Dept. of Education Kerala: An Overview

Department of Education:An Overview

Minister for EducationP K Abdu Rabb

http://www.education.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=74



Education SecretaryShri. A.Ajith Kumar IAS




Director of Public Instruction (DPI)A Shajahan IAS




ADPI- Academic

ADPI- Administrative

(Saralamma)

Joint Director (JD)

Arun Kumar

Deputy Director of Education (DDE)

DDE for 14 Districts

DDE for various sections like QIP planning, examination, printing etc..

Administration charge is to Administrative Assistant




District Educational Officer (DEO)-38

District Educational Officer (DEO)

Administration charge is to the P A




Assistant Educational Officer- 163 AEO is equal to High school HM in rank




Assistant Educational Officer- 163 AEO is equal to High school HM in rank

Administration charge is to Sr. Superintended

High school Assistant (HSA)




Primary Division Teacher

STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING(SCERT-Kerala)

Established in 1994The State Institute of Education (SIE) worked under Dept. of General Education was converted into SCERT

Academic affairs from -2 to +2 are dealt by SCERT

SCERT has six departments:• Curriculum, Textbooks and Evaluation (DCTE)• Teacher Education (Pre-Service & IN- Service) and Extension Services• Educational Technology (DET)• Art, Physical, Health and Vocational Education• Non-formal and Continuing Education and Special Projects• Educational Research, Documentation and Dissemination

•Chairman of SCERT is the Minster for Education.•Vice-chairman is the Education Secretary.

FunctionariesDirector of SCERT (Equal to the rank of DPI)

K A Hashim

•Curriculum Head (Equal to JD)•Asst. Professor (Equal to DD)•Research Officer (Equal to DEO)

Material PreparationWriting team (Head-Academic Coordinator)Text book committee (Head-Chairman)Curriculum Sub-committeeSteering Committee (Head- Minister for Edn.)

Six Curriculum Sub-CommitteesGeneralLanguageMathematicsScienceSocial Science

Structure of the Steering Committee Convenor ---- Education SecretaryChairman -----Minister for Edn.SCERT Faculty membersSub-Committee members

http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in/

http://www.scert.kerala.gov.in/

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING

(NCERT)

Functions Under Human Resource Development Ministry.

• The Union Minister for Human Resource Development -Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju

• The Minister of State for Human Resource Development -Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Director of NCERT - Prof. P SinclairJoint Director - Prof. B.K TripathiSecretary - Alok Verma

http://www.ncert.nic.in/organisation/sr_functn/sr_fucnt.html

http://www.ncert.nic.in/organisation/sr_functn/sr_fucnt.html

•National Curriculum Framework(NCF)-2005•Kerala Curriculum Framework (KCF)-2007

•NCF for Teacher Education-2009•KCF for Teacher Education-2012

Topics come under NCF TE•Pre-Service Teacher Education for Elementary Teachers.(TTC)•Pre-Service Teacher Education for Secondary Teachers.(B.Ed)•M.Ed.

http://www.ncert.nic.in/index.html

http://www.ncert.nic.in/index.html

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)(Education for All Movement)

aimed at the universalization of elementary education in a time bound manner, as mandated by the 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free education to children aged 6–14 (estimated to be 205 million in number in 2001) a fundamental right.

Its goals of 2011 were to do the following:•Open new schools in areas without them and to expand existing school infrastructures and maintenance.•Address inadequate teacher numbers and provide training a development for existing teachers.•Provide quality elementary education including life skills with a special focus on the education of girls and of children with special needs, as well as computer education.

Pioneered by Sri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Force of the project..SPD’s Office•State Project Director (SPD)•Assistant project Officer (APO)District Project Office•District Project Officer (DPO)-1•District Programme Officer (DPO)-4Block Resource Centre •Block Programme Officer•B.R.C Trainers

http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/Kerala_1.pdf

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA)

This scheme was launched in March, 2009 with the objective to enhance access to secondary education and to improve its quality. The implementation of the scheme started from 2009-10.

Aims•To achieve an enrolment rate of 75% from 52.26% in 2005-06 at secondary stage within 5 years of implementation of the scheme by providing a secondary school within a reasonable distance of any habitation.•To improving quality of education imparted at secondary level through making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, providing universal access to secondary level education by 2017, i.e., by the end of 12th Five Year Plan and achieving universal retention by 2020.

Important physical facilities provided under the scheme are:(i) Additional class rooms, (ii) Laboratories, (iii) Libraries, (iv) Art and crafts room, (v) Toilet blocks, (vi) Drinking water provisions and (vii) Residential Hostels for Teachers in remote areas.

District Institute of Educational Training(DIET)

1986-NPE/NEP(National Policy on Education)

Prime Minister-Rajiv GandhiMinister for HRD- Narasimha Rao

1989- Established three DIET’s in Kerala

Functions under the Ministry of Human Resource Development

In the states it functions directly under DPI

DIET is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

To provide academic and resource support at the grass-roots level for the success of the various strategies and programmes being undertaken in the areas of elementary and adult education, with special reference to the following objectives: -

•Universalization of Primary/Elementary Education.•Adult Education•NLM targets in regard to functional literacy in the 15-35 age group.

FunctionariesPrincipal (Equal to DDE in rank)Senior Lectures (Equal to DEO in rank) 7Junior Lecturer (Equal to AEO in rank) 12 to 13

7 FacultiesPre-service Teacher Education (PSTE)-TTCIn-service Field interaction and coordination (IFIC)Curriculum Material Development and Evaluation (CMDE)Planning and Management (P&M)Educational Technology (ET)District Resource Unit for Adult Education (DRU for AE)Work Experience and Art Education (WE & AE)

Other Institutions Under General Education

State Institute of Education and Training (SIET)State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT)IT@ School

State Institute of EnglishThrissur

District Centre for EnglishThiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur and Kozhikode

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