Organization and Management of ECDD Programmes

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECCD PROGRAMMES

Lesson 14: National and Voluntary organizations working for ECCE

National council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT, 1961)

The major activities of the organization include the training of the personnel and research and experimentation. Since 1977 it has been implementing the ECE and children’s media laboratory project with financial assistance from UNICEF in many states over the country. The major objectives are:

To develop prototypes of inexpensive materials of educational and entertainment value for children in print, audio and projected media as well as in the form of three dimensional toys. To develop expertise at the state level in ECE. To serve as a clearing house for the latest developments in ECE both national and international.

The material developed by NCERT are distributed free of cost to organizations working in ECE all over the country.