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issue 10 may-june 2006
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Training programs available

• The Rehabilitation Council of India conducts a short-term three-week course called the Foundation Course. It is a distance mode course, with a test on the last day of the course. The certificate obtained is valid for five years. For details, contact: Dr. Hemlata, Senior Programme Officer (Distance Education), Rehabilitation Council of India, B-22, Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi 110016. Phone: 91-11-26532816, 26534287, 26532384, 26532408. Fax: 91-11-26534291. E-mail: rehabstd@nde.vsnl.net.in and rehabstd@ndc.vsnl.net.in Website: www.rehabcouncil.nic.in/engweb/home.html
• An important dimension of the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (N.C.E.R.T.) activities is the pre-service and in-service training of teachers at the pre-primary, elementary, secondary and higher secondary levels, and also in such areas as vocational education, educational technology, guidance and counselling, and special education. The pre-service teacher education programmes at the Regional Institutes of Education (R.I.E.s) incorporate innovative features such as integration of content and methodology of teaching, long-term internship of teacher trainees in the actual classroom setting, and participation of students in community work. The R.I.E.s also undertake the training of key personnel of the states and of state level institutions and training of teacher educators and in-service teachers. For details, contact: Public Information Officer, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi 110016. Phone: 26962459. E-mail: crc@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in Website: www.ncert.nic.in/welcome.asp
• Along with the N.C.E.R.T., the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration is an apex organisation dealing with policy, planning and implementation of inclusive education. For details, contact: 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110016. Phone: 26863562, 26962335, 26967780, 26962126, 26965305, 26962120, 26960428, 26967784, 26962479, 26965996. Fax: 91-011-26853041, 26865180. E-mail: niepa@niepa.org Website: www.niepa.org

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