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In view of the above, the department visualises following roles and functions:
� Leading role in evolving and implementing policies underlined in the
framework of implementation of RMSA with regard to achieving goals of
access, quality, equity and relevance in secondary education;
� Providing academic support to all the States/UTs in collaboration with different
NIE departments and other constituent units of the NCERT for reviewing
and improving the state curriculum, syllabus, textbooks, assessment practices
and various resource materials in consonance with emerging national, social
and pedagogic concerns such as inclusive education, peace, environment
etc. as reflected in the National Curriculum Framework-2005;
� Initiating and promoting dialogue with various stakeholders on quality issues
and concerns related to secondary education under RMSA;
� Strengthening in-service teacher professional development programmes at
secondary stage;
� Supporting states/UTs for improving assessment practices at secondary stage
in order to bring about examination reforms;
� Strengthening/promoting ICT enabled secondary education for quality
improvement in all curricular areas;
� Capacity building of various stakeholders including teachers and teachereducators
for the effective implementation of quality aspects such as
curriculum reform, continuous and comprehensive evaluation, examination
reforms, etc;
� Strengthening Science, Mathematics and Language Education at the
secondary stage;
� Promoting other curricular areas such as Arts and Aesthetics, Health and
Physical Education and work at secondary stage;
� Promoting/strengthening research studies on quality aspects in secondary
education; and
� Strengthening coordination mechanism and collaboration with different
agencies at various levels like within NIE departments, RIEs, PSSCIVE,
CIET,SCERTs, School Education Boards, Secondary Teacher Education
Institutions such as IASEs, CTEs, etc. and develop feedback mechanism for
the effective functioning of these institutions.
Major Activities
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Strengthening Science Education at Secondary Stage of Schooling in
States/UTs under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
In view of addressing one of the quality concerns under RMSA for strengthening
science education at the secondary level the department conducted a programme
Strengthening Science Education at Secondary Stage of Schooling in States/
UTs under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan with specific objectives to
orient state functionaries on laboratory practices and also to develop science
laboratory kits for the secondary stage as per the requirement of state science
curricula. The programme was conducted with support of NIE-workshop from
Annual Report 2010-11