Nursery Teacher Training

Duration : 1 Year

About the course :

The Certificate Course of Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) is a course for candidates aspiring to become nursery teachers. The course equips prospective nursery teachers with the essential skills and techniques that foster the activities of young learners.
Nursery teachers play a crucial role in moulding the traits, habits and morals of young minds from the time they begin school. Since early childhood learning is interactive and with the contemporary learning environs being demanding, nursery teachers must enable learning and development using playful activities while maintaining the natural rhythm of young children. This substantiates the fact that teachers who intend to be nursery teachers should go through professional training as nursery education is regarded as a pivotal step in laying the foundation for the future learning of a child. Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) aspirants are trained in areas such as nursery level subjects, teaching methodology, child education, and communication.

Eligibility :
Students who have completed their XII (10+2) examination in any stream from a recognised board or equivalent are eligible to apply for this course.

Scope and Career Prospects of this Course :
After completion of NTT course, a student can seek jobs with both private and independent nurseries/schools, infant/primary schools, voluntary-aided schools, free schools, preparatory schools, children centres, community/trust schools, kindergartens, early excellence centres, and nursery centres. They can also start their own playschool/nursery/creche/daycare centre. The salary package of nursery teachers differs depending on the type of board one gets employed in, experience, seniority, personal performance, and the school policy. Those who run their nurseries and daycare centres can get sufficient earnings.