• Dipanwita Pal
• Chandan Adhikary

The quality of a teacher determines the quality of teaching. The dynamicity of teacher’s quality constructs the role in shaping the students’ personality. A teacher has a major accountability to nurture the life of a student. A teacher is the blazing lamp of the society. He ignites the young minds to move forward towards the light of knowledge overcoming all barriers and superstitions of society. A quality teacher has the characteristics of being practical, skillful, humble and insightful and his task of teaching should cater the pupils’ requirement. Every student deserves the high-quality effective teachers. But the criteria of an effective teacher are not defined in pen and paper. So, this article explores some quality parameters along with the indicators of the attributes of effective teachers defined as Total Quality Teacher (TQT) based on National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in India for assessing the ideal teachers in the present scenario of 21st century. Also, this article specifies a rubric of quality criteria index for teachers based on NEP 2020 for assessing the attributes of Total Quality Teacher as a research-based approach which will be used as a potential tool for selection and up gradation of effective teachers in Indian academia.

Quality index; quality teacher; NEP 2020; assessment rubrics

"Quality index of a teacher as reflected in the National Education Policy 2020: An Indian perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no.g212-g237, June-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406628.pdf

"Quality index of a teacher as reflected in the National Education Policy 2020: An Indian perspective", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 6, page no. ppg212-g237, June-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2406628.pdf