Diengdoh, Bashan D.M.
(2018)
Development of teacher education in Meghalaya.
Learning Curve (30).
pp. 44-45.
Abstract
Teacher Education Institutions were established in
a gradual manner to cater to the needs of teachers
in the state. The first Teacher Education Institution
under the Theological College was started by
the Welsh Mission at Cherrapunjee for training
of teachers at the primary level. In 1861, the
Government decided to amalgamate the Training
School section of the Cherrapunjee Normal School
from Nongsawlia to Shillong and attached to the
Welsh Mission High School at Mawkhar Shillong. By
1946, the Training School functioned in the same
building. In 1947, after Independence, the then
Government of India requested the Welsh Mission
to extend the facility in giving training to the Lower
Primary School teachers. The training school later
came to be known as Cherra Teachers‟ Training
Centre under the management of the Presbyterian
Church.
Long before the establishments of BTCs, the
Government in 1906 started the Guru Training
School (GTS) at Tura with an intake capacity of
30 trainees. It catered to the training needs of
primary teachers in Garo Hills, however, due to
administrative problem, it ceased to function few
years back after nine decades of its existence.
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