Provision of research work is made for the teachers in order to make them well qualified and upto-date in knowledge. Universities provide research facilities to the trained teachers and refresher courses are conducted for those who are engaged in teaching work. Harvard University is doing pioneer work in this direction.
This University provides opportunities for getting higher degree and professional qualifications under the supervision of learned and experienced guides (supervisors). It arranges special courses for those teachers of primary and secondary levels who could receive four year training but could not get specialised qualification of the fifth year.
This training is considered equivalent to the five year training course. The Harvard University through its fellowship courses, tries its best to make the teachers well qualified, capable of following the national ideals and earn international reputation.
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The Antioch College of Ohio State trains those teachers and counselors who work in industrial or vocational areas instead of educational areas. These persons after teachers’ or counselors’ training guide persons who are in search of a vocation or occupation and thus given vocational guidance.
Such a provision embodies the feeling of social service that a person of any other sphere may give useful counseling and vocational guidance during leisure hours to other persons It is a part of national youth welfare plan in which a person gives the benefit of his abilities and skills to others. Thus the coming generation is able to get capability and direction for entering the vocational sphere.
This work is conducted through camp-system in which the teachers of Antioch College actively participate. The teachers move from one camp to another in order to fulfill their responsibility. Such work refines their attitude and feeling of service and opens avenues for solving the problems of the youth. This provision helps in the higher college education as well. According to the ‘Camp System’, the teachers are divided into two groups.
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If one group works at the camp centres, the other group conducts educational programmes in the college premises. When these groups have completed the assigned work, they replace each other and complete their respective assignments.