This document discusses problems in the Indian teacher education system and potential solutions. It identifies several key issues, including: 1. Teacher education institutions suffer from isolation from schools and communities. Curricula and practices are often disconnected from real-world teaching. 2. There are mismatches between the visions, resources, and missions of teacher education programs. Standards and identities of institutions vary greatly. 3. Research in teacher education is often descriptive rather than solutions-oriented. It lacks continuity, synthesis, and empirical studies of effective practices. The document suggests that reorganizing coursework based on comprehensive job analyses of teaching, strengthening connections between institutions and schools, and increasing research to identify best practices could help address many