The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has launched an online training program for teachers to train in conducting the action research to address educational issues.
This online course is designed to teachers at the elementary level, working in districts institutes of education and training, state councils of educational research and training and state institute of education. The course aims at assisting them in conducting In-service Teacher Professional Development (ITPD) in action research.
The course will provide the conceptual understanding about the action research. The participants are expected to prepare a proposal on action research in their respective areas of work. This duration of the course is seven weeks with five modules and each module will be discussed per week. The participants are expected to study for two hours per week.
Teachers with research background and persons with knowledge of computers are eligible to join the course.
Activity-based learning has not taken off in most parts of the nation since the introduction of National Curriculum Framework (NCF) in 2005, which is one of the reasons, that quality teaching has taken a back seat. We now to make constructive efforts on a priority basis, “said PK Mandal, head, International Relations division, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)