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with special emphasis on constructivist approach to teaching and learning and
critical pedagogy and how these principles can be applied in teaching of various
subjects in actual classroom situation.
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National Seminar on Problem and Prospects of Environmental Education
in Schools of North-Eastern Region
The seminar was held from 7 to 9 February 2011, at NERIE, Shillong. Seventeen
papers were presented in this seminar covering different aspects of environmental
studies and education with special reference to the situation in North-East India.
The themes and sub-themes of the seminar are stated below
� The State of environmental education in the region-It covered issues such as
status of environmental education at various levels in the region, habitat and
learning, sensitisation, curriculum, pedagogy, teaching-learning materials,
textbooks, classroom transaction, NCF, 2005, etc.
� Environmental Issues of the region-Sustainable development, traditional
knowledge and its inclusion in the EE, water resource, rain water harvesting,
water management, sanitation and health, Jhoom cultivation, environmental
degradation, physical environment of schools, etc.
� Role of language in environmental education
� Gender and environment
� Disaster management and school education
� Climate change and North East region
� Role of NGOs and civil society groups in environmental education
� ICT and Environment Education—Role of ICT in environmental education.
National Seminar on Right to Education Act, 2009: Its Prospects and
Challenges
The seminar was held at NERIE, Shillong from 7 to 9 March 2011. The government
of India has passed the historic Act known as Right to Free and Compulsory
Education Act-2009, which emphasised education as the fundamental right for
every child in the country. However, the success or failure of this Act would largely
depend upon how effectively the Act is implemented. Lots of challenges are also
observed in process of Universalisation of Primary Education. These challenges are
inequality, rigid social norm, poverty, terrorism, violence, conflict, gender,
geographical difficulties, etc. The region also has more than 50 per cent of untrained
teachers, while the national average is below 20 per cent. In this situation the quality
of education that a child is receiving from our government schools is questionable
today. Therefore, the successful implementation of this Act will again depend upon
how the particular state can effectively control over those challenges. Therefore, it is
highly important to understand different challenges specific to different social,
cultural, ethnic and geographical groups living in the country. It is in this view that
the seminar was organised to provide a platform where we can share and discus on
various issues related to this Act. This step will help the educational planners,
administrators and teachers to take their activities in proper direction. Altogether
43 papers were presented in the seminar.
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