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NCERT Doctoral Fellowship, National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) and
Nurturance Programmes are a few examples.
As a part of international cooperation in education, the NCERT shared its
experiences in school and teacher education with various delegations from Korea,
Singapore, USA, and the United Kingdom. Further, the Diploma Courses in
English and English Language Teaching for students from Afghanistan was
conducted successfully. Several faculty members participated in various
international and national seminars and meetings organised by different
organisations across the world.
NCERT’s efforts to bring uniformity in core areas of curriculum have been
endorsed by the States’ Education Departments as many of them sought
copyright permission for NCERT textbooks. During the year, NCERT brought
out some new textbooks, viz., Human Ecology and Family Sciences, Health
and Physical Education, Computers and Communication Technology and
Heritage Craft and Graphic Design, guideline for school mathematics
laboratory, etc. After the completion of the last phase of textbook development,
supplementary reading materials, laboratory manuals in science and
mathematics, translation of textbooks in Urdu, teachers’ handbooks/
manuals, in-service teacher education manuals, etc. have brought out.
Considering the need for paying special attention to the North-Eastern Region
of the country, various programmes were organised at different locations in North-
Eastern Region. Some of these programmes were training on environmental
studies and other content specific curricular areas, teaching of minority languages
and National Seminars on Environmental Education and Right to Education
Act, 2009. Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar,
Mysore and North-East Regional Institute of Education at Shillong (NERIE) have
imparted quality pre-service and in-service teacher education programmes in
their respective regions and attempted to strive for academic excellence. Other
two constituents/units namely PSSCIVE at Bhopal and CIET in Delhi made
significant contribution in the areas of vocational education and ICT in schools.
I convey my deep appreciation to M. Siraj Anwar, Associate Professor and
P.D. Subhash, Assistant Professor of PPMED for timely preparation of the Annual
Report. This report of NCERT presents an overview of efforts made by the Council
to provide quality education to our children. We are thankful to the Central and
State Governments, students, teachers and parents for their faith in the efforts of
NCERT.
R. Govinda
Director
New Delhi National Council of Educational
October 2011 Research and Training
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