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NCERT<br />

Regional Institute of Education<br />

Mysore<br />

The RIE, Mysore has been functioning as a Regional Resource Centre for School<br />

and Teacher Education and striving for academic excellence, innovation,<br />

professional competence, commitment and sharing of experiences and expertise<br />

to improve the quality of education in the southern region. The major academic<br />

functions of the RIE, Mysore are: designing and implementing innovative preservice<br />

teacher training programmes; conducting continuing education/ inservice<br />

training programmes for capacity building of the staff of DIETs, CTEs,<br />

IASEs and SCERTs and other educational functionaries of the States/ Union<br />

Territories in the southern region; carrying out research and developmental<br />

activities in various areas of concern to school education and teacher education;<br />

and offering consultancy on matters related to school education as well as teacher<br />

education.<br />

Major Activities<br />

RESEARCH<br />

The institute is a recognised centre for undertaking doctoral research in education.<br />

Several steps have been taken by the <strong>Research</strong> Co-ordination Cell of the institute<br />

to strengthen the research activities. A total 42 scholars, both full time and part<br />

time, are pursuing doctoral study under various guides of the institute. Six of<br />

them have been awarded Ph.D by the University of Mysore and six research<br />

scholars in Education and Science have submitted their Ph.D. Thesis during<br />

2010-11.<br />

Involvement of Local Self-Governments in Promoting Quality Education<br />

at the Elementary Level<br />

The programme was planned with the specific objectives to ascertain the<br />

involvement of local self-government in promoting quality education at elementary<br />

level. In consultation with state educational and local government functionaries,<br />

the initial planning was carried out. A workshop was conducted to develop tools<br />

from 16 to 20 August 2010. The case study was conducted and the report will<br />

be sent to SCERT, Thiruvananthapuram for information and necessary action<br />

at their end.

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