BASELIOS MARTHOMA MATHEWS 11 TRAINING COLLEGE KOTTARAKARA

NAME OF THE CANDIDATE : BIJI K

OPTIONAL SUBJECT : NATURAL SCIENCE

CANDIDATE CODE : 13350009

ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC : A STUDY OF NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION RESERCH AND TRAINING

INTRODUCTION

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT, Hindi: is an 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.

NCERT has comprehensive extension programme in which departments of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Central Institute of Vocational Education (CIVE) and offices of the Field Advisers in the states are engaged in activities. Several programmes are organised in rural and backward areas to reach out to functionaries in these areas.

It acts as the Secretariat of the National Development Group (NDG) for Educational Innovations. The NCERT has been offering training facilities, usually through attachment programmes and participation in workshops, to education workers of other countries. 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.

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:

i. Implementation of National Curriculum Framework

ii. Universalisation of Elementary Education (UEE)

iii. Vocational education

iv. Education of groups with special needs

v. Early childhood education

vi. Evaluation and examination to reform IT education

vii. Competitive Value education

viii. Education of girl child

ix. Production of teaching-learning experience

x. Improvement in teacher education

National Council of Educational Research and

Training

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organization set up in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education. Major objectives of the NCERT and its constituent units are to:

Undertake, aid, promote and coordinate research in areas related to school education;Prepare and publish model textbooks, supplementary material, newsletters, journals and other related literature; Organize pre-service and in-service training of teachers;Develop and disseminate innovative educational techniques and practices; Collaborate and network with state educational departments, universities, NGOs and other educational institutions; Act as a clearing house for ideas and information in matters related to school education; andAct as a nodal agency for achieving goals of universalisation of elementary education.

In addition to research, development, training, extension, publication and dissemination activities, the NCERT is an implementation agency for

bilateral cultural exchange programmes with other countries in the field of school education

The NCERT also interacts and works in collaboration with the international organizations, visiting foreign delegations and offers various training facilities to educational personnel from developing countries. The major Constituent Units of the NCERT which are located in different regions of the country are:

ADVANTAGES

· availability of necessary pieces of apparatus/ items at one place.· multipurpose use of each piece of apparatus.· economy of time in setting up of experiments.· portability from one place to another.· provision for teacher’s innovation.· low cost and use of indigenous resources

CONCLUSION

NCERT has comprehensive extension programme in which departments of the National Institute of Education (NIE), Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Central Institute of Vocational Education (CIVE) and offices of the Field Advisers in the states are engaged in activities. Several programmes are organised in rural and backward

areas to reach out to functionaries in these areas.It acts as the Secretariat of the National Development Group (NDG) for Educational Innovations. The NCERT has been offering training facilities, usually through attachment programmes and participation in workshops, to education workers of other countries. 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.

REFERANCE

i. "Public Information Services." National Council of Educational Research and Training. Retrieved on 25 August 2012. "National Council of Educational Research and Training," Sri Aurbindo Marg, New Delhi-110016"

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