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| National Centre for Educational Development (NCED) Kathmandu, Nepal | ||
General
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The National Centre for Educational Development was established in 1993 within the Ministry of Education. Its mandate is to develop the necessary human resources in the field of education. It has, since its creation, focussed its activities on providing trained manpower to the education system. Its main functions are therefore to: • advise in formulating teacher training policies; • develop and provide in-service teacher training programmes for educational managers and experts; • accredit various in-service training programmes conducted by different institutions. |
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General Organisation |
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The National Centre for Educational Development forms part of the Ministry of Education. It is directed by a Co-ordination Committee, chaired by the Secretary of Education. Among the other members are representatives of the Faculty of Education of the Tribhuvan University, the National Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance. The Centre consists of three main sections: research and evaluation, curriculum and training, and administration. A training co-ordination committee approves the curriculum and the training packages, developed by the NCED. Its staff consists of ten professional staff and some support staff. |
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Main
Activities |
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The NCED is mainly involved in training. It organizes three types of training: Part III: Profiles of the present member institutions • Training for primary school teachers. It has designed a ten-month training programme, divided into four packages of two and a half months, for a total of 330 training hours. It is envisaged that this training will be conducted in region-based primary teacher training centres. So far, only one such centre is in operation. • Management training. This training has been developed for four different groups working in the field rather than at central level: primary school head teachers (one month), school supervisors (one month), district education officers (12 days) and regional education directors (six days). • Training of trainers. With the assistance of external experts, the Centre organizes a fifteen-day intensive training programme for various personnel who will eventually provide training to primary school teachers, for instance regional and district education officers. A similar but six-day course caters for district-based school supervisors. The National Centre for Educational Development undertakes some research, in particular evaluations concerning the effectiveness of training activities. |
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Prospects
for the future |
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The
NCED will remain engaged mainly in training. The further development
of region-based primary teacher training centres should strengthen
the impact of its training. It plans to establish a mechanism
to systematically and continuously evaluate the effectiveness
and the quality of its training at different levels, including
the impact on classroom practice. |
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