National Award For Innovative Practices 2020-21; NCERT Extends Last Date Till Jan 15

Bhubaneswar: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday extended the last date for National Awards for Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education Institutions till January 15, 2021.

Till 2004-05, the Scheme was known as “All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments for School Teachers and Teacher Educators.

The scheme was reviewed by the NCERT during 2005-07 with the help of faculty members of RIEs and some external experts in the area of school education and teacher education.

The review led to the reformulation of the Scheme as ‘All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education Institutions.

After the implementation of the Scheme for about ten years, it was felt that individual teachers and teacher educators attempting innovations need to be accorded recognition by giving those awards at the national level.

Therefore, the scheme has been rechristened as ‘National Awards for Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education for Schools and Teacher Education Institutions’ from 2017-18 onwards.

Eligibility For Participation:

Teachers and teacher educators from recognized schools/teacher education institutions at all stages are eligible to participate in the Scheme.

School Teachers

-Any teacher of Pre-school (pre-primary), Elementary (primary and upper primary),
secondary and senior secondary school recognised by State Board/CBSE or any
other recognised Board; and

- Teacher of any recognised Special Education School

Teacher Educators

- Teacher educators of Teacher Education Institutions at Pre-primary/Primary/ Upper primary/Secondary level offering Teacher Education Programmes;

-Teacher educators of Colleges of Education including CTEs, IASEs and University Departments of Education offering B.Ed. /M.Ed., B.El.Ed., B.A.B.Ed. and B.Sc.Ed. programmes; and

- Faculty members of State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs) and State Institutes of Education (SIEs) offering teacher education programmes.

Number of Awards:

For more details visit the official website--https://ncert.nic.in/