Curriculum Material Development and Evaluation

Branch

Curriculum, Material Development and Evaluation ( CMDE )

Staffing pattern

  • Sr. Lecturer – 1
  • Lecturer – 1

Funtions

  1. To adopt existing items and develop new items of the following kinds so that they suit local circumstances, and can be used in elementary education and elementary teacher of the two staff members one should education programmes.
  2. Curricular units – New, locally relevant units could be developed for the dist. in various subjects to supplement the generally prescribed curricula. Such units may pertain to topics like local geography, folklore, legend, customs, forests, flora and fauna, fairs and festivals, demography, geology, minerals, agriculture, industry, service occupations, folk art, handicrafts, communities and tribes, institutions etc.
  3. Teaching learning for general as well as locally developed curricular units—specially primers for classes I and II in tribal languages in districts having substantial tribal population
  4. To evaluate and monitor the quality and efficacy of training programmes for NFE/AE personnel held in and outside the DIET, and to strive for their continuous improvement.
  5. Techniques and guidelines for continuous and summative learner-evaluation
  6. Tests, question/item banks, rating scales, observation schedules, guidelines for diagnostic testing/remedial programmes talent identification procedures etc. Most of the adaptation/development work as above would be done through workshops involving other concerned faculty, institutions, experts, teachers and instructors.
  7. To help the DRU in development work as above for Adult and non-formal Education.
  8. To undertake testing on sample basis to assess achievement levels among learners, especially with reference to Min. levels Prescribed for the primary and upper stage and for adult learners under NLM.
  9. To help educational authorities and elementary school/ NFE/AE Centres in implementing a reliable and valid system of learner evaluation.
  10. To conduct workshops for the adaptation/development work mentioned in (I) above, as also in-service programmes relating to CMDE.
  11. To provide CMDE— related inputs into all other programmes/activities of the institute, e.g. pre-service and in- service programmes for teachers, training programmes for NFE/AE personnel, Field inter-action (including Extension) activities, Action Research, etc.