Question

The headquarters of the National Council for Teacher Education is located at-
1. Bhubaneswar
2. New Delhi
3. Bhopal
4. Rajasthan

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : New Delhi

The correct answer is New Delhi.

• The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organization set up in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programs for qualitative improvement in school education.
• The headquarters of NCERT is in New Delhi.
• Major functions of NCERT are:
  • To monitor the administration of NIE /Regional colleges of Education.
  • To undertake aid, promote and coordinate research in all branches of education for improvement.
  • To organize pre-service and in-service education programs for teachers' school-education.
  • To prepare and publish study material for students and related teacher’s handbooks.