AUTHOR=Suar Gagana Bihari , Behera Rashmi Ranjan , Rout Ranjan Kumar , Patra Sabita , Panda Prachiprava , Sethi Pujanjali TITLE=English language and pedagogical competency of prospective English teachers: insights and challenges from teacher education institutes in Odisha, India JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2025 YEAR=2025 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2025.1517466 DOI=10.3389/feduc.2025.1517466 ISSN=2504-284X