PRESENT CONDITION OF INTERNSHIP PRACTICED AT SECONDARY TEACHER EDUCATION IN BANGALORE ZONE

According to NCFTE – 2009/10, School Internship is one of the important activities in teacher preparation programme. It is the major practical work which is based on the real School environment and real classroom experiences. School Internship provides the first hand experience regarding the pedagogy of teaching of various School subjects. Student-teachers can verify the theoretical knowledge what they have studied and acquired in their Lecture classes, that can be experienced in the real classroom situation through teaching. Internship is providing a great opportunity to understand the teaching and learning problems of the day to day situation. School is the real practical field to understand all the other aspects of School regarding curricular and co-curricular activities. Hence the Investigator has conducted an Interview at various teacher training colleges, to know how exactly this Internship programme is going on in Aided and Unaided Teacher training Colleges of Bangalore Zone.