Role of NCERT in Professional Development of teachers

The National Council of Educational Research and Training was established in New Delhi on 1stSeptember, 1961 for providing academic support in improving the quality of school education in India.

Objectives :

• To launch, organize and strengthen research works in various aspects of education.
• To ensure success of the process, a good no of curricular/learning materials have to be brought out by the NCERT. 
• To arrange for pre-service and in-service training at the higher level. 
• To provide guidance and counseling services on large scale. 
• To establish a National Institute of Education and manage for the development of research and higher training for educational administration and teachers. 
• To publish necessary textbooks, journals and other literature for achieving the objectives. 
• To organize extension centers in training institutes with the cooperation of state governments and extend facilities pertaining to new methods and technologies among them.

The NCERT focus on

1. research and development

2. in-service and pre-service training, and

3. extension and dissemination work

All these are tuned to achieve the main objective of improving the quality of school education.

The NCERT

Develops curriculum, instructional and exemplar materials, methods of teaching, techniques of evaluation, teaching aids, kits and equipments, learning resources, etc.

To monitor the administration of NIE/ Regional colleges of education.

To prepare and publish study material for students and related teacher‟s handbooks.

Organizes pre-service and in-service training of teachers, teacher educators and other educational personnel;

To undertake aid, promote and co-ordinate research in all branches of education for improving school-education.

Conducts and promotes educational research.

To search talented students for the award of scholarship in science, technology and social sciences.

Disseminates improved educational techniques and practices and research findings.

To undertake functions assigned by the MHRD for improving school-education.

Acts as a cleaning house for ideas and information on all matters relating to school education and teacher education.