futuristic programmes and curriculum in teacher education Dr. Jagannath K . Dange Associate Professor, Department of PG Studies and Research in Education, Jnana Sahyadri kuvempu University, Shankarghatta - 577451. Shimoga- Karnataka Abstract The teaching profession is stimulating with the enormous task of creating conditions and developing processes for building the human skills and capacities that are considered to be obligatory for economic growth, prosperity, social well-being, and individual development. It is not surprise that in any national education system, teachers are consid