SCERT to be Established in Jammu and Kashmir on the Lines of NCERT

The Administrative Council has approved the establishment of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) by merging State Institutes of Education Jammu and Kashmir.

An official press release said that SCERT has been mandated to assist and advise the government in implementing policies for HR development in the fields of education, human and child development and national integration on the lines of NCERT.

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The Council will also look after various aspects of curriculum development, health and physical education, guidance and counselling, and inclusive and special education.

The Administrative Council has assigned the charge of Director SCERT to the chairman of Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education, as an interim measure.

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The new body will meet the challenges in teachers’ education arising from the recent spatial and numerical expansion of schooling facilities at elementary and secondary levels along with improving the skills of teachers through training.

SCERT will allow the Department of School Education to train 134,000 in-service teachers through professional training, capacity-building programmes, induction courses, contentment enrichment and contemporary techniques to make sure that quality education is imparted.

SCERT will function through the District Institute of Education and Trainings (DIETS), which have been brought under its administrative control.