Attitude of M.Ed. and B.Ed. Student Teachers towards semester system

In 2015, NCTE introduced semester system in B.Ed. and M.Ed. courses. The investigator tried to find out the attitude of student teachers towards semester system. The sample consisted of 100 B.Ed. and 50 M. Ed. Student teachers studying in different education colleges of Jalandhar district. A self made 3 point attitude scale was used to collect the data. The result indicates that the student teachers found the new content useful and interesting for them. They strongly feel that increased period of the courses is of very long duration but at the same time they are also satisfied that the changed system is more systematic. They admit that the school internship program provides first-hand experience to student teachers. They are of the opinion that the modified content is useful, helps in improving their soft skills, improves methodology of teaching. While discussing about evaluation process, student teachers feel that evaluation process is not objective in the semester system. In general, it was found that the new system will bring the positive change in school education system.