National Council of Educational

National Council of Educational

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an apex resource organization set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New Delhi, to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on academic matters related to school education.it was Established in the year of 1961...
The objective of NCERT is to assist and advise the Ministry of Education and Social Welfare in the implementation of its policies and major programmes in the field of education, particularly school education. The NCERT provides academic and technical support for improvement of school education through its various constituents, which are:

• National Institute of Education, New Delhi
• Central Institute of Education Technology, New Delhi
• Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education, Bhopal
• Regional Institute of Education, Ajmer
• Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal
• Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar
• Regional Institute of Education, Mysore
• North Eastern-Regional Institute of Education, Shillong

Functions of NCERT includes Research, Development, Training, Extension, Publication and Dissemination and Exchange Programmes. The NCERT also drafts, publishes and recommends school text books (from Class I to Class XII) of various subjects based on the recommendations of knowledgeable faculty in the subject.

National Council for Teacher Education

The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)(External website that opens in a new window) was established in August 1995 with a view to achieve planned and co-ordinated development of teacher education system throughout the country and for regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards of teacher education. Some of the major functions of NCTE are laying down norms for various teacher education courses, recognition of teacher education institutions, laying down guidelines in respect of minimum qualifications for appointment of teachers, surveys and studies, research and innovations, prevention of commercialisation of teacher education, etc.

Four Regional Committees of the Council have been set-up at Jaipur, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar and Bhopal for Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western regions respectively. These regional Committees primarily look after recognition of teacher training institutions in their respective regions and are empowered to grant permission to these institutions to run teacher training courses as per the provisions of the National Council for Teacher Education Act. As on 1st January 2007, 7461 teacher training institutions offering 9045 courses have been recognised by NCTE with an approved intake of 7.72 lakh teacher trainees.

The National Council for Teacher Education, in its previous status since 1973, was an advisory body for the Central and State Governments on all matters pertaining to teacher education, with its Secretariat in the Department of Teacher Education of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). Despite its commendable work in the academic fields, it could not perform essential regulatory functions, to ensure maintenance of standards in teacher education and preventing proliferation of substandard teacher education institutions. The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986 and the Programme of Action there under, envisaged a National Council for Teacher Education with statutory status and necessary resources as a first step for overhauling the system of teacher education. The National Council for Teacher Education as a statutory body came into existence in pursuance of theNational Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 (No. 73 of 1993) on the 17th August,1995.

The main objective of the NCTE is to achieve planned and coordinated development of the teacher education system throughout the country, the regulation and proper maintenance ofNorms and Standards in the teacher education system and for matters connected therewith.

NCTE - Dedicated to Teacher Education and Learning

The NCTE is here to help first time visitors learn about the process of Teacher Education. All of our products and services are dedicated to the useful information you can get as an education professional to assist you in your teaching career.
We have information on teacher curriculums for English and Hindi as well as many other languages and countries. Some of the teacher education programs may also be a part of elementary teacher education or teacher education schools. Choose which program or curriculum best suits your experience and learning model.