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NCERT 64 with People; Negotiating; Team processes (storm, norm, etc.); Taking Responsibility; Leading; Role Taking/Accountability; Conflict Management; Resource Management: Library, LRC, Labs, Equipments, Psychology Lab, etc. Research Methodology and Priority Areas of Research for DIET/SCERT Faculty; Concept Need and Process of Educational Planning and Management; Planning and Organisation of In-service Training Programmes in line with the Needs of Teachers and Different Educational Programmes Operative in Different Districts; and Right to Education Act-Role of DIETs. EXTENSION Conference of Directors of SIEs/SCERTs The NCERT organised the conference of Directors of SCERTs/SIEs to discuss issues of common interest and concerns in the areas of school and teacher education at New Delhi from 14-15 February 2011. Eighteen Directors of SCERTs/SIEs from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tripura participated in the conference. Following recommendations were made in the conference: � SCERTs should be strengthened in terms of both academic and administrative matters. All existing SIEs to be upgraded as SCERTs; � The states should prepare the action plan for implementing the RTE Act- 2009; � The pre-service elementary teacher education should be revised in the light of RTE Act- 2009; � The capacity building programme should be organised by NCERT for the faculty of SCERTs; � NCERT should organise the meeting of the Directors of SCERTs/SIEs at least two times in a year; � NCERT should develop a scheme of Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation for the students; and � There should be a separate cadre for the faculty of DIETs and SCERTs. Besides this, a conference of Directors of SCERTs/SIEs of North-Eastern States was also organised on 10 March, 2011 at North-Eastern Regional Institute of Education, Shillong. Major focus of the conference was related to the training of the teachers in the region and modality for strengthening the SCERTs. The directors suggested that the detailed action plan to be prepared by each state for providing training to all the untrained teachers. All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education Institutions The all India competition was introduced to encourage schools and teacher education institutions to try out novel ideas and practices through team efforts for improving quality of school education and teacher education and to share their experiences with all other stakeholders. There is a provision for 30 awards (20 for schools and 10 for teacher education institutions) to be divided equally among the five regions as per the jurisdiction of each Regional Institutes of Education located at Ajmer, Bhopal, Mysore, Bhubaneswar and Shillong. Annual Report 2010-11

Annual Report 2010-11 National Seminar on All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for School and Teacher Education Institution 2010-11 The old scheme was reviewed through field interaction and expert group meetings. It has been felt that there is need to institutionalise the award system and give awards to innovative schools or teacher training institutions, where all teachers, headmaster/principal and management exhibit greater involvement in implementation of innovations, instead of giving prize to individual teachers. Accordingly the scheme has been revised as, “All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education Institutions”. Under the present scheme, project proposals were invited from schools/ teacher education institutions. Sixty project proposals were received and evaluated at two levels – RIEs and NCERT level. The 13 schools/institutions whose project proposals found to be innovative in nature were informed to carry out the innovation along with the suggestions given by the experts while evaluating the project proposals. Out of the 13 school/institutions, 09 school/institutions were visited for on the spot observation of innovative practices. All the 13 school/institutions have been invited to present the final report in the national seminar organised on 25-26 April 2011. The award of Rs. 20,000/- is earmarked based on the combined rating of project report and its presentation in the national seminar. Memorial Lecture Series on Eminent Educationists The Memorial Lecture Series programme was launched to fulfill the role of acting as a clearing house to disseminate ideas in the field of education and commemorate great educational thinkers. The department completed the fourth Memorial Lecture Series to commemorate the life and work of nine educational thinkers (Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Zakir Hussain, Mahadevi Verma, Majorie Sykes, B.M. Pugh, Sri Aurobindo, Gijubhai Badeka, Savitribai Phule). Thirteen lectures (nine of the fourth series and four of the third Series) were organised in the five Regional Institutes of Education at Ajmer, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Mysore and Shillong and four metropolitan cities at Presidency College Kolkata, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, The Asian College of Journalism, Chennai and NIE, New Delhi. The series intend to raise a public discourse in the field of education and covers nine public lectures to be delivered in the five RIEs and four metropolitan cities. Eminent educationists, social activists, legal luminaries, journalists, artists Annual Report 2010-11 Annual Report 2010-11 65

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2010-11<br />

<strong>National</strong> Seminar on All India Competition on Innovative Practices<br />

and Experiments in Education for School and Teacher Education<br />

Institution 2010-11<br />

The old scheme was reviewed through field interaction and expert group<br />

meetings. It has been felt that there is need to institutionalise the award system and<br />

give awards to innovative schools or teacher training institutions, where all teachers,<br />

headmaster/principal and management exhibit greater involvement in<br />

implementation of innovations, instead of giving prize to individual teachers.<br />

Accordingly the scheme has been revised as, “All India Competition on Innovative<br />

Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education<br />

Institutions”. Under the present scheme, project proposals were invited from schools/<br />

teacher education institutions. Sixty project proposals were received and evaluated<br />

at two levels – RIEs and NCERT level. The 13 schools/institutions whose project<br />

proposals found to be innovative in nature were informed to carry out the innovation<br />

along with the suggestions given by the experts while evaluating the project<br />

proposals. Out of the 13 school/institutions, 09 school/institutions were visited for<br />

on the spot observation of innovative practices. All the 13 school/institutions have<br />

been invited to present the final report in the national seminar organised on 25-26<br />

April 2011. The award of Rs. 20,000/- is earmarked based on the combined rating<br />

of project report and its presentation in the national seminar.<br />

Memorial Lecture Series on Eminent Educationists<br />

The Memorial Lecture Series programme was launched to fulfill the role of acting<br />

as a clearing house to disseminate ideas in the field of education and<br />

commemorate great educational thinkers. The department completed the fourth<br />

Memorial Lecture Series to commemorate the life and work of nine educational<br />

thinkers (Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Zakir Hussain, Mahadevi<br />

Verma, Majorie Sykes, B.M. Pugh, Sri Aurobindo, Gijubhai Badeka, Savitribai<br />

Phule). Thirteen lectures (nine of the fourth series and four of the third Series)<br />

were organised in the five Regional Institutes of Education at Ajmer, Bhopal,<br />

Bhubaneswar, Mysore and Shillong and four metropolitan cities at Presidency<br />

College Kolkata, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, The Asian College of<br />

Journalism, Chennai and NIE, New Delhi.<br />

The series intend to raise a public discourse in the field of education and<br />

covers nine public lectures to be delivered in the five RIEs and four metropolitan<br />

cities. Eminent educationists, social activists, legal luminaries, journalists, artists<br />

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