Need for continuing professional development of In-service teacher education.

Need for continuing professional development of In-service teacher education.

1.     Education of the educator: It continues throughout his professional career in a planned manner and his professional career for discharging his duties efficiently.

2.     Educational extension: It contributes to the qualitative improvement of education.

3.     Changing areas of human endeavour: These changes demand corresponding changes in education and the educators. All these new developments, innovations, and changes necessitate corresponding changes to be brought about in educational objectives, curricula, textual content, teaching methods, instructional materials without delay so that education remains dynamic, up to date and responsive. Educational extension prepares in-service teachers and other educators for bringing these required changes in education.

4.     Improvement of competence: In order to bring about changes in education, corresponding to the changes in other related areas, it is necessary to improve the competence of the teachers in terms of his knowledge, skills, interests, and aptitudes as an essential means of improving education.

5.     Need of change: In addition to mass scale changes to be brought about in education from time to time, individual teachers and small groups of school may feel the need of bringing about certain changes and aspire to solve certain specific academic problems. Educational extension is capable of helping these individuals or groups in meeting their academic need and in solving their academic problems.