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This book makes a comprehensive study of the origin and development of teacher education in Goa during the colonial rule of the Portuguese. Providing a brief historical overview, it describes the beginnings of teacher training in Goa. Tracing the founding and development of ‘Escola Normal’, a teacher’s training school, it shows how the various integral areas like curriculum, organization and administration, methodology, pedagogy, method of testing and evaluation, and practicals evolved from time-to-time. The various measures adopted by the Portuguese to bring in qualitative improvement in teacher education have also been dealt with elaborately.