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NCERT North-East Regional Institute of Education, Shillong The North-East Regional Institute of Education was set up at Shillong to cater to the educational needs of the North-Eastern States, viz. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The institute aspires to emerge as a leader in the field of school education in the North-Eastern Region by playing the role of a pro-active organisation. The institute provides academic and technical support system to assist and advise the governments of the above mentioned states on policies and programmes on all aspects of school education and state curriculum. It primarily aims at capacity building of the state and district level resource institutions/teacher education institutions and state boards of secondary education and higher secondary education located in the region by undertaking research, development training and extension programmes. The institute engages itself in the promotion and support of the programmes of the Government of India and the NCERT, development of school education in the North-Eastern States, and development of a different kind of professional identity in the areas of language education, science and mathematics education in the light of NCF-2005, teachers professional development, research on sociological and cultural dimensions of education, etc. The programmes of the institutes focus on development of need-based interventions for the special problems of school education in the region such as the problems of under qualified and untrained teachers, high rates of school dropouts, low levels of pupil achievement, etc. The long term role of the NERIE would be to facilitate development of human resource in the region so that the States are able to provide quality inputs in all aspects of school education. Major Activities RESEARCH Impact of Community Intervention on the Quality Education in NE India: A Case Study of Manipur The research focuses on educational system of two blocks of Manipur namely, Kakching and Wabagai of Thoubal district. It concerns the relationship between local governance, community participation, and school processes, and also seeks to inter-relate these aspects with quality education in these two blocks. The study reveals that there is a big gap between the community and school process in both the blocks. Under SSA, school is assumed to be owned and monitored by the community. Therefore, the government authorities withdraw from their

traditional responsibilities of monitoring school process. As communities are also not much aware of the role to be played by them, there is no monitoring of the school especially in the rural areas either by the government or by the community. In this backdrop private English medium schools are coming up in Manipur where more than 63% of children are enrolled in private English medium schools. A Status Study of Commerce Education in Higher Secondary Schools of North-Eastern States The study was carried out with the objectives of finding out the status of commerce education in states in terms of infrastructure, teachers, management and also the status of teachers in terms of training, gender, area, SES, qualification, etc. The study reveals that majority of the commerce higher secondary schools are government schools and some of the private schools which do run commerce stream had to shut down commerce stream due to low enrolment. The students prefer government schools because of the fee structure. The finding also shows that most of the schools do not have proper infrastructural facilities like classroom, playground, display board, drinking water facilities, library, and staffroom, etc. Further the number of male teachers teaching commerce education is higher when compared to female teachers. Most of the teachers teaching commerce subjects do not have a teaching degree and most of the teachers use lecture method in the classroom. There is no link between institutions and industries in this area. Education in any discipline has two inter-related and inter-linked complementary aspects-conceptual knowledge and practical knowledge. Both are complementary to each other and commerce education in North-Eastern Region is lacking in this aspect. Therefore, to improve the quality of this stream the classroom teaching methods should be reoriented more on practical approach. DEVELOPMENT Development of Material for Strengthening Existing School Curriculum and Syllabus for HIV/AIDS Education at the Higher Secondary Level A workshop for the development of material for strengthening existing school curriculum and syllabus for HIV/AIDS education at the higher secondary level was organised at NERIE, Shillong from 2 to 6 August 2010. Experts in the area of curriculum and textbooks from state Board of Higher Secondary Education and other experts from NACO, NGOs and universities contributed in the workshop. Training-cum-Workshop for the Development of Language Primers in Recognised Languages of Manipur with reference to NCF-2005 The programme was held in two phases at Board of Secondary Education, Manipur from 9 to 13 November 2010 and 15 to 19 November 2010. The objectives of the programme was to develop language primers in minority languages of Manipur, namely, Tanghkul, Rongmei, Kom, Mao, Zou, Paite, Hmar, Thadou-kuki, Lushai, and Vaiphei and to promote language education in North- Eastern Region. The workshop charted out the contents of the primer. The workshop identified the teaching points, language goals and the accompanying pedagogy to develop the primer. The primer development process that was followed had a bearing with the principles of moving from known to unknown, from simple to complex and familiar to unfamiliar. It began with the following language teaching goals in respective primary classes. Listening to the language, Annual Report 2010-11 Annual Report 2010-11 Annual Report 2010-11 213

NCERT<br />

North-East Regional Institute<br />

of Education, Shillong<br />

The North-East Regional Institute of Education was set up at Shillong to cater to<br />

the educational needs of the North-Eastern States, viz. Assam, Arunachal<br />

Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The<br />

institute aspires to emerge as a leader in the field of school education in the<br />

North-Eastern Region by playing the role of a pro-active organisation.<br />

The institute provides academic and technical support system to assist and<br />

advise the governments of the above mentioned states on policies and programmes<br />

on all aspects of school education and state curriculum. It primarily aims at<br />

capacity building of the state and district level resource institutions/teacher<br />

education institutions and state boards of secondary education and higher<br />

secondary education located in the region by undertaking research, development<br />

training and extension programmes. The institute engages itself in the promotion<br />

and support of the programmes of the Government of India and the NCERT,<br />

development of school education in the North-Eastern States, and development<br />

of a different kind of professional identity in the areas of language education,<br />

science and mathematics education in the light of NCF-2005, teachers professional<br />

development, research on sociological and cultural dimensions of education,<br />

etc.<br />

The programmes of the institutes focus on development of need-based<br />

interventions for the special problems of school education in the region such as<br />

the problems of under qualified and untrained teachers, high rates of school<br />

dropouts, low levels of pupil achievement, etc. The long term role of the NERIE<br />

would be to facilitate development of human resource in the region so that the<br />

States are able to provide quality inputs in all aspects of school education.<br />

Major Activities<br />

RESEARCH<br />

Impact of Community Intervention on the Quality Education in NE India:<br />

A Case Study of Manipur<br />

The research focuses on educational system of two blocks of Manipur namely,<br />

Kakching and Wabagai of Thoubal district. It concerns the relationship between<br />

local governance, community participation, and school processes, and also seeks<br />

to inter-relate these aspects with quality education in these two blocks. The study<br />

reveals that there is a big gap between the community and school process in<br />

both the blocks. Under SSA, school is assumed to be owned and monitored by<br />

the community. Therefore, the government authorities withdraw from their

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