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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

National Council of Educational Research and Training NCERT, Diploma Course in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Admissions 20011-2012

National Council of Educational Research and Training NCERT,
Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016


offers
Diploma Course in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) 20011-12



Admission Notice
English: http://www.ncert.nic.in/announcements/notices/pdf_files/Add_English.pdf
Hindi: http://www.ncert.nic.in/announcements/notices/pdf_files/Admission%20_Hindi.pdf
Brochure: http://www.ncert.nic.in/announcements/notices/pdf_files/Brochure.pdf


Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is an integral part of school education. Before entering the formal school, every child needs to develop necessary readiness to schooling. This readiness depends on child’s Early Childhood Care and Education, which includes health care, nutritional support and psychosocial stimulation. Keeping in view the increasing demand for a high quality teacher training in ECCE, NCERT offers Diploma in ECCE that will enable teacher educators to organize state level ECCE training programmes, provide skills in developing resource material for ECCE functionaries, as well as learning and play material for children.


Applications are invited by the NCERT in the prescribed format from in-service teacher educators working in SCERTs/DIETs/ State Project Offices for SSA in States & UTs/ Nursery Teacher Training Institutions/ICDS/NGOs for Diploma in ECCE.

No. of seats : 35 (5 seats reserved for private sector including NGOs working especially for socially disadvantaged sections of society and for children with special needs).

Eligibility : Post Graduate.
Persons deputed by State/UT Governments for establishing ECCE resource centre in States/UTs and below 50 years age will be given preference.

Duration of the course : Six months in three phases from 1st September 2011to 13th March 2012.


 First phase (13 weeks) contact programme at NCERT.
(From 1st September 2011 to 30th November 2011)
 Second phase (10 weeks) working in their respective places of work.
(From 1 st December 2011 to 28th February 2012)
 Third phase (2 weeks) interactive sessions at NCERT.
(From 1st March 2012 to 13th March 2012)
Medium of instruction : English/Hindi

Course fee, boarding and lodging : No fee will be charged from personnel deputed by State/UT Governments and they will be paid TA as per NCERT norms. Fee for private candidates is Rs.10, 000/- and they will also be required to pay charges for boarding and lodging and bear travel cost. Hostel facilities are available
in PG Hostel, NIE Campus, NCERT.

Application complete in all respects should be sent to Head, Department of Elementary Education, NCERT Campus, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016 through Registered Post within 20 days from the date of the advertisement. Those in Government service should send their application through proper channel.

Attested copies of marks sheets/degree/certificates in support of qualifications and experience mentioned in the application should be enclosed.

Application form can be downloaded from the NCERT website: http://www.ncert.nic.in/

Saturday, August 6, 2011

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) – 2012

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016, Tel: 011-26560464, 26562704
Email: ntse.ncert@yahoo.in, Website: http://www.ncert.nic.in

National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) – 2012


National Talent Search Examination for students studying in Class VIII only.

Eligibility:
Students of Class VIII studying in recognized schools are eligible to appear for the respective Class VIII Stage I examination conducted by the States/UTs in which the schools are located. There will be no domicile restriction.


How To Apply:

Application Form: You may contact the State/UT Liaison officer for procuring application form. However, application form can be downloaded from NCERT website http://www.ncert.nic.in also.

The completed application form should be signed by Principal of the school. The candidate/Principal of the school must confirm the last date for submission of Application Form and where to submit it from the State/ UT liaison officer whose addresses are given in the end/NCERT website.

Different states may have different last dates for submission of application forms. All queries relating to application forms should be made from State Liaison Officers (LOs). No application should be sent to NCERT.

Fees: States and Union Territories may notify the fee required which will be paid for the Stage-I examination. Therefore, before submitting the application form you may find out the fees charged for 2011 Stage-I Examination and also the mode of payment from the respective State Liaison Officers (LOs). However, NCERT does not charge any fee for Stage-II examination.


Last date for receipt of form: 31 August 2011
Entrance Date: 20 November 2011



Contact Details:
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016, Tel: 011-26560464, 26562704
Email: ntse.ncert@yahoo.in, Website: http://www.ncert.nic.in


Important Dates:
Stage I:
Examination in Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 19th November, 2011

Examination in All other States and Union Territories: 20th November, 2011

Stage II:
Examination in All States and Union Territories: 13th May, 2012

Note:
Scholarships: On the basis of the examination conducted, 1000 scholarships will be awarded for each group of students appearing for Class VIII examinations The amount of scholarship will be Rs.500/- per month as per NTS rules.

Selection: There will be two-stage selection process for award of scholarship. For Stage-I, selection will be done by States/UTs through a written examination. Students who qualify Stage I will be eligible to appear for Stage II examination conducted by NCERT.

The States/UTs will also conduct the selection test for National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme along with the Stage-I written examination for NTS.

Examination:
The pattern of written examination for Class VIII will be as follows:

Stage I examination at the State/UT level will comprise two parts, namely (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT) and (b) Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering social sciences, sciences and mathematics.

Stage II examination at the National level will comprise (a) Mental Ability Test (MAT), (b) Scholastic Ability Test (SAT) covering Social Sciences, Sciences and Mathematics.