(a) whether NCERT proposes to set up some new Regional Institutes of Education;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the locations identified for the purpose; and
(c) the further action taken by the Government in this regard?
(a) whether NCERT proposes to set up some new Regional Institutes of Education;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the locations identified for the purpose; and
(c) the further action taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SHASHI THAROOR)
(a) to (c)The Executive Committee of the National Council of Educational Research and
Training (NCERT) had approved the proposal for setting up of four Regional Institutes of
Education in Bihar, Chandigarh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. The State Governments
were requested to provide 50 acres of land, free of cost, at suitable locations for
setting up of these RIEs. The State Government of Bihar has offered to provide 25 acres
of land, free of cost, in the district of Muzaffarpur. The Government of Andhra Pradesh
has identified the piece of land but the formal proposal is yet to be received. The UT of
Chandigardh has expressed its inability to provide land free of cost. Further action
will be initiated on allotment of land by the States concerned.