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NCERT
23. Pandit Sunderlal Sharma
Central Institute of
Vocational Education, Bhopal
Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational
Education (PSSCIVE), Bhopal, a constituent unit of the
NCERT, is an apex level research and development institute
in the field of vocational education in the country. It provides
academic and technical support to a variety of vocational
programmes and advises and assists the Central and State
Governments and Union Territory Administration on the
implementation of vocational education policies and
programmes.
Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE),
Bhopal, a constituent unit of the NCERT, is an apex research and development
institute in the field of vocational education in the country. It provides academic
and technical support to a variety of vocational programmes and advises and
assists the central and state governments and Union Territories on the
implementation of vocational education policies and programmes.
The PSSCIVE, Bhopal is engaged in multifarious activities which may be
broadly categorised into development, training, research and evaluation,
extension and dissemination in the field of vocational education. It is also a centre
of UNESCO’s International Project on Technical and Vocational Education
(UNEVOC) in India. It provides academic and technical support for the realisation
of the national goal of vocational education in fulfilling the human resource
requirement for national development and the social requirements of employment.
The specific functions of the Institute are to:
� ensure the uniformity of patterns in the context of national system of vocational
education;
� maintain quality and standards (including those of teaching profession at all
levels);