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

(iii) Instructors and supervisors of Non-formal and Adult Education (induction level and Notes
continuing education)
(iv) Members of DBE and Village Education Committee (VECs) Community leaders, youth and
other volunteers who wish to work as educational activities.
(v) Resource persons who will conduct suitable programmes for the target groups mentioned
at (I) and (iii) above, at centers other than the DIET .
(2) Academic and resource support to the elementary and adult education systems in the district
in other ways provision of services of a resource and learning center for teachers and instructors,
(iii) development of locally relevant materials teaching aids, evaluation tools etc., and (iv)
serving as an evaluation center for elementary school and programmes of NFE/AE.
(3) Action research and experimentation to deal with specific problems of the district in achieving
the objectives in the areas of elementary and adult education.
Self-Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’
(i) SCERT is a structure that is meant to improve the quality of School Education at all levels.
(ii) Each SCERT must have program advisory committee (PAC) with representives from the
State Universities, the DIETS the IASES and CTES teachers.
(iii) For textual material preparation, the Delhi textbook process involved over 250
representatives including teachers student teachers, government and Private Schools.
(iv) The SCERT has no role in developing appropriate learning materials for use by children in
their State.

10.8 Summary

• State council for educational, research and training is a task force for conducting and improving
of school education at state level.
• The SCERTs are set up in different states/union territories. At present, there are SCERTs in 25
states.
• Some examples of SCERT (Kerala, Odissa, Andhra Pradesh) are given in the unit.
• Proposed structure, roles and functions of SCERTs are mentioned in the unit.
• District Institute of Educational Training (DIET) is also a task force for improving the school
level teacher education at district level.
• There are 216 DIETs in the country.
• The role, structure, features and functions are also included in the unit.
• SCERTs were created as part of the centrally sponsored scheme for re-organization of teacher
education which also includes creation of DIETs, CTEs and IASEs. Under the centrally sponsored
scheme, the SCERTs are to provide more focused leadership and support to educational
endeavours in states, as state partner institutions with NCERT.
• The SCERTs were set up in different states/union territories. At present, there are SCERTs in 25
states and State Institutes of Education (SIEs) in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir
(2), Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh.(NCERT, 2009). A
large number of SCERTs were created between 1988 through the early 1990s.
• The NCERT Review (2009) points out that there is also wide variation in the status of SCERTs
in different states. In some states the SIEs are continued.
• The Project Approval Board on Teacher Education would approve the perspective plan for the
development of the SCERT during the 11th and 12th Five Year Plan periods. These approvals
would be based on specific proposals received under the aforementioned components from

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