1. SCERTs will undertake capacity building programmes for teachers and Principals to create conducive learning environment in schools; NCERT and NIEPA will support design of these programmes.

2. States/UTs/CBSE/BOAs/KVS/JNV will develop specific frameworks for role expectancy from Principals and Teachers based on the National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST), and devise a system to ensure the roles are fulfilled.

3. States/UTs may undertake studies/research on what motivates teachers to do better and come up with a transparent merit-based system for tenure, promotion and salary structure, etc.

4. A common National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) will be developed for the country. NCTE will coordinate this effort and prepare the NPST in consultation with the NCERT, SCERTs, and teachers from across levels and regions, expert organisations in teacher preparation and development, higher educational institutions and other relevant stakeholders.

5. NCTE will prepare a detailed action plan for implementation of the key aspects of NEP 2020 related to Teacher Education Institutions (TEI), including how TEIs will move to multidisciplinary colleges and universities by 2030 in a phased manner and ensuring that the minimum degree qualification for teaching will be a 4-year integrated B.Ed. degree by 2030.

6. NCTE will ensure through regulations that all B.Ed. programmes will include training in time-tested as well as the most recent techniques in pedagogy, including pedagogy with respect to foundational literacy and numeracy, multilevel teaching and evaluation, teaching children with disabilities, teaching children with special interests or talents/gifted children, use of educational technology, and learner-centred and collaborative learning. It will also ensure that all B.Ed. programmes will emphasise the inclusion of Fundamental Rights as well as Fundamental Duties (Article 51 A) of the Indian Constitution while teaching any subject or performing any activity. The regulations will also provide for Multidisciplinary institutions that are accredited for ODL mode to be able to offer B.ED programme through ODL or blended mode with robust mechanism of monitoring and face to face training.

7. NCTE/NHERC will prepare facilitative regulations to enable special shorter local teacher education programmes to be made available at BITEs, DIETs, or at school complexes, especially for eminent local persons to teach at schools or school complexes as ‘specialised instructors’, for the purpose of promoting local knowledge and skills.

8. NCTE/NHERC will prepare regulations to enable shorter post-B.Ed. certification courses at multidisciplinary colleges and universities, to teachers who may wish to move into more specialised areas of teaching.  NCTE will formulate a new and comprehensive National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, NCTFE based on the principles of the National Education Policy 2020. This NCFTE shall be prepared in discussions with NCERT and all stakeholders including State Governments. The NCFTE will have provision for being revised once every 5-10 years by reflecting the changes in revised NCFs as well as emerging needs in teacher education.

9. NCERT will study, research, document, and compile the varied international pedagogical approaches for teaching different subjects. It will also study the indigenous pedagogies and based on these studies, it will suggest various pedagogies for undertaking for practicing in India.  NCTE/NHERC will undertake a detailed analysis of all the standalone TEIs in the country to study their effectiveness/ineffectiveness as a TEI, and also whether they are following all laid down norms, rules, regulations, etc. On the basis of this analysis, and/or on the basis of other requisite inputs, substandard standalone Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs) across the country will be phased out.

10. National Testing Agency will design and conduct a national common entrance test for entry to these 4-year integrated B.Edcourses. For this NCTE will prepare guidelines that will be issued for all states/UTs to follow.

11. A comprehensive in-service annual teacher training plan including teachers from preprimary to higher secondary and school heads and Principals will be prepared by SCERTs for conducting CPD and other training programmes. Areas specific to the capacities required by teachers to implement the NEP 2020 will be identified by SCERT. The CPD will preferably be undertaken through digital modes, such as SwayamPrabha, SWAYAM/DIKSHA by the states/UTs.

12. NCTE will set up a National Mission for Mentoring to focus on mentoring with a large pool of outstanding senior/retired faculty (to teach in Indian languages) to provide short and long-term mentoring/professional support to university/college teachers. For this purpose, technology-based solutions will be used effectively to prepare national database of Mentors and facilitating online linkages to Mentees.