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Quality education of the learner depends on quality teachers and, an inclusive and fear-free environment. For quality, teachers we need quality in teacher education programs. National Education Policy 2020 is the third national education policy launched by the government of India on July 29, 2020. The new education policy framework aims to provide quality education to every learner as well as the whole country and to highlight India's education in a world-class context. The objective of the paper focuses on various challenges faced by teacher education programs that hinder the quality of education. The present study is qualitative in nature. Content analysis techniques are used to analyze various challenges faced by teacher education programs. The findings of the study revealed factors like lack of quality teacher training Institutes, upgrading curriculum and pedagogical approaches, ensuring quality in teacher recruitment and selection, bridging the gap between theory and practical exposure, embracing technological integration in teacher education, poor learning outcomes and teacher quality, etc. are the current challenges faced by teacher education programs. The new National Education Policy on Teacher Education will focus on enhancing the quality of teacher education and present the teacher education system in a world-class context by overcoming these challenges.