Teacher Training for Sustainable Development of Countries

Sustainable development has emerged as an urgent necessity. Although it was first limited to environmental issues only, now this idea has been expanded to include a wider range of educational, social and economic sectors. As the influence of human activities has been increasing on the environment, so it is the responsibility of humans to control, prevent and eradicate this continuous decay. Majority of the solutions to check the environmental challenges depend on external control rather than voluntary efforts. Education is the universally accepted remedy to these challenges. Now the education systems emphasize the integration of sustainability principles into teacher training curricula using competency-based frameworks like CSCT (Curriculum, sustainable development, competences, Teacher Training) and UNESCO’s Key Sustainability Competencies for developing professional capacities aligned with global sustainability. Embedding sustainable development across all levels of education should actively influence curriculum design, teaching methodologies and real-world experiences with consequences. To make this vision a reality, there is an urgent need to cultivate a new generation of educators: well-trained, environmentally conscious and equipped to act as master forces of sustainability. Foundation of sustainable future lies in empowering education designs and for that prepare teachers to instil sustainability values in the future generations.