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PANDIT SUNDERLAL SHARMA CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION (PSSCIVE)
The PSSCIVE is situated at Bhopal. It organises research, development, training
and extension programmes related to Work education and Vocational education.
Its activities include development of vocational curricula, guidelines for
instructional materials, research, training/orientation of key functionaries,
preparation of data-base, clearing house functions, and promotion and
implementation. It is also a Centre for UNESCO’s International Project on Technical
and Vocational Education (UNEVOC).
REGIONAL INSTITUTES OF EDUCATION
The Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) located at Ajmer, Bhopal,
Bhubaneswar and Mysore cater to the educational needs (pre-service and inservice
education) of teachers/teacher educators in the States and UTs under
their jurisdiction. Pre-service professional training programmes are offered to
prepare school teachers for teaching of different school subjects. These are
Regional Resource Institutions for school and teacher education and they extend
assistance in implementing the policies of the States/UTs and help in monitoring
and evaluation of the Centrally Sponsored Schemes. RIE, Ajmer looks after teacher
education and other educational requirements for the states of Delhi, Haryana,
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand and the UT of Chandigarh. RIE Bhopal caters to educational needs
of the states of Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and
UTs of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. RIE, Mysore extends technical
and academic support to the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and
Tamil Nadu and UTs of Lakshadweep and Puducherry. RIE, Bhubaneswar caters
to the educational needs of the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal
and the UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The North-East Regional Institute of Education (NERIE), Shillong to the inservice
educational needs of North-Eastern States i.e., Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. However, the
pre-service teacher preparation programmes for the North-East Region are still
being taken care by RIE, Bhubaneswar.
A Demonstration Multipurpose School (DMS) is attached to each RIE at Ajmer,
Bhopal, Bhubaneswar and Mysore as a laboratory for trying out innovative
practices in school education and teacher education. These are also used for
practical training for the teacher-trainees of the institutes.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Union Minister of Human Resource Development is the President (ex-officio)
of the General Body of NCERT. The members of the General Body are the
Education Ministers of all States and Union Territories and Chairperson of the
University Grants Commission (UGC); the Secretary to the Government of India,
Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Education); four Vice-
Chancellors of Universities (one from each region); the Chairman of the Central
Board of Secondary Education; the Commissioner of the Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan; the Director, Central Health Education Bureau; the Director of
Training, Directorate General of Training and Employment, Ministry of Labour;
Annual Report 2010-11
Annual Report 2010-11
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