Important News

Introduction:

In India and all across the world, teaching is not only seen as a profession but also a passion. If one is not passionate enough about gaining and imparting education, then one lacks all the potential to be an efficient teacher. A teacher needs to understand the importance of not only the academic development of students but also the moral and emotional development of students. Therefore there are various institutes for education and imparting training to teachers in Madhya Pradesh.
In order to have effective and efficient implementation of the same automation of the training Institutes have been proposed.

MP-State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT)
MP-SCERT was established as an independent body under school education in 1982 amalgamating the State Institute of Education as in other States SCERTs are independent bodies. It came under the umbrella of Rajya Shiksha Kendra in 2002 as a unit. It is the academic wing of the Department of School Education in formulating and implementing the policies and programmes of the Government in the field of School Education. It has been declared as the nodal agency in the State as per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009.

Divisions of MP-SCERT

• Teacher-Education-Pre-service
• Teacher-Education-In-service
• Research and Innovation
• Measurement and Evaluation (including Educational Surveys)
• Curriculum and Textbook
• ICT and Technological Services
• Inclusive Education
• Library and Documentation
• Establishment
• NTSE,NMMS
• Population Education

Status of Elementary Teacher-Education in Madhya Pradesh
43 DIETs and 707 Private colleges run the D.El.Ed Course and cater to the needs about 48,840 pre-service candidates each year. The admission process has been made online for transparency and ease of candidates and institutions. NCTE guidelines are strictly adhered to in the admission process, and the students' merit is the primary criterion.

The D.El.Ed. Course is a two-year programme recognised by the NCTE. Revision of curriculum on the basis of NCTE recommendations (2014) has already been completed and Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh (examination body) notified and implemented it w.e.f. 2019-20 academic sessions.

Objectives

• Automation of the Teacher Education Training
• Automation of DIET’s is envisaged with the following objective
• To manage the resources with better efficiency
• To develop a transparent system for academic activities
• To develop better coordination with different stakeholders
• To Alliance the academic activities of D.El.ED curriculum at the root level
• To develop better financial management at the institute level