NCERT

NCERT Solutions, Books, Syllabus and Online Guide

National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) is a central organization setup by the Government of India for the purpose of guiding the Central and State government schools in developing and imparting quality standard in academic education. The fact that during these years, the NCERT has played a vital role in the Indian school education couldn’t be ignored!

The greatest emphasis of this central body is to help the Government in making decisions with respect to education affairs; to make the education available to maximum number of people; enhancing educational standards till date… It is important to stay up-to-date on what is being taught to young India. Being relevant in anything we do is crucial in 21^st century global world. In order to shape up our kids to the growing demands of the global economy, the value of NCERT’s research is unparalleled. NCERT conducts research within its constituent bodies and also provides financial assistance and academic guidance to its associated bodies. NCERT also provides research assistantship for scholars to complete their thesis. NCERT has also built the required computer facilities for storing, processing and retrieval of data, which is quintessential requirement for conducting large scale research operations.

It provides training to teachers at various levels; comprising the elementary, secondary and higher secondary education system. It also strives hard in imparting, a quality education in the vocational education system. It publishes the textbooks from 1^st standard to 12^th standard in all regional languages; the detailed list of the books is also provided in its website. We should applaud the NCERT for all its efforts in uploading the online textbooks, children’s books, etc. as these didn’t save money alone, but has saved time and energy of the students. It is known for its versatile publication, which includes:

• Online textbooks

This consists of a huge list of books, comprising the textbooks from standard 1^st to standard 12^th. Such online provisions would definitely help the students, which in turn reduce the tension in finding the books in the stores.

• Educational Cds

The textbooks and the academic related books are available in the Cds formats too.

• Non-textbooks

This category consists of research surveys; books to guide the teachers; educational review books, etc. thus accounting to a versatile book dormitory.

• Academic Textbooks

This comprises the textbooks, besides practical guidebooks, etc.

• Journals

Informative journals and journals of value education… are included in this category.

• Children books

This consists of children books, which are published in three languages (both regional and international), such as, Hindi, English, Urdu.

The NCERT conducts scholarship programs like ‘National Talent Search’; ‘Chacha Nehru Scholarships’. The ‘National Talent search’ is conducted for students at VIII level; it consists of two tests namely, ‘Mental Ability Test (MAT)’ and ‘Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Such examinations motivate the students at the earlier levels; I should admit that when I was studying in the school, these examinations were considered, as one of the prestigious honor by the studious people. But it didn’t stop inspiring; it joined its hands with international organizations, like UNESCO, World Bank, UNICEF, etc. to impart quality training, regarding educational activities in India. Another major aspect of the NCERT is that it has a separate department, designed under the National Educational Policy for women education and development.

Study of effectiveness of use of computers and internet on learning Mathematics at Higher Secondary stage – a pilot study by NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been working at the National level for the all-round improvement in the quality of school education. The National Curriculum Framework 2005 (NCF 2005) has [...]

Exhibition on Representing Indian Women 1875-1947: A Visual Documentary: A Collaborative initiative of Department of Women’s Studies(DWS) and Center for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS). National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi and Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi cordially invite you to an exhibition of archival photographs Re-presenting Indian Women 1875-1947 – [...]

NCERT’s new publications in Science and Mathematics “Laboratory Manuals and Exemplar Problems” Based on the recommendations of the National Curriculum Framework 2005, the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi has already developed new textbooks in Science and Mathematics for classes VI to XII. These textbooks [...]

Media Studies Many government and non government schools have taken initiatives to make media as part of school curriculum. If media is to become part of school curriculum enabling transformation both in curriculum and teaching, then teachers needs to be oriented in this new subject. Hence four training programmes of 3-days each are organized at [...]

Bhopal Gas Tragedy Against a background of black, the pages tell the story of the world’s worst industrial disaster – in Bhopal on Dec 2-3 night, 1984. The photographs, of the deaths, the sufferers, and the killer factory, have photo captions highlighted in red. This is part of NCERT’s new Social Sciences book for Class [...]

NCERT CIET KEEPING in line with the government’s scheme ICT@schools , NCERT plans to start an online course in action research in educational technology from August. The programme is meant for teachers and teacher educators. On what encompasses educational technologies (ET), Vasudha Kamat, joint director, Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), NCERT, explains: “Educational technology [...]

NCERT Textbooks The key to crack the high order thinking skills (HOTS) questions is to thoroughly study the NCERT textbooks. Board examinees are becoming sure of it with every paper. Class XII students from the commerce stream began their board exams on Thursday with business studies. The paper largely had direct questions but a couple [...]