STATE COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHAND TRAINING

VARUN MARG, DEFENCECOLONY, NEW DELHI-ll0024

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CIRCULAR

Sub: Three-day Conference on Innovation (NAAVONMESH) in School Education from April

18-20, 2017 at NCERTNew Delhi.

Enclosed herewith is a letter and concept paper from NCERT regarding organising of a three-dayConference on Innovation (NAAVONMESH) in School Education during April 18-20, 2017. TheConference will be attended by the participants from the SCERTsof all the states and Union Territoriesand National level institutions. In addition to the presentations by the participants, the State and theNational level institutions will display the innovative materials developed by them on stalls provided forthe purpose which will be visited by all the participants.

SCERT in collaboration with DoE will be showcasing Innovations on behalf of Delhi State at theConference. A paper containing the details of the innovations carried out in school education is to besubmitted before the 31't of March, 2017 as per guidelines in the letter. All HaS of DoE Schools arerequested to send in the write up of their respective innovative practices by mail or hard copy to SchoolBranch who will compile the paper and send it to SCERTby 29/03/17. DIET and SCERTfaculty shouldsend the write ups to SCERTby the same date.

Further, each Department of DIET, SCERT, SSA and School Branch is requested to collect and sharematerial for Display (Audio Visual or static and video clippings/movies} available with them to be put upat the stall. NCERT is going to allot 2 stalls for display-one for School Education and one for TeacherEducation. School Branch will look after the Stall on School Education and SCERTwill look after teacherEducation

Care taking Branch of DoE is required to coordinate with SCERTfor setting up of the Display regardingthe Innovations of Delhi State at the 2 stalls and observing of all Codal formalities etc.

This is issued with the prior approval of the competent authority.t>t..a;P1( r

Ani'illsatia(Director,SCERT)

Copy to:

1. PS to Secretary, Education

2. PS to Director, Education

3. PS to SPD SSA/Vocational

4. Addl. DE (Schools)

5. All RDE's/ ODE's (Districts and Zones)

6. DDE Physical Education

7. All DIET's

8. HaS of all Govt. schools

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Joint Dir. SCERT

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NATIONAL COUNCILOF EDUCATIONALRESEARCHAND TRAINING

SRI AUROBINDOMARG, NEW DELHI

"ret.:011_26519154, Fax.: 011·2659159 Email: director.ncert@nic.in

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

P5(D)/6~3/2017

Febr-uary 17, 2017

Dear Sir / Madam,

The nation is committed to bring improvement in the quality of teaching-learning process and ensureprogress in the learning levels of the students. This is reflected in the goals of access, equity, quality andgovernance as enlisted in various education policy documents, curriculum frameworks and also schemes andprogrammes of the Government of India. To achieve these goals, the education functionaries right from theschool to state levels undertake different kinds of activities and explore new ways of transacting the curriculumto address the diverse needs of students. Such practices enhance the efficiency of the system and are oftenpragmatic, creative and ingenious. These practices are called innovations. By and large, the innovationsremain invisible to the school and the larger teaching communities, and are usually not valued by teachersthemselves. There is a need for providing opportunities for sharing of innovative practices and experiences atthe state and national level. This will help to develop an academic discourse within the school educationsystem as the stakeholders concerned will interact with and learn from each others.

In view of the above backdrop, it is proposed to organise a three-day Conference on Innovalion(NAAVONMESH) in School Education during April 18-20, 2017 in Room No.202, CIET, NCERT, New Delhi. TheConference will be attended by the participants from the SCERTs of all the states and Union Territories andNational level institutions. In addition to the presentations by the participants, the State and the National levelinstitutions will display the innovative materials developed by them on stalls provided for the purpose whichwill be visited by all the participants. The concept paper is enclosed.

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We take this opportunity to invite you to partidpate in the Conference with one of your colleagues.We request you to kindly send a paper containing the details of the innovations carried out by functionaries inschool education in your state. Your paper may focus on the followings: Title of the Innovation, agenciesinvolved, objectives, duration, target group, how it is benefiting the systems (outcomes), evaluation of theinnovations (if conducted), initiatives to share this with other states (if any), plan for its up scaling andchallenges faced during the innovation implementation. Please send your paper (soft or hard copy) so as toreach us by 31 March 2017. Also, a stall will be allocated to you for the display of innovative material in printor audio-video form. The faculty member will be expected to remain present on the stall for interaction withvisitors.

The TA/DA will be paid by NCERT.You are requested to travel by Air India only utilising its loweconomy fare. Your stay arrangement will be made in NCERTGuest House, if required.

