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Development of Education System

Notes (v) The NCERT headquarters do not consist council secretariat.
(vi) Developmental activities in school education constitute an important function of NCRT.

The NCERT acts as a major agency for implementing the Bilateral Cultural Exchange
Programmes entered into by the Government of India with the governments of other
countries in the fields of school education and teacher education.

11.4 State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT)

The Directorate of Teacher Education and SCERT came into existence as an independent
Directorate on January 15, 1990. It progressively acquired its present status from the State
Institute of Education, established in 1964 to State Council of Educational Research and Training
(SCERT) in 1979, and from SCERT to TE and SCERT in 1990. Its progressive evolution from SIE
to TE and SCERT was largely mandated by ever expanding and emerging developments in
education.

Name five units related to education system.

11.5 Structure of SCERT

The SCERT has the following Departments and units:
(i) Department of Curriculum Development
(ii) Department of Teacher Education and in-Service Education
(iii) Department of Educational Research
(iv) Department of Science and Mathematics Education
(v) Department of Educational Technology
(vi) Department of Evaluation and Examination Reforms.
(vii) Department of Non-formal Education
(viii) Department of Population Education
(ix) Department of Pre-school and Elementary Education
(x) Department of Adult Education and Education for Weaker Sections
(xi) Department of Extension Service and School Management
(xii) Publication Unit
(xiii) Library Unit
(xiv) Administrative Unit
SCERT is serving as the academic wing of the Department of Education. It is trying to bring
about the qualitative improvement of school education and teacher education. It is maintaining
Objective
The Main objective of SCERT are following:
• To organize pre-service training for prospective teachers, and capacity building
programmes for inservice teachers, conferences, meetings, seminars and briefing sessions
for State Education Officers and field functionaries. To organize induction level training
programmes for the new entrants/teaching workforce of the teachers training institutions.

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