The Importance of Training and Development Programs in Education Sector and its Role in Performance Upliftment

Purpose of this paper is to have a view on education sector of India in both the ancient time and in modern era. This paper attempts various programmes launched by central and state governments in India for training and development of teachers. It also explores how such programmes help teaching fraternity not only in their professional life but also in their personal life. In mid era, education flourished at Nalanda, Takshashila University, Ujjain, and Vikramshila Universities. The most emphasis of these Universities was on developing new age of art, architecture, painting, logic, grammar, philosophy, astronomy, law, medicine and literature. Literary work based on most ancient and pious religions like Buddhism and Hinduism was another area of importance at that time. Each university established at that time had specialization in a specific field that was being offered to the various scholars from distant areas. Present system of education was introduced by the British in the 20th century, by the recommendations of Macaulay. It has western style and content. British government did not recognize and approved the traditional structures and so they declined our education system. As mentioned once by Gandhi ji, the traditional Indian educational system had been demolished by the Britishers at a great extent since they were in need of office workers who could perform their clerical works and that was the reason they abolished the ancient education system which had a focus on various skills which were highly helpful in enabling Indians to earn their livelihood. At the present time of globalization, modern education system needs dynamic approach to offer competitive course material and professional delivery. In that series, continuous efforts towards the training of Teachers and students is highly required and in such a cumbersome environment training and development can play a vital role. It prepares them for the new and challenging jobs in the world market while enhancing their skill set simultaneously. Great management philosopher Peter Drucker once said that the fastest growing need of industries will be fulfilled by need based training and development programmes which ultimately lead to replacement of industrial workforce with knowledge workforce. Training and Development is an educational process which involves the sharpening of skills, concepts, changing of attitude and gaining more knowledge to enhance the performance. Training and development encompasses three main activities: training, education, and development. Prime objective of this paper is to study and analyze the productivity of different training and development program run by government for the teachers and to judge the impact of such training and development programs on teachers’ performance.