Abstract
Accreditation Councils are all about quality assurance in the academic programs. All the
mechanisms of accreditation concentrates on the quality for which Quran uses and stress words
ihsan and itqan (good and quality). National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education
(NACTE) like other academic accreditation councils is also working to ensure quality in teacher
education. The accreditation processes of NACTE concentrate to ensure the quality in terms of
infrastructure, facilities and instructional process deemed necessary for competent teachers’ and
graduates in the field of education. The study is divided into two sections. Section 1analyzes the
NACTE and its accreditation standards in the light of Quran and Hadiths while section 2
concentrates on the challenges faced by NACTE in ensuring quality of teacher education and the
available opportunities that NACTE could utilize for the sustainability of NACTE and teacher
education in Pakistan. The study is based on mixed-method research design following sequential
triangulation techniques adopting pragmatic paradigm of research. Data collection instruments
used in this study was in-depth interviews and a structured questionnaire from teacher educators
of public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The results and recommendations are
discussed at the end of the study.
Dr. Farooq Nawaz Khan, Dr. Nasir Ahmad, Sadarat. (2018) Islamic Perspective of National Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (NACTE) and Problems to NACTE in Ensuring Quality Teacher Education, Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research (SJESR), Volume-01, Issue-1.
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