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02/09/23 05:40 AM IST

NCERT granted deemed university status

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  • The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been granted deemed-to-be-university status by the Indian government.
About NCERT
  • NCERT has established a formidable presence in research, actively shaped school education, teacher training, and adult literacy.
  • NCERT on becoming a research university will offer opportunities for global collaborations and contributions to the global educational landscape.
  • Jadui Pitara- -a play-based learning-teaching material tailored for children between the age group of 3-8 years developed by NCERT will come up as a instrument of change that will benefit 10 crore children of the country.
  • As the apex organisation for school education, the NCERT undertakes various activities and programmes, including educational research and innovation, curriculum development and development of textual and teaching-learning materials.
  • The NCERT has been granted the deemed-to-be-university status in the 'De Novo' category. A De-Novo deemed university is an institution that can apply to the UGC for setting up a new institution as deemed-to-be-university, which will undertake study and research in unique and emerging areas of knowledge that are not offered by any existing institution.
  • With the deemed-to-be-university status, the NCERT will be able to award its own degrees to teachers and decide the courses they want to offer the teachers.
  • Currently, the graduate and post-graduate programmes offered by the NCERT's Regional Institute of Education (REI) are affiliated with local universities like Barkatullah University, Bhopal, M D S University, Ajmer, University of Mysuru, Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar and the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
Source- PIB

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