For any further inquiry, please contact Prof. Ranjana Arora, Head, Department of Curriculum Studies(DCS), NCERT(Tel.: 011·26527044, Email: dcsncert2016@gmail.com/deanresearchncert@gmail.com).

Yours sincerely,

(Hrushikesh Senapaty)

The Directors

SCERTs, SIEs & Directorate of Education

Enel.: As above

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\lnnovntinn (NA VONM ESH) in School Education:

Organisation or Narinnal Conference 011 Innovativc/Ucst t'rnctlccs in the Stares/U'I's

The concept of innovation generally refers 10 change which brings out transformation in the

system. In the context of education, innovation aims towards improvement in the quality a!

the teaching-learning process, bringing out equity and equality and enhancing the efficiency

of the system. The changes in the social, political, and economic conditions in a society

create need for bringing out innovations and reforms in the system of education. As

Durkheim (1938) argued, "Educational transformations are always the result and the

symptom of social transformations in terms of which they are to be explained. In order for

people to feel at any particular moment in time the need to change its educational system, it is

necessary that new ideas and needs have emerged in which the former system is no longer

adequate" (Durkheim,1938, p.l67).

Deciding a change as innovation depends on the context and situation 10 which

innovation happens. For example, creating resources of learning in a system which lacks

basic learning facilities with locally available material may also be termed as innovation, if it

has an impact on the learning of the students. Thus, innovation is the core of continuation of a

process or a system.

Emphasising the importance. of innovations in education, the National Cur riculum

Framework-2005 stated that "individual teachers often explore new ways of transacting the

curriculum in addressing the needs of students within their specific classroom context

(including constraints of space, large numbers, absence of teaching aids, diversity in the

student body, the compulsion of examination, and so on). These efforts, often pragmatic but,also creative end ingenious, by ami large, remain invisible to the school and the larger

teaching communities, and arc usually not valued by teachers themselves". It was felt thai the

sharing of teaching experiences and diverse classroom practice!'>can provide opportunitie-s fClr

an academic discourse ro develop within school ns teachers interact with and learn from each

other's. This will also encourage new ideas and facilitate innovation and experimentation.

The NCr: 2005 ,,1:-;0 reflected on the w;'ys of encouraging and supporting the

innovative ;\11(1crcauvc \V;lyS I.lfkaciJing and k:lrning by the SYSt(;111so Lh~ILthey call become

a hody \1[" practice tluu e;11I he hn111ghl 10 ;\ ~lil!~,v wln-n they can he huill hack into the systc.n

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It was argued thai, fur a start, there is a need to create structured Sp3Cl:S within schools, and at

the level of the cluster and block where teachers are encouraged 1O share and discuss

classroom practices and experiences. If seen as worthwhile, some of these ideas and practice"

can be systemically followed up. It is also important to bring together groups or teachers

within and across schools and provide support to them in terms of resources as well as lime 10

work together. There is also, a need for documentation and dissemination of identified 'good

practices".

In India, there are several examples in the area of schoo! education, where innovations

at small or large levels had benefitted the system. Among them Nalli Kali in Kamataka,

Activity Based Learning (AOL) in Tamil Nadu, Multilingual Education Programme in

Odisha, Children's Learning Acceleration Programme for Sustainability in Andhra Pradesh,

B.Se.Ed. (e-year integrated pre-service teacher education programme offered by NCERT),

etc., are some of the examples of innovations which have not only been appreciated in the

states where they originated but have also been replicated by other stakeholders. There are

many more need-based innovations undertaken by the district and state level educational

institutions in the stateslUTs. These innovations arc seldom shared with other stakeholders,

and are, thus, limited to small area and population benefitting them without being getting

recognition. Due to lack of mutual sharing of innovations (genesis, challenges, modalities for

upscaling, portability from one context/situation to another) being done by various

individuals and institutions, often innovations in education do not automatically travel from

one part of the country to another part. This makes innovations restricted to its place of origin

only. Although NCER'f attempts to recognise and award innovations at the institutional level

by conducting' All India Competition on Innovative Practices and Experiments in Education

for Schools and Teachers Education Institutions', yet this forum is not designed to reach 10

di verse stakeholders.

