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Unit 9: Agencies of Teacher Education and their Functions—NCERT

• To develop skills, understanding, interests and attitudes which would enable him to foster all Notes
round growth tand development of the children under his care.
• To develop competence to teach the subject of this specialization on the basis of accepted
principles of learning and teaching and knowledge of teh sub ject by string to keep in touch
with the latest development in both the subject and methodology of teaching.
• To develop skills-cognitive and psychomotor for teaching academic and/or vocational subjects
by providin appropriate learnin experiences.
• The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous
organisation setup in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and
State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school
education.
• The NCERT performs the important functions of conducting and supporting research and
offering training in educational research methodology.
• the NCERT supports research programmes of other institutions/organizations by providing
financial assistance and academic guidance. Assistance is given to scholars for publication of
their Ph.D. theses. Research fellowships are offered to encourage studies in school education
to create a research base for developmental, training and extension programmes and to create
a pool of competent research workers.
• Developmental activities in school education constitute an important function of the NCERT.
• Another important dimension of NCERT's activities is the pre-service and in-service training
of teachers at various levels; pre-primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary, and
also in such areas as vocational education, educational technology, guidance and counseling,
and special education.
• The NCERT has comprehensive extension programmes in which various Departments of the
NIE, RIEs, CIET, PSSCIVE and the offices of the Field Advisers in the states are engaged in
various ways.
• The NCERT publishes textbooks for different school subjects for Classes I to XII. It also brings
out workbooks, teachers guides, supplementary readers, research reports, etc.
• The NCERT interacts with international organizations such as UNESCO, UNICEF, UNDP,
NFPA and the World Bank to study specific educational problems and to arrange training
programmes for personnel from developing countries.

9.7 Keywords

• Constituent : One of teh parts of somethin that combine to form the whole.0
• Dissemination : The act of spread in formation, knowledge etc. so that it reaches many
people.
• Autonomous : An organisation able to govern itself or control its own affairs.
• Objective : Something that are trying to achieve.
9.8 Review Questions

1. Write a not on National Council of Teacher Education.
2. What are the programmes and activities of NCERT?
3. Give the functions of NCERT in the context of teacher education.
4. What are the objectives of teacher education at secondary and college level?

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