Monitoring and Supervising Teacher Education and School Education

Abstract

For planned development in all walks of life, be it science and technology or economy or education or any other sub-system of a larger society, it is essential to keep a tab and constantly watch whether we are moving as per the plan or not. If it is going on properly and moving towards achieving the set goals, it is always satisfying and motivating and energises us to perform much better. But if it is not so, and instead of going ahead, it is going in a reverse direction or in an awkward direction, we need to correct them at the right time so that the wheel of progress and development may be put on the right track. Monitoring, supervising, and inspecting are the key concepts and actions which help us do the above tasks thereby assisting in the attainment of set goals and objectives. All these three terms, i.e. monitoring, supervising, and inspecting have the same purpose but are done with little varied approaches and act as the heart and soul of a healthy system of functioning of an organisation. This chapter deals with these processes in depth with regard to teacher education and school education. It explores the definitions of these terms and discusses the nuances of monitoring, supervision, and inspection. While discussing, the chapter focuses on these aspects and assessment in teacher education and school education separately highlighting all aspects and stakeholders in the field of school education and teacher education. The chapter also puts light on the data management system and emphasises that the present-day education enterprise must have an efficient system of collecting, storing, retrieving, analysing, and interpreting data. This contributes to validating the realisation of objectives of the institution and helps understand what has been achieved, to what extent achieved, lacunae if any, and possible steps to be taken to potentiate the system.