QUALITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Abstract

Educational systems in all sectors depend on the quality developed through teacher education program to create measurable outcomes. Higher-level teacher education program in Pakistan face challenges because of obsolete curricula as well as inadequate training infrastructures and limited professional development opportunities and weak regulatory frameworks. This analysis evaluates the aforementioned issues that impact development while investigating their growth alongside Pakistan's economic context and policy systems. The advancement of educational reform includes the integration of technology in teaching practices as well as program for institutional capacity building through international organizational collaborations. By combining quantitative and qualitative data the research lays the foundation f-+or strategic improvements which will strengthen Pakistan's teacher education system to produce knowledgeable reflective educators.

Keywords, Teacher education program Obsolete curricula Professional development, Educational reform, Technology integration, Institutional capacity building.