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Technology, Special Orientation Programme for School Teachers (SOPT),
Programmes of Mass Orientation of School Teachers (P-MOST), Scheme of
Improvement of Science Education in Schools, Environmental Orientation of
School Education, Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools (CLASS), Operation
Blackboard (OB) Scheme, Scheme for Integrated Education of the Disabled, Sarva
Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Promotion of Yoga in Schools and Pre-service, In-service
Teacher Education Programmes, etc.
The NCERT undertook a number of significant projects funded by
International Agencies which provided basic data for formulation of policies, plans
and programmes of education. Some of them are: IEA (acronym for International
Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) Study, Primary
Education Curriculum Renewal (PECR), Study on Achievements in Language
and Science, IEA CompEd Study, Developmental Activities in Community
Education and Participation (DACEP), Comprehensive Access to Primary
Education (CAPE), District Primary Education Programme (DPEP), National
Population Education Project (NPEP), A Survey of Secondary Schools,
Achievement Motive in High School Boys and Training for it, Scholastic Aptitude
Tests in Hindi for Grades VIII and XI, Evaluative Criteria for Inspection and
Supervision in Secondary Schools, Wastage and Stagnation in Primary and Middle
Schools, Survey of Achievement in Mathematics at three levels of School Education,
Identification of Talent in Elementary and Secondary Schools, Curriculum and
Methods of Teaching Mathematics in Secondary Schools.
Some other major initiatives of NCERT in recent years include: implementation
and dissemination of National Curriculum Framework (NCF–2005); National
Centre for Computer Education; publishing of Journals–Peace Education and
Educational Abstracts; launching of Eighth All India School Education Survey;
National Consultative Meet on Education for Life; preparation for launching of
on-line programmes in some areas; development of Crystal Structure Kit;
International Diploma Course in Guidance and Counselling through Distance/
Online Mode in Collaboration with Commonwealth of Learning (CoL); Diploma
Course in ECCE; Training Course on Peace Education; preparation of customised
Training Package for teachers of KGBV and development of Bridge course for
KGBV girls; development of textbooks in media studies, Human Ecology and
Family Sciences (HEFS), Indian Art, Heritage Crafts Graphic Design; and of
textbooks and supplementary reading materials into Urdu.
PLANNING AND PROCESSING OF PROGRAMMES
The programmes of NCERT are formulated keeping in view the broader perspectives
of the National Policy on Education (NPE) and the educational needs of the states
requiring NCERT’s inputs, among other things. The educational needs of the states
are identified mainly through the mechanism of the State Co-ordination Committees
(SCCs) which provide a forum for interaction among the NCERT faculty with the
senior functionaries of the State Education Departments. The Education Secretary
of the State is the Chairperson of the SCC and the Principal of the concerned Regional
Institute of Education (RIE) is the Member-Convener. The identified educational
needs of the states are first considered by the Institutes Advisory Boards (IABs) of
RIEs and then the Managing Committees (MCs) of RIEs.
The academic programmes of the Departments of the NIE are processed
through the Advisory Boards of the individual Departments (DABs) and thereafter
by the Academic Committee (AC) of the NIE.
Annual Report 2010-11