2. CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS PROGRAMS
OF TEACHER EDUCATION IN INDIA
• INTRODUCTION
• . THE WELL-ESTABLISHED TRADITION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN INDIA HAS
RETAINED ITS INHERENT STRENGTH EVEN UNDER ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE
POST-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD WAS CHARACTERIZED BY MAJOR EFFORTS BEING MADE
TO NURTURE AND TRANSFORM TEACHER EDUCATION. THE SYSTEM OF TEACHER
PREPARATION HAS COME UNDER CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE AS A RESULT OF THE
EXPANSION AND GROWTH OF SCHOOL EDUCATION, THROUGH EFFORTS TO
UNIVERSALIZE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. HAVING INHERITED A FOREIGN MODEL OF
TEACHER PREPARATION AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN IN 1946, MAJOR
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO ADAPT AND UP-DATE THE TEACHER EDUCATION
CURRICULUM TO LOCAL NEEDS, TO MAKE IT MORE CONTEXT BASED, RESPONSIVE AND
DYNAMIC WITH REGARD TO BEST MEETING THE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF INDIA. THE
CURRENT SYSTEM OF TEACHER EDUCATION IS SUPPORTED BY A NETWORK OF
NATIONAL, PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT LEVEL RESOURCE INSTITUTIONS WORKING
TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHER
3. INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL BELIEVES THAT
• : THE M.SC. NURSING POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IS ESSENTIAL TO
PREPARE NURSES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF NURSING EDUCATION AND
PRACTICE IN INDIA. POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN NURSING BUILDS
UPON AND EXTENDS COMPETENCE ACQUIRED AT THE GRADUATE LEVELS,
EMPHASIZES APPLICATION OF RELEVANT THEORIES INTO NURSING
PRACTICE, EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF
RESEARCH SKILLS. THE PROGRAMME PREPARES NURSES FOR LEADERSHIP
POSITION IN NURSING AND HEALTH FIELDS WHO CAN FUNCTION AS NURSE
SPECIALISTS, CONSULTANTS, EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND
RESEARCHERS IN A WIDE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL SETTINGS IN MEETING
THE NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE SOCIETY.
THIS PROGRAMME PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR THE POST MASTER
PROGRAMME IN NURSING. FURTHER THE PROGRAMME ENCOURAGES
ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMITMENT TO LIFE LONG LEARNING WHICH
4. CRITICAL ANALYSIS :
I. INC
THE INDIAN NURSING COUNCIL IS
ANAUTONOMOUS BODY UNDER
THEGOVERNMENT OF INDIA. MINISTRY
OFHEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
WASGOVERNMENT UNDER THE SECTION
3(1) OF THE INDIAN NURSING
COUNCILACT, 1947 OF PARLIAMENT IN
ORDER TOESTABLISH A UNIFORM
STANDARD OFTRAINING FOR NURSES,
MIDWIVES ANDHEALTH VISITORS. THE
PROGRAM PREPARES FOR LEADERSHIP
POSITIONSIN NURSING AND HEALTH
FIELDS WHOCAN FUNCTION AS
SPECIALIST NURSE PRACTITIONERS,
CONSULTANTS,EDUCATORS,
ADMINISTRATORS ANDINVESTIGATORS IN
A WIDE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL
SETTING IN MEETINGTHE NATIONAL
PRIORITIES AND THECHANGING NEEDS OF
AIIMS
AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT IN
1956ESTABLISHED THE ALL INDIA
INSTITUTE OFMEDICAL SCIENCES
(AIIMS, NEWDELHI), AS AN
AUTONOMOUS
INSTITUTIONOBJECTIVES AND
FUNCTIONS
RGUHS
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OFHEALTH
SCIENCES, KARNATAKA A PREMIER
HEALTH SCIENCEUNIVERSITY IN INDIA
WAS ESTABLISHED ON 1ST JUNE 1996 AT
BANGALORE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF
KARNATAKA THROUGH ITS ENACTMENT
BY RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF
HEALTH SCIENCE KARNATAKA ACT 1994
