Annual Report - National Council Of Educational Research And ...

Major Activities
RESEARCH
Teaching of English in Government Schools at the Primary Level in
India
The study, commissioned by MHRD, was completed and the research report has
been submitted to the ministry. English language education in schools today
draws the attention of all stakeholders of education as the demand for the
language has been on the raise. The major objectives of the study were: to study
the status of teaching of English at the primary level across the States and UTs in
India both as a subject and medium of instruction; to analyse in depth the
curriculum, syllabi and textbooks of English in selected states; to find out how
English is taught in classes in which it is introduced for the first time by observing
the classroom processes in the selected states; to observe the training programmes
(both pre-service and in-service) for teachers of English; to assess their competence
in teaching English at the primary level; and to make suggestions for improvement
in teaching of English on the basis of the findings of the study. Video conferences
were held with the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Tripura and Uttarakhand and interactions with the Chairpersons of
Boards of School Education and Directors of SCERTs of North-East Region were
conducted for understanding the issues and problems of English language
education. In order to explore the teaching-learning materials for English
language education, textbooks of 20 states were analysed. One hundred fifty
four schools from the states of Gujarat, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh were selected
for the study. The study concludes that a mandatory time bound and state-wise
plan may be chalked out to fill up the vacant positions for teachers, primary
teachers are not trained in ELT, there is no networking between teacher training
institutions and other educational departments, it was observed that the English
text is translated into respective regional languages in all the states, TLM grants
being used optimally in Orissa and Yavatmal (Maharashtra) schools whereas in
most of the other schools TLM grants were meant for purchasing charts and
colours but keeping them under lock, libraries in state schools were found to be
inadequately equipped and sparsely furnished, listening and speaking skills of
the students are not being developed etc.
DEVELOPMENT
Textbooks and Other Material Development Programmes
Supplementary readers in Urdu for course B, teachers’ manuals, handbooks
and teachers’ editions textbooks, trilingual dictionary; grammar books and audiovideo
programmes to support teachers and learners have been developed.
Textbooks, Grammar Books, Dictionaries, Supplementary Readers
Developed during 2010-11
Classes Title
XI Supplementary Reader in Urdu for Core Course (as B-Course)
XII Supplementary Reader in Urdu for Core Course (as B-Course)
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