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NCERT 66 Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court, delivering the Fourth Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture on 25th January 2011 on the theme “Right to Education of the Disabled” delivered the memorial lectures covering a range of themes. The lectures were chaired by well known educationists. For each lecture the department printed and disseminated booklets and publicity brochures. Each booklet consisted two sections-one section highlighted the purpose of the memorial lecture and provided a brief sketch and description of the work of the educational thinker; the other section included a brief background about the speaker delivering the lecture and the text of his/her talk. The lectures were attended by a large audience of intellectuals, writers, teachers, artists, NGOs, government officials, parents, students and other community members. International Seminars on Teacher Development Building on the South Asia Regional Conference of Quality Education for All in New Delhi, India and in response to a request from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the World Bank, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), The European Commission, UNICEF and UNESCO, it was decided to organise a series of eight Conferences on ‘Teacher Development and Management. The third conference in the series was organised to discuss the issues on inservice education of elementary teachers at Bhubaneswar from 21 to 23 October, 2010. Teachers, BRC/CRC members, DIET representatives and members from teachers’ unions were invited in the seminar. Over 220 participants contributed to the seminar. The series of conference had emerged as an effective platform for sharing experiences and developing a common understanding of the current scenario in teacher education. It had brought together international and national experts to discuss on teacher development and management, key issues and strategies for the progress of the elementary teacher education. The conference highlighted the need for a national level coordination body for institutes like NCERT, NCTE, NUEPA that are active in the area of teacher education. They have also made a difference in the attitude of the national bodies and served to consolidate our collective understanding of issues in teacher education. Annual Report 2010-11

Teachers’ Conference-2010 The Teachers’ Conference-2010 was organised to enable school teachers to conduct researches and present them to the fraternity of educators and engage in intellectually stimulating debates. A aim was to enable school teachers to re-work upon the methods techniques and ideas, and continue the quest of pedagogic excellence. The conference was organised by Teacher SITY in partnership with NCERT and CBSE with an objective to build up a national conscience, on the potential intellectual strength and the scholarly esteem of the school teachers of India. Teachers from all over India attended the conference held at NIE, New Delhi on 13 November 2010. Hon’ble, Former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam, inaugurated the conference and delivered the key note address.The inaugural session was presided over by Professor G Ravindra, Director of NCERT, Shri Honourable Dr Abdul Kalam, Vineet Joshi, the Chairman of CBSE and Shri Former President of India, inaugurating the Teachers' Om Pathak, Chairman of Teacher SITY and Conference 2010 Professor Shakuntala Nagpal, Head DTEE. The valedictory function was chaired by Shri Subhash Khuntia, Joint Secretary, School Education, who said that such platforms should be organised more often for teachers. The main theme of the conference was “Challenges and Possibilities of Pedagogic Innovations in Practice. The presentation of papers were based on sub themes: Class Craft: In the Practice of Teaching in the Class Room; The Relationship between Teacher and Taught; Notions of Education as Emerging from the Practice of Teaching and Learning; Necessity of Vision and Mission in the Practice of Teaching; Yes and No to Information Technology: Redefining the pedagogy; Subject Specific Cases of Innovations; CCE— the Challenges and Possibilities; Significance of Co-scholastic Areas (extracurricular or co-curricular activities in education); Effective Models of Teacher Education— A Teachers’ Perspective of the Training (Pre-Service and In-Service); and How to be a Teacher/ Who is a teacher? Golden Jubilee National Conference on School Education and Teacher Education on the Issues of Common Concerns The conference held at NIE, New Delhi on 11-12 March 2011 was organised to discuss quality issues of school education and teacher education, examination reforms, concerns and perspective strategies, issues related to implementing RTE Act, challenges related to Universalisation of Secondary Education etc. The different themes covered in the panel discussions were: Quality Concerns in Teacher Education; Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation in School Annual Report 2010-11 Annual Report 2010-11 Annual Report 2010-11 67

NCERT<br />

66<br />

Justice Ajit Prakash Shah, Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court,<br />

delivering the Fourth Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture on 25th<br />

January 2011 on the theme “Right to Education of the Disabled”<br />

delivered the memorial lectures covering a range of themes. The lectures were<br />

chaired by well known educationists. For each lecture the department printed<br />

and disseminated booklets and publicity brochures. Each booklet consisted two<br />

sections-one section highlighted the purpose of the memorial lecture and provided<br />

a brief sketch and description of the work of the educational thinker; the other<br />

section included a brief background about the speaker delivering the lecture<br />

and the text of his/her talk. The lectures were attended by a large audience of<br />

intellectuals, writers, teachers, artists, NGOs, government officials, parents,<br />

students and other community members.<br />

International Seminars on Teacher Development<br />

Building on the South Asia Regional Conference of Quality Education for All in<br />

New Delhi, India and in response to a request from the Ministry of Human<br />

Resource Development (MHRD), the World Bank, the UK Department for<br />

International Development (DFID), The European Commission, UNICEF and<br />

UNESCO, it was decided to organise a series of eight Conferences on ‘Teacher<br />

Development and Management.<br />

The third conference in the series was organised to discuss the issues on inservice<br />

education of elementary teachers at Bhubaneswar from 21 to 23 October,<br />

2010. Teachers, BRC/CRC members, DIET representatives and members from<br />

teachers’ unions were invited in the seminar. Over 220 participants contributed<br />

to the seminar. The series of conference had emerged as an effective platform for<br />

sharing experiences and developing a common understanding of the current<br />

scenario in teacher education. It had brought together international and national<br />

experts to discuss on teacher development and management, key issues and<br />

strategies for the progress of the elementary teacher education. The conference<br />

highlighted the need for a national level coordination body for institutes like<br />

NCERT, NCTE, NUEPA that are active in the area of teacher education. They<br />

have also made a difference in the attitude of the national bodies and served to<br />

consolidate our collective understanding of issues in teacher education.<br />

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

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