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State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Assam

The State Council of Educational Research & Training (SCERT), Assam was established in 1985. It is a State arm of NCERT. The organization is involved in improvement of quality school education and teacher education. The responsibilities of SCERT has widened with time. especially after declaration of SCERT, Assam as the State Academic Authority for the state under section 29(I) of RTE Act 2009.

The SCERT, Assam is developing textbooks for the elementary stage of Assam in the light of National Curriculum Framework in all mediums of instruction and also the procedure of pupils' evaluation for elementary education. Also it works for quality improvement of the teacher education system of the state in compliance with section 23 of the RTE Act, 2009.

The SCERT Assam conducts surveys and researches related to problems and prospects of elementary education and publishes various materials for facilitating teachers and teacher educators to become professionally competent to deal with experiential and reflective learning practices.

The following unit offices under the erstwhile Directorate of Public Instruction, Assam were amalgamated with the Directorate of SCERT, Assam vide Govt. Notification No. AR.87/84/1 dated 29-03- 1985.

1) State Institute of  Education (SIE), Jorhat.
2) State Institute of  Science Education (SISE), Guwahati.
3) Educational Technology Cell (E.T. Cell), Guwahati, and
Apart from implementing its own programmes, SCERT, Assam provides the required coordination of activities including quality issues amongst the existing institutions working in the field of educational research and training.

Soon after its establishment, The administration of all primary teacher training institutions such as Normal Schools and BTCs, were transferred from the Directorate of Elementary Education to SCERT. The B.Ed. colleges and Hindi Teacher Training College in the State comes under SCERT. were under the administrative control of the Directorate of Higher Education. Those were also brought under the control of SCERT in the year 1991-92. At present the constituent units of SCERT viz. the SIE, SISE and E.T. Cell have been merged with SCERT for administrative convenience vide Notification No. A(I)E.210/99/30 dated 30-01-2003. The Educational and Vocational Guidance Bureau (EVGB) initially set up as a part of SCERT was transferred to Directorate of Secondary Education later on.

SCERT, Assam, as a state counterpart of NCERT, has been continuously involved for improvement of quality school education and teacher education of the state since its inception in 1985. With the passing of time the field of operation of SCERT, Assam has widened to a great extent to cope with emergent need and demand of time especially after declaration of SCERT, Assam as the State Academic Authority for the state under section 29(I) of RTE Act 2009. As such SCERT, Assam is developing textbooks for elementary stage of Assam in the light of National Curriculum Framework in all mediums of instruction and also the procedure of pupils' evaluation for elementary education. It has consistently been working for quality improvement of teacher education system of the state in compliance with the section 23 of the RTE Act, 2009. SCERT is conducting various surveys and researches related to problems and prospects of elementary education and publishing various materials for facilitating teachers and teacher educators to become professionally competent to deal with experiential and reflective learning practices.

The following unit offices under the erstwhile Directorate of Public Instruction, Assam were amalgamated with the Directorate of SCERT, Assam vide Govt. Notification No. AR.87/84/1 dated 29-03- 1985.

1) State Institute of  Education (SIE), Jorhat.

2) State Institute of  Science Education (SISE), Guwahati.

3) Educational Technology Cell (E.T. Cell), Guwahati, and

4) Educational and Vocational Guidance Bureau attached to the D.P.I’s office, Kahilipara, Guwahati.

Apart from implementing its own programmes, SCERT, Assam provides the required coordination of activities including quality issues amongst the existing institutions working in the field of educational research and training. Soon after its establishment, the administration of all primary teacher training institutions such as Normal Schools and BTCs were transferred from the Directorate of Elementary Education to SCERT. The B.Ed. colleges and Hindi Teacher Training College in the State were under the administrative control of the Directorate of Higher Education. Those were also brought under the control of SCERT in the year 1991-92. At present the constituent units of SCERT viz. the SIE, SISE and E.T. Cell have been merged with SCERT for administrative convenience vide Notification No. A(I)E.210/99/30 dated 30-01-2003. The Educational and Vocational Guidance Bureau (EVGB) initially set up as a part of SCERT was transferred to Directorate of Secondary Education later on.

Functions of SCERT Assam

• To assist the Government of Assam in formulating academic policies, planning for quality improvement of School education and teacher education of the state.
• To formulate the relevant and age appropriate syllabus and textbooks and other resource materials as per guidelines of NCERT for elementary schools in all mediums of instruction of the state.
• To conduct and promote Educational Researches in the field of School Education and Teacher Education in Assam and to use the findings of such researches for quality improvement in concerned area.
• To prepare guidelines for putting in practice Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation at the Elementary Stage in the state.
• To design pre-service and in-service Teacher Education courses as per guidelines of NCTE from time to time.
• To design and oversee implementation of the process of holistic school development plan for quality assessment on a regular basis through BRC and CRC.
• To design and conduct training programmes for professional development of teachers and teacher educators in the state of Assam.
• To render extension service to other organisations in academic matters as and when required.
• To promote application of ICTs in educational programmes/ classroom transactional process.
• To strengthen monitoring mechanism for school as well as teacher education of the state.
• To perform any other duties and responsibilities to be assigned by the Govt. from time to time on academic matters.