39. Departments of Education will necessarily aim to be diverse and but teaching/field/research experience will be highly valued

77. (Refer NEP 2020 Para 15.8) Faculty with training in areas of social sciences that are directly relevant to school education e.g., psychology, child development, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, economics, and political science as well as from science education, mathematics education, social science education, and language education programmes will be attracted and retained in teacher education institutions, to strengthen multidisciplinary education of teachers and provide rigour in conceptual development.