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Unit 10: Agencies of Teacher Education and their Functions—SCERT, DIET

Government, including physical and financial estimates of the proposals. Year-wise release of Notes
funds will depend on the availability of fund for this purpose.States which have a State Institute of
Education (SIE) instead of SCERT would also be eligible for the aforementioned Central Assistance.
However, they would need to upgrade the SIE in a full-fledged SCERT or merge into the existing
SCERT by the end of the XI plan period. The cost estimates are given in Annexure-3.
10.2.5 Role of SCERT
The SCERT role needs to be viewed at multiple levels and agencies. Some of the common roles of
SCERT as they emerge from various SCERTs are:
• Conducting policy research and advising state governments on policy formulations
• Academic Authority under RtE
• Nodal agency for government and private ECCE and D.El.Ed. TEIs.
• Preparing State Curricular Framework for School Education
• Preparing textbooks in all curricular areas for all levels of school education
• Preparing other teaching-learning materials including ICT for school education
• Coordinating DIETs
• Organizing in-service teacher education annually for all teacher educators,SDM, administrators,
secondary level teachers and ECCE practitioners
• In-charge of admissions, curriculum, examination and certification of ECCE and ETE TE
• Developing models and demonstrating school improvement practices
• Overseeing quality of school education
• Providing academic support to state science, art fairs
• Developing database of teachers and teacher educators
• Participating in national level science talent, achievement surveys,school report cards
• Preparing and implementing state perspective plan for TE
• Conducting research
• Collating and disseminating available research from universities, research agencies, NGOs
• Translations for curricular materials in local languages

10.3 Functions of SCERT
SCERT is a structure that is meant to improve the quality of school education at all levels. One of the
major roles of SCERT would, therefore, include:
(1) Thinking about meaningful purposes of education for people in the State
(2) Given the diversity of contexts including language, culture, beliefs, systems and aspirations in
different parts of the community evolve a mechanism of providing them not only education
that they feel is appropriate but also is along national goals and functioning.
(3) It needs to make it possible for all children to participate in the education process equitably,
benefit from the process in their institutions, to feel empowered to lead themselves and their
community towards a more wholesome participation in the processes around them.
(4) It has the responsibility to understand the principles of school education enunciated in the
National Curriculum Framework 2005 and not only interpret them in the State's own contexts
but also make it possible for the teachers and teacher educators in the State to appreciate these
principles and their implications.
(5) It also has the responsibility of ensuring that the teachers feel academically empowered and
have the opportunity to learn and grow.
(6) This is in addition to ensuring that their preparation as a teacher is also of a high quality.

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