Blended learning: A way forward to develop teaching skills and competencies among student-teachers'

Incorporation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education has changed the total scenario of education system. Due to its ease of access it touches all level of education starting from primary to higher education. The use of ICT is more in higher education than the other level of education. In teacher education too, ICT plays a pivotal role. It has significant influence in development of teaching skills and competencies of student- teachers’. Development of skills and competencies of the student-teachers’ depends upon their learning environment. Collaborative learning method yields high level of skills and competencies in students-teachers’ than the other methods of learning. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyse the usefulness of blended learning in developing teaching skills and competencies among student- teachers’