Abstract

The involvement of private sector in higher education has brought drastic changes in the field as education is fundamental to every constituent of the society irrespective of gender, physical, economic, geographical, cultural, or linguistic differences. Factors responsible for Privatization of higher education are need for competitive efficiency, growth in population, for providing quality education, to produce skilled manpower, technological advancements etc. In the privatization of teacher education, the various issues to ponder over are mushrooming of Institutes, Paucity of Physical Facilities, Crisis of Values and Morality, Commercialization, Isolation of Teacher Education Department, Regional Imbalances, Irrelevant and Out Dated Curricula, Problem of Selection of Candidates for Training, Problem of Quality Teacher Education, Market Oriented, Lack of Transparency in Financial Arrangements and Frequent Movement of Teachers. An improvement in the standards of education could be achieved through a balanced relationship between public and private sector. There is a need for careful planning, enhanced financing and evolving an enabling policy framework to make Teacher education accessible, equitable and qualitative. It is necessary to encourage research, vocational courses and provide high-quality education.