The drop out at secondary level is the result of several factors one of which is the inefficiency of the teachers. The teachers at the secondary level are unable to respond to the needs of the children resulting in significantly high dropout even in the urban areas. Government of India has been taking initiatives to reduce the drop outs vide its various schemes and policies yet such initiative would not be successful until the teacher education system supports it by skilling the teachers appropriately through both its pre service and in service teacher education programmes.