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Notes The link between research and training is provided through developing training materials. The
training material development should be seen as a serious activity in the SIEMAT, if quality of
training programmes is to be improved. The training materials to be developed need to have a
research base. Therefore, while developing training materials adequate care need to be taken to
ensure that they help in improving professional competencies of the prospective trainees. The training
programmes provide an opportunity to try out the training materials before they are finalised as
training modules. In this sense, training becomes a learning experience for the faculty members to
focus on issues of concern for the educational planners and administrators.
Given the increasing demand, the institute may be forced to organise training programmes during
the initial stage itself. Therefore, training programmes may also have to be started along with research
activities. In the absence of materials developed, the institute, in the initial stages may rely on
training materials developed by other institutions. However, reliance on externally produced training
materials may have to be reduced in the long-run. While it is possible to take help from national
level institutions, it is more important to develop institutional capacity for these activities.
Most of the training programmes to be organised by the faculty members may be in the area of
educational planning and management and therefore, they need to be oriented to educational
planning and management issues in the initial stage itself. National institutions like NIEPA can be
of help in providing support for faculty development. The NIEPA will be happy to orient the newly
recruited faculty members through attachment programmes. The SIEMAT may make use of such
avenues to develop competency of the faculty members in educational planning and management.

An equally important aspect of capacity development for the faculty members is development of
good library and documentation centre in the institute. Since the area of educational planning and
management is not yet well developed, it is very difficult to find useful books at the local level.
Therefore, it is important that books in the selected areas are identified, purchased and made available
to the faculty members.
Another opportunity is to develop working arrangements with the local level research institutions
and universities which are experts in the selected or related areas. Fortunately, India has wide
network of institutions and universities from where experts may be drawn into the field of education.

Such close interaction with universities and research institutions will provide an
encouraging research environment in SIEMATs.

31.5 Role of SIEMAT
The evidence cited in the preceding sections and wider acceptability of Prof. Amartya Sen’s
formulations clearly show a shift in the paradigms from the earlier growth model based on
accumulation of physical capital and labour force to the new approach based on behaviour of the
people responsible for the accumulation of productive factors and knowledge. Human development
envisaged by enlargement of people’s choice through acquisition of knowledge and ensuring their
access to resources for decent standard of living and long life becomes the desired aim of the growth.
Education in this process plays decisive role.
This development needs to be recognised by the Educational Policy makers, planners and managers.
Despite our policy pronouncements and Constitutional Directives, our record of implementing new
thrusts is mixed one – some successes and many failures. Provision of technical and resource support
at the grass root level was a part of larger strategy to energize the system and achieve national goals
in Elementary and Adult Education. Socio-cultural, economic and political dynamics, unevenness

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