Teacher training colleges are a new development and over the past two decades there has been a boom in them. Faculty members in a college of education coordinate their efforts and function as a well-knit team and impart teaching skills with a good deal of creative flexibility. A firm foundation on content is the desideratum for becoming a good teacher. A good teacher has to be reasonably good in expression.

Different types of teaching jobs in different fields are available today. The methodology used in schools and colleges has undergone tremendous changes. While teachers follow a mandated curriculum, they have to develop their own methods of teaching for each class and they have to plan interesting and inspiring lessons to make learning a positive experience. Teachers have to handle paper work and record attendance, value answer scripts, to prepare progress reports and watch the progress of their students in their studies. marks, report cards, and student progress. They prepare and review homework, develop tests, attend workshops and parent-teacher meetings. Good communication skills, patience, creativity, strong moral sense etc. are absolutely essential for a good teacher.

Much of our individual success is based on education, training and continued learning experiences. Educators are required to assist people who want to learn new skills as well as upgrade their old ones. The demand for good teachers at the school and college levels as well as in the other interest areas is expected to grow significantly in the future.

There is an ever-growing demand for more designers who can come up with the innovative designs that are commercially viable in the export market. With fashion becoming a big business and India emerging as one of the major players in the global garment market,  the need for qualified professionals in this field has increased tremendously.

Export houses, domestic markets and manufacturing units throw up ample opportunities for you to work as a fashion designer in textile designing. It involves working with different fabrics and material. Textiles account for a major chunk of exports. The textile industry calls for technically skilled executives who are specialists in designing interpretation, pattern creation, garment construction, grading, product development, marketing and computer aided design. So you could make a beginning with any of the export house or manufacturer.

The industry demands the vision to see beyond what is already there and the ability to see market trends. What you need is a flair for designing a willingness to learn, Imagination, manual dexterity, organizational skills, a sensibility for colours, textures and style and a business acumen.

Like any other creative field, Fashion design does not depend so much on qualifications as on talent and creativity. Styles and tastes keep changing all the time and a good designer needs to be on his toes to give the consumer the best and the latest. In the realm of designing, fashion is a business and it must not be misunderstood for an art form. Its dynamics are guided by commerce.

Unlike popular belief, fashion design does involve a certain amount of technical knowledge, of types of material, their adaptability to weather, wear and tear etc. Production facilities and costs also need to be taken into account. In the field of apparels, careers can be made in design, production, merchandising and marketing.

As a designer, your job is to forecast fashion and translate the requirements of the market into saleable designs. It calls for a rare combination of talent and business acumen. If you want to be successful in this field, you need to have confidence and optimism, keen powers of observation, an eye for detail and a high level of creativity. You should be able to withstand the stress of failure and long and irregular hours. There must be a flexibility to adapt a disorganised environment with day-today challenges and many ego problems. A flair for computers also helps since most design work in future will be done on computers.

Above all, you should have some training in the field. Some of the institutions offering courses in Fashion Technology are here for you:

BA Archaeology ---MS University of Baroda, Gujarat

Bangalore University, Bangalore --

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Univ. --Maharashtra

Eligibility for the above course is 10+2

Course Duration is 3 years