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� impart authentic knowledge to learners about Adolescent Reproductive and
Sexual Health (ARSH) concerns, inculcate positive attitude and develop
appropriate skills, for responsible ARSH behaviour.
Major Activities
DEVELOPMENT
Progress Review and Monitoring of National Population Education Project
and Adolescence Education Programme
The National Population Education Project (NPEP) is being implemented in 30
States/UTs and four Regional Institutes of Education. These agencies including
NCERT conducted two Project Progress Review Meetings held at Rajgir (Bihar)
from 22 to 24 February 2011 and NCERT, New Delhi from 15 to 17 March 2011
respectively. The main objectives of above meetings were to review the activities
planned in previous year and prepare Plans of Action for 2011-12. Activities
finalised were related to material development, advocacy, training, co-curricular
activities, research and evaluation, publication and documentation, and
monitoring. In this connection, national role play competition, poster competition
and folkdance competition were planned by every States/UTs. Project Progress
Review Meeting for Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) was organised at
Orange Village Resort, Gangtok (Sikkim) from 27 to 28 December 2010 to review
the activities planned by all national agencies for the year 2010 and to prepare
the Annual Work Plan (AWP) of AEP for the year 2011. Officials from the national
agencies KVS, NVS, CBSE, COBSE, NIOS, NCERT and UNFPA participated in
the meeting. Seventh Project Finance and Monitoring Committee (PFMC) meeting
chaired by Professor G. Ravindra, Director, NCERT held on 23 March 2011
discussed and approved Plans of Action of NPEP for the year 2011-12 and AWP
of AEP for the year 2011. The focus of AWP was on preparing materials, training
teachers of CBSE, KVS and NVS schools, developing research design for content
analysis advocacy and organising various life skills based activities. Training of
nurses and teachers in counselling was also included with AWP of AEP.
Development of New Materials in Adolescence Education and Population
Education
Under Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) funded by UNFPA under its
CP-7, NCERT initiated the process of revisiting the conceptual framework and
the materials in Adolescence Education by actively involving all the stakeholders,
including, national implementing agencies, SCERTs, UN agencies, leading
educationists, civil society, social scientists, school principals, teachers, health
professionals and most importantly, the adolescents themselves. A series of
workshops were organised to prepare the scheme of content, the outline of the
training design for master trainers, nodal teachers and peer facilitators and the
training materials. These workshops were held in Bihar and Orissa coordinated
by the state-specific SCERTs. Students and teachers were invited from NVS,
KVS, CBSE and government schools. SCERT faculty, Local NGOs and experts
from both within and outside the state, national agencies, UN agencies participated
in the development of the material.
This material describes the Adolescence Education Programme in India and
the conceptual framework that guides the programme. It deals with the process
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