Given {he huge expansion ill school education and increasing focus on quality. mutual

sharing of innovations in education being done across the country by institutions

(g ovcrumcnt or non-government organisations or by international agencies) is required, Thi.,

wi!l help in inducing motivation umong students, teachers and parents towards achieving the

goal or qu;,lity education. In view of this, to start with, :1 three-day National Conference

'Vidl,/dovel' Shih/la rucin NIII'()IIII/{'SIJ' (Innovation in School Education) of national and stare

level IIISII(ulIOIIS is proposed

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Proposed Themes for the Conference

• Innovation in Classroom Processes:

Teaching styles

Teaching-learning practices

Class room organization

Use of textbooks in classrooms

Methods of assessment used in classrooms

• Innovation in the availability and use ofl C'F in the classrooms

• Innovation in school governance

• Innovation in Leadersh.ip Style

• Innovation in Inclusive Education

• Innovation in Monitoring mechanism in schools

• Innovation in evaluation of schools

/. Innovation in schools' relationship with the community

Methodology

It is proposed to organise a three-day Conference at NCERT, New Delhi in the month

of April, 2017. Members from the SCERTs from all the states/U'Ts and National level

educational institutions will be invited to share their innovative/best practices in the area of

school education and teacher education. The following activities will be performed during the

Conference.

I. States will display innovative materials prepared by them on stalls provided 10 them

for visit by nil the participants.

2. Time will be allotted to present tile inncvarions made by them. which will be followed

by discussion.

3. Panel discussion on the importance of innovation in education based on research.

4 Scaling up of various innovations hascd on thcu· features und benefits.

S. Group Work and Group Presentation.

(Tentative programme schedule ix enclosed)

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Teniative f'1·ogramnH' Schedule for Ihe Nauonal Conference 011 lnuuvntiv ('I BestPractices in the Stntcs/UTs

Day 1

Timings Progl-:lll1l1lC

9.30 - 1"1.15AM;

IIL15-11.30AMI/"iJ.30AM -1.00 PM

II•

t 1.00 -2_00 PM

12.00 -3.30 PM

Ten lkc:lk

_. ---- -Iunovnrivc Practices in Nntlona! Level Orgamsntions

, Prcscntarious by• NCERT• Other National level Organisation

Lunch Break

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iIIr :3.30 -3.45 PM

Innovnrtvc Practices in N-IJ:RegionPresentations by

• Assam• Arunachal Pradesh• Sikkim• Meghalaya

Ten Brcal.

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3.45 -5.30 PI\1 Inuovarive Practices ill N-E RegionI Presentarious by

• Mizoram• Manipur• Nagaland• Tripura

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-9.30 -I LiS AM

l- ---111.15 - I1.3OAM

ri1.30--1.00 PM-

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I11.00 -2.00 PM

12.00 -3.30 PM -- ..,

3.30-3.4SPM

J.4S -5.30 PM

Iby 2

Scbobu-s" Puncl

• WI1;](researches sa)' about innovation in education?• Innovations: Policy perspectives• Challenges in implementing Innovations

(More themes will be decided)

Tea Break

tnuovatlvc Prncuces in Eastern RegionPresentations by

• Odisha• Bihar• Jharkhand• West Bengal.• A&N Island

·Lunch BrenkL._. ••",.'.,._, . __ .__ .,,_..• '"_, •.,

! Innovative Practices in Northern Region; Prescntarious by

• Uttar Pradesh• Uttarakhand• Punjab• Himachal Pradesh

: Tea Break

-r- IIIn"ov;;ti,;-CPI";Jcti'~c'~~j~~-No riil-~I:;;"I{~g~~n- -._-'--_.' --: Prcscntatlous by

• Haryana• Rnjnsrhnn• J&K• D,'lhi• UI«lIdlJ;;aril

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9.00 to 11.15 AM

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1-1]1.15 AM to j 1.30 AM

; 11.30 At'" -1.30 "1\'1

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1.30 PM-UO PM

2.30 PM -4.30 1'1\'1

3.45 PM-4.00 PM

4.00 PM- 5.00 PM

Day 3

Innovative Practices in South cru Regionl'rcscntatlons by

• Karnataka• Kerala• Andhra Pradesh• Tamil Nadu• Telangana•. Puducherry• Laksbadwecp

Innovative Practices ill western RegionPresentations by

• Gujarat• Maharashtra• Madhya Pradesh• Chhartisgarh• Goa•. Daman & Diu• Dadra Nagar Haveli

Lunch Break

I Scaling up of1Icatures and1 Presentations

variousbenefits

innovations based 011 thcit'-Croup Wod, & Group

,! Valedictory

,Note: There will be exhibition of' lnnovations/Bcsr Practices of the statcs/U'Ts, NCEWrand other orgnuisntious. The stulls will display their matcl'jal Oil the firSI nnd secondday rOI· vi...••it 1I1H1IIlutuai shadll}; frum lOAM to 5.30 PM.