Question

Discuss the role of UGC and NCRERT for environmental education.

Answer 1

Answer:

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organisation set up in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education.

UGC is responsible for coordinating, determining and maintaining standards of higher education. The University Grants Commission provides recognition to universities in India and disburses funds to such recognised universities and colleges. The UGC has its Head Office in New Delhi and six regional offices: Bengaluru.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

• Accordingly, the National Conference On Minimum Curriculum Standards for primary stage organized by NCERT (National Council For Educational Research and Training) in July 1970, emphasized the importance of inculcating in the students moral and spiritual values which form a part of our culture viz., honesty, kindness, charity, tolerance, courtesy, sympathy and compassion.
• The National Seminar on Primary and Work-oriented Education organized by NCERT in November, 1976, in the context of International Education Year recognized the relevance and importance of the Gandhian Values in reforming education.
• The National Policy on Education has laid considerable emphasis on Value Education by highlighting the need to make education a forceful tool for cultivation of social and moral values. The policy has stated that in our culturally plural society education should factor universal and eternal values oriented towards the unity and integration of our people.