Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) is a constituent unit of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. Established in 1984 with the merger of the Centre of Educational Technology and Department of Teaching Aids,its chief aim is to promote Educational Technology especially mass media singly or in combinations (multimedia packages) to extend educational opportunities and improve quality of educational processes at the school level.
As a premier institute of Educational Technology at the apex level, major functions of the CIET are to
design, develop, try out and disseminate alternative learning systems to achieve the national goal of universalisation of primary education and
to address various educational problems at micro, meso and macro levels. The broad areas of activities of the CIET are as given below:
To design and produce media software materials viz., television/ radio (for both broadcast as well as non-broadcast use) film, graphics and other programmes for strengthening the transaction of curricular and co-curricular activities at the school level.
To create competencies in development and use of educational software materials mentioned above through training in areas such as script development, media production, media communication, media research, technical operations, setting up studios, repair and maintenance of equipment.
To train the faculty of Institutes of Advanced Study in Education/Colleges of Teacher Education and District Institutes of Education and Training in the use of Educational Technology in their teacher education programmes.
To undertake research evaluation and monitoring of the systems, programmes and materials with a view to improving the materials and increasing their effectiveness.
To document and disseminate information, materials and media programmes for better utilisation and to function as a clearing house / agency in the field of Educational Technology.
To advise and coordinate the academic and technical programmes and activities of the SIET set up by the MHRD in six states of India.
The CIET is responsible along with the SIETs of UP and Bihar to feed a daily telecast of 30 minutes, 5 days a week, on the National Network. These programmes are aimed at supplementing the primary school curriculum and focus on helping children achieve competencies in various scholastic and non-scholastic areas.
A series of tutorial programmes in mathematics for students of Class X and XII have been produced. These were to be telecast on the Freedom Channel of DD3. As this channel has not become functional, the possibility of utilizing the cable networks is being explored. The video programmes produced every year include 52 continuities, which are used for the telecast capsule. The 1997-98 achievement also includes the tutorial programmes in mathematics mentioned above. It must be mentioned here that despite a severe shortage of staff with the Educational Radio Division, the targets have been consistently exceeded.
Our Educational Television programme Billi Ke Panje has been accorded a special mention by the Jury of the 24th NHK International Educational Program Contest.
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the All India Radio in 1995 for providing programmes for children in the age group 6-14 years, the CIET has been producing 52 programmes every year specifically for the purpose. Prominent among the productions this year are a series of 12 programmes on India’s Freedom Struggle, which are to be distributed to all the schools in the country. Twenty programmes for the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, a programme Desh Gaan for the schools of Andaman and Nicobar, Gyan Vigyan and 10 question papers on audiocassettes in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali and Gujarati for the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination of the Government of Singapore.
The process of filling up of vacancies, started in 1995-96 is yet to be completed. Two posts of Professors in media research and technical operations have been advertised and interviews are expected to be held anytime.
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