రాష్ట్ర విద్యా పరిశోధన శిక్షణ మండలి - State Council of Educational Research and Training(SCERT) Hyderabad, Telangana
రాష్ట్ర విద్యా పరిశోధన శిక్షణ మండలి (SCERT):
- తెలంగాణ ప్రభుత్వ విద్యాశాఖకు అనుబంధంగా NCERT నమూనాలో పనిచేస్తున్న ఈ సంస్థ మన రాష్ట్రంలో పాఠశాల విద్యకు సంబంధించిన అన్ని రకాల కార్యక్రమాల రూపకల్పనకు పాటుపడుతోంది.
- విషయ ప్రణాళికలను కూర్చడం, పాఠ్య పుస్తకాలు రాయించడంతోపాటు ఉపాధ్యాయులకు పలు స్వల్పకాలిక శిక్షణ కార్యక్రమాలను నిర్వహించడానికి అవసరమైన విధివిధానాలను ఖరారు చేస్తోంది.
- బోధనలో ఆధునిక ధోరణులను పరిశోధించి, వాటి ఫలితాలను ఉపాధ్యాయులకు అందించి తద్వారా పాఠశాల విద్యలో నాణ్యతను పెంపొందించడం ఈ సంస్థ ప్రధాన విధుల్లో ఒకటి.
- ఇది రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వ విద్యాశాఖకు విద్యావిషయక సలహాదారుగా వ్యవహరిస్తోంది.
- రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వ డైరెక్టర్ ఆఫ్ స్కూల్ ఎడ్యుకేషన్ ఆధ్వర్యంలో పనిచేస్తుంది. ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్‌లో మొదట State Institute of Education అనే పేరుతో 1964లో హైదరాబాద్‌లో ఒక సంస్థను స్థాపించారు. అది 1976లో SCERT గా మారింది.
Objective of SCERT
- To organise in – service training for teacher educators and to teachers of Primary, Upper Primary and Secondary Schools.
- To act as a clearing house for ideas and information to keep the teacher educators and teachers abreast of the latest developments in the field of Education.
- To provide academic guidance to the schools through extension services.
- To undertake studies, investigations and surveys relating to educational matters on the appraisal of educational programmes.
- To undertake and co – ordinate action research projects on instructional practices, Educational problems etc.,
- To undertake publication of books, periodicals and Audio, Video Material.
- To undertake evaluation and research studies to find out the impact of educational programmes in the state
FUNCTIONS
- State Council of Educational Research & Training(SCERT) is functioning as the Academic wing of Department of School Education and academic authority for RTE
- Preparation of curricula, syllabi, instructional material for Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary and alternative systems of education
- Development of evaluation procedures and material, which are helpful to the practicing teachers
- Bridging gaps between the methods and techniques advocated in training and the actual classroom practices
- Dissemination of knowledge relating to improved methods and techniques to be followed by educational institutions
- Co-ordination with national and international Organization In academic programs
- Resource support to implement the Academic Policies laid down by the Government
- Organization of orientation programs for the professional growth of teachers, teacher-educators, supervisor's, etc
- Publication of journals, Periodicals, Books
- To develop new courses in Teacher Education
- To frame and revise curriculum of teacher Education courses periodically
- To conduct teacher education courses to untrained teachers through distance mode
- The different departments of SCERT have taken up activities to gear to the functions of the organization
ACTIVITIES
- To undertake, promote and co-ordinate research at different stages of education.
- Development of curriculum and material for pre-service education courses viz., Pre Primary Teacher Education course, D.Ed., Pandit courses – Telugu Pandit, Hindi Pandit, Urdu Pandit courses.
- To supervise the academic activities in the Secondary Training Schools, DIETs, Colleges of Teacher Education(CTEs) and Institutes of advanced studies in education(IASE)
- Monitoring the effective implementation of pre-service training programmes.
- To organize pre-service and in-service training for the teachers, teacher educators and inspecting officers.
- The SCERT plays a very vital role in organizing some special educational projects sponsored by the NCERT and UNICEF for the progress and development of school education.
- To produce and prescribe text-books for school education and teacher training institution.
- To produce instructional materials for elementary school teachers and for the teacher educators.
- To undertake research studies to solve the problems of education.
