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The Heads of different departments of NCERT gave an overview of the work of
their departments. Professor Vasudha Kamat, J.D. (CIET) appraised the
delegation of initiation of ICT programme by CIET which would cover one
million students all over India.
� A five member delegation from Indonesia visited India from 29 November to
2 December 2010. The purpose of their visit was to study the national
examination bench marking system in India in order to improve the quality
of national examination bench marking in Indonesia. The delegation had a
meeting on 1 December 2010 in MHRD in which Professor G. Ravindra, I/c
Director, NCERT; Professor Poonam Agrawal, Head, IRD and Professor Avtar
Singh, Head, DEME participated. Later, the delegation visited NCERT. The
meeting was chaired by Director, NCERT. During this meeting, the Head,
Department of Educational Measurement and Evaluation briefed the group
about the procedures used for assessment of students in the country. He
also gave a brief description of National Talent Search Examination and
achievement surveys conducted by them. The delegation discussed about
the benchmarking system procedure used in India. The delegation was also
briefed about the school structure and subjects covered at various levels of
school education.
The delegation from Indonesia interacting with Professor G. Ravindra,
Director (in-charge) and senior faculty of NCERT
� A two member delegation consisting of Dr Michael A. Diamond, Executive
Director and Shri Mark Power Robinson, Associate Professor, Director, APRISE
(Asia Pacific Rim International Study Experience) from University of Southern
California, Los Angeles visited NCERT on 31 January 2011. The meeting
took place with the I/c Director, NCERT, Professor G. Ravindra in which Head,
IRD, Professor Poonam Agrawal, Professor Vasudha Kamat, J.D. (CIET) and
Professor D.K. Vaid, Head, DES & DP and Dean (C) also participated.
Interaction with regard to prospects for cooperation between their university
and NCERT took place.
List of On-going/ Carried Over Programmes
� Study on Effect of Media on Sexual Beliefs/Behaviour of Girls and Boys.
Annual Report 2010-11