 Census of India. The final two years of secondary is often called Higher Secondary (HS), Senior Secondary, or simply the "+2" stage. The two halves of secondary education are each an important stage for which a pass certificate is needed, and thus are affiliated by central boards of education under HDR ministry, before one can pursue higher education, including college or professional courses. A significant feature of India's secondary school system is the emphasis on inclusion of the disadvantaged sections of the society. Professionals from established institutes are often called to support in vocational training. Another feature of India's secondary school system is its emphasis on profession based vocational training to help students attain skills for finding a vocation of his/her choosing. A significant new feature has been the extension of SSA to secondary education in the form of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan.