The paper places emphasis on building the capacity of teachers for teaching, through regular training programmes. The proposal advocates for regular annual in-service training of teachers for a minimum of 20 working days by pre-service teacher education institutions like B.Ed. or D.El.Ed. or B.El.Ed. or NTT colleges in order to orient them to their updated roles and responsibilities, according to the norms and standards laid down in NCTE Regulations 2014 for teacher education. As a part of social responsibility in-service training programs should be offered by the pre-service teacher training Colleges for the period of at least 20 working days in a year to the group of teachers who have completed their pre-service training by 2016.