The HUMANA PEOPLE TO PEOPLE INDIA Teacher Training Programme, called the Necessary Teacher Training (NeTT), is a response to the Government of India’s call for improving the quality of teachers. It has been a long journey from the National Policy of Education (NPE) 1986 to the Right to Education Act (RTE) 2009. The RTE establishes the right to quality education for all children as a legal right and places the responsibility for its fulfillment on the states. Up to the passing of the RTE Act in 2009 and its execution from 2010, a number of projects, programmes and schemes have been implemented by the Government of India to improve school education, the largest programme being Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education for All), which has provided resources for tens of thousands of new schools and teachers. While the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Scheme increased rates up to close to 100%, the drop-out rates remained high, and learning outcomes in primary schools were low. In 2005 a new National Curriculum Framework was developed and published by the National Council for Education, Research and Training (NCERT) as a guide to the states for moving towards a more inclusive and child- learning process.