TO ENCOMPASS ALL THE EXISTING
HEALTH SCIENCE COLLEGES AND
INSTITUTE WHICH WERE EARLIER
AFFILIATED TO THE CONVENTIONAL
UNIVERSITIES IN KARNATAKA
INTRODUCTION
5. PHILOSOPHIS
INC
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN
NURSING BUILD UPON AN
EXTEND COMPETENTS
ACQUIRED AT THE GRADUATE
LEVELS EMPHASIS APPLICATIONS
OF RELEVANT THEORIES IN
NURSING PRACTICE EDUCATION
ADMINISTRATION AND
DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH
SKILLS
AIIMS
THE HEALTH SURVEY AND
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES
PROPERLY KNOWN AS THE
BORIC COMMITTEE IN ITS
REPORT PUBLISHED IN 1946
RECOMMENDED VERY
STRONGLY THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A
NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTRE
AT DELHI WHICH WILL
CONCENTRATED ON TRAINING
OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED
TEACHERS AND RESEARCH
WORKERS IN ORDER THAT HE
SIRI STREAM OF THESE COULD
BE MAINTAINED TO MEET THE
RGUHS
POST GRADUATE PROGRAM
IS ESSENTIAL TO PREPARE
NURSES TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF NURSING
EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
IN INDIA THE PROGRAM
PREPARE NURSES FOR
LEADERSHIP POSITION IN
NURSING AND HEALTH
FIELDS WHO CAN FUNCTION
AS NURSE SPECIALIST
CONSULTANT EDUCATORS
ADMINISTRATORS AND
RESEARCHER IN WIDE
6. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
INC
INC AIMS AND
OBJECTIVES
AIIMS
AIIMS AIMS
AND
OBJECTIVES
RGUHS
RGUHS AIMS
AND
OBJECTIVES
9. SCHEDULE FOR SELECTION TEST
INC
SELECTION OF
CANDIDATES SHOULD BE
BASED ON THE MERIT OF
THE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION HELD BY
UNIVERSITY OR
COMPETENT AUTHORITY
AIIMS
HELD IN THE MONTH OF
JUNE THE TEST WILL BE
MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS
BASED ON B.SC NURSING
SYLLABUS PRESCRIBES BY INC
NEGATIVE MARKING THE
RESULT OF THE TEST WILL BE
DECLARED AFTER ONE WEEK
OF THE TEST RESULT OF THE
TEST WILL BE DISPLAYED ON
THE NOTICE BOARD OF THE
EXAMINATION SECTION AND
ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE
WEBSITE OF THE AIMS
STUDENTS WILL BE CALLED
FOR FIRST AND SECOND
RGUHS
SELECTION OF THE CANDIDATES
SHOULD BE BASED ON THE
MERIT LIST OF THE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION HELD BY
UNIVERSITY OR COMPETENT
AUTHORITY
10. BASIS FOR SELECTION
INC
THE CANDIDATE SHOULD
BE SELECTED ON MERIT
JUDGED ON THE BASE OF
ACADEMIC RECORD IN
THE UNDERGRADUATE
COURSE OR SELECTION
TEST OR BOTH AS PER THE
UNIVERSITY REGULATION
AIIMS
THE CANDIDATE WILL BE
SELECTED ON THE BASIS
OF PERFORMANCE IN
THE SELECTION TEST
ONE SEAT IS RESERVED
FOR ST CANDIDATE IN
ONCOLOGY
NEPHROLOGY AND
PEDIATRIC NURSING
RGUHS
NOT MENTIONED THE
SELECTION BASIS BUT
IT FOLLOWS INC
RULES
11. ATTENDANCE REQUIRED
INC
75% OF THE
ATTENDANCE FOR
THEORY AND
PRACTICAL HOWEVER
100% OF ATTENDANCE
FOR PRACTICAL BEFORE
THE AWARD OF DEGREE
AIIMS
70% FOR THEORY
AND 100% FOR
PRACTICAL
RGUHS
80% OF THE
ATTENDANCE FOR
THEORY AND
PRACTICAL HOW
EVER 100% OF
ATTENDANCE FOR
PRACTICAL BEFORE
THE AWARD OF
DEGREE
13. COURSE DESCRIPTION
INC
FIRST YEAR
NURSING EDUCATION
ADVANCE NURSING PRACTICE
NURSING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
CLINICAL SPECIALITY
2ND YEAR
NURSING MANAGEMENT
NURSING RESEARCH DISSERTATION
CLINICAL SPECIALITY
THEORY AND PRACTICAL ARE AS PER
UNIVERSITY RULES
AIIMS
1ST YEAR
ADVANCE NURSING AND ALLIED
SUBJECT NURSING EDUCATION
RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
CLINICAL NURSING 1
2ND YEAR
NURSING MANAGEMENT
CLINICAL SPECIALITY 2
THESIS
RGUHS
1ST YEAR
NURSING EDUCATION
ADVANCE NURSING PRACTICE
NURSING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS
CLINICAL SPECIALITY
2ND YEAR
NURSING MANAGEMENT
NURSING RESEARCH DISSERTATION
CLINICAL SPECIALITY
