NCERT
The National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT)
is an apex organization set up by the Government of India,
with headquarters located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New Delhi to assist and advise the central and state
governments on academic matters related to school education. It was established
in 1961.
Objectives
National Council for
Indian Education (NCIE) and National Council for Education Research and
Training (NCERT) are two different concerns. Among the top priorities of NCERT
are:
1. Implementation
of National Curriculum Framework
4. Education
of groups with special needs
5. Early
childhood education
6. Evaluation
and examination to reform IT education
7. Competitive
Value education
8. Education
of girl child
9. Production
of teaching-learning experience
10. Improvement
in teacher education
11. Improvement
of thought of student
Functions
The main functions of
the NCERT are:
1. To assist the
ministry of human resource Development in the formation and implementation of its
policies and programmes in the field of education.
2. To undertake
necessary research, innovations, experiments, pilot-projects, advanced training
and extension services.
3. To maintain liason
between Central and state Education departments.
Constituents
There are a number of
constituents of the NCERT through which it provides academic and technical
support for the improvement of school education. They are :
Pandit Sundrelal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational
Educational technology (PSSCIVE)
Central institute of
educational Technology (CIET)
Field advisor’s
offices in the state
Activities
The important
activities of the NCERT are in the following areas:
1.
RESEARCH:
The NCERT conducts in
house research and also supports research programmes of other institutions
/organizations by providing financial assistance and academic guidance.
2. TRAINING:
The NCERT also
undertakes activities to for the pre-service and in-service training of
teachers at various levels(pr-primary, elementary, secondary and Higher secondary)and also in such areas as
vocational education, educational technology, guidance and counseling and
special education.
3 .
EXTENSION:
The NCERT has
comprehensive extension programmes in which various Departments of the NIE,
RIE’s, CIET, PSSCIVE and the offices and the offices of the field advisers in
the state are engaged in various ways .It works in close collaboration with
various agencies and institutions in the state , and also works extensively in
association with Extension service Departments and centres in teacher training
colleges and schools with the purpose of providing assistance to teachers,
teacher educators ,educational administrators, question paper setters ,text-book
writers, etc .Conferences, seminars, workshops and competitions are
organized on a regular basis as part of
the extension services.
4. DEVELOPMENT:
4. DEVELOPMENT:
Developmental
activities in school education constitute an important function of the NCERT. The major developmental
activities include development and renewal of the curricula and instructional
materials for various levels of school education and steps for making them
relevant to changing of children and society at the same time.
5. PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION:
The NCERT publishes textbooks for
school subjects from Classes I to XII. NCERT publishes books that are used in
government and private schools across India that follow the CBSE curriculum.it also brings out workbooks ,teachers guides,supplementary
readers,research reports,etc
For dissemination of educational information the NCERT publishes six journals ;
For dissemination of educational information the NCERT publishes six journals ;
THE PRIMARY TEACHER:is published both in English and Hindi and aims at giving
meaningful and relevant educational inputs to primary school teachers.
The school Science :Serves as an open forum for discussion of various aspects of science education.
The school Science :Serves as an open forum for discussion of various aspects of science education.
Journal of Indian
education : provides a forum for encouraging original and
critical thinking on education through discussion on current educational issues
Indian educational review- contains research articles and provides a forum for
researches in education.
Bharatiya adhunik
shiksha –published in hindi
it provides a forum for encouraging critical thinking on contemporary issues in education .besides these a house journal called NCERT news letter is also published in English and Hindi.
6. EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES
it provides a forum for encouraging critical thinking on contemporary issues in education .besides these a house journal called NCERT news letter is also published in English and Hindi.
6. EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES
The NCERT interacts
with international organizations such as UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP, NFPA and the World
Bank, to study specific educational problems and to arrange training programmes
for personnel from developing countries. The NCERT also acts a s a major agency for implementing the Bilateral cultural exchange programmes entered into by the
government of india.with the government of other countries in the fields of
school education and teacher education.
Thus the NCERT is an important apex body that helps to plan , implement , monitor ,supervise control and evaluate the various educational programmes at the National level It acts as the Secretariat of the National Development Group (NDG) for Educational Innovations.
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