CIET National ICT Awards for School Teachers 2017 : Central Institute of Educational Technology

Organisation : Central Institute of Educational Technology
Award Name : National ICT Awards for School Teachers 2017
Application Last Date : 31st July, 2017
Applicable For : School teachers of primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools
Prize : ICT Kit, a laptop and a commendation certificate
Download Entry Form: https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/23974-Entry_FormGuidelines.doc
Website : https://ciet.ncert.gov.in/

National ICT Awards for School Teachers :

for
“Using ICT for Innovations in Education”

Related : INAE Innovative Student Projects Award 2017 : www.contest.net.in/23916.html

Guidelines for States/UTs/Autonomous Bodies under MHRD :
Eligibility :
School teachers of primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools working in any recognized school in the Indian Union under the following categories:
(i) Schools run by State Govt./UTs Administration, schools run by local bodies, private schools affiliated to state boards, aided by State Govt. and UT Administration.

(ii) Central Govt. Schools i.e. Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), Jawahar Navodaya
Vidyalayas (JNVs), Central Schools for Tibetans (CTSA), Sainik Schools and Schools run by Ministry of Defence (MOD), Schools run by Atomic Energy Education Society (AEES).

(iii) Schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (other than those at (i) and (ii) above)
(iv) Schools affiliated to Council for Indian Schools Certificate Examination (CISCE) (Other than those at (i), (ii) and (iii) above)

Note: State Governments/ UTs administration may not nominate teachers from any of the other categories.

Allocation of Awards :
(i) Three awards for each large State 13×3= 39
(Defined as States having teacher strength of 1 lakh or more)
(ii) Two awards for each small State 15×2=30
(Defined as States whose teacher’s strength is less than1 lakh)
(iii) One award for each UT 7×1= 7
(iv) Two awards each for KVS &NVS 2×2= 4
(v) Three awards for CBSE 3
(vi) One award for CISCE 1
(vii) One award for CTSA 1
(viii) One award for Sainik School and Schools under MOD 1
(ix) One award for schools under AEES 1
Total 87

Award :
Each awardee teacher will get an ICT Kit, a laptop and a commendation certificate. The awardees would be encouraged to function as mentors (resource persons) for their area to motivate and train other teachers. All the awardees will form a community of resource persons through networking. Selected initiatives would be shared as best practices across the country.

Selection Procedure :
(i) For States & UT schools

Schools will send detailed entries in the prescribed format along with supporting documents to the Directorate of Education of the State/UT through the District Education Officer.

The Directorate of Education, with the help of a State-level Committee headed by Secretary (Secondary Education)/ SPD – RMSA will scrutinize all the entries and shortlist the candidates and forward the same to the Joint Director, Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), NCERT, New Delhi – 110016 for further action. The number of candidates to be nominated will be twice the number of awards allotted.

(ii) For others i.e. Autonomous organizations/ institutions under Govt of India
Schools will forward detailed entries in prescribed format along with supporting documents to the headquarters of the concerned organization i.e. KVS, NVS, CBSE, CISCE, CTSA, Sainik Schools under Ministry of Defence (MoD), AEES.

A Committee under the Head of the organization of the autonomous body will scrutinize all the entries and shortlist the candidates and send the same to The Joint Director, CIET, NCERT New Delhi – 110016 for further action. The number of candidates to be nominated will be twice the number of awards allotted.

(iii) At CIET the short listed candidates would be required to make presentations before a Committee. The composition of the Committee will be as follows
a) Director, NCERT – Chairman
b) DDG, NIC – Member
c) Representative from Secondary Education
Bureau, Dept of SE&L, Ministry of HRD – Member
d) Representative from Dept of IT – Member
e) Joint Director, CIET – Member Secretary

(iv) The Committee would recommend the requisite number of awardees to the Ministry with justification. At the Ministry level the proposal would be scrutinized before the approval of the Minister.

Guidelines for submission of nomination/ entry for the National ICT Award for School Teachers-2017 :
** A teacher Portfolio should be submitted along with the Entry Form.
** The portfolio should include evidence of the teacher’s awareness and use of ICT in his/ her own professional development, in improving his/ her teaching- learning, and in enhancing overall quality of education in schools and community.
** The portfolio should document sustained systematic work using ICT over the years.
** The portfolio should include relevant supporting documents, tools, reports of activities, field visits, photographs, audios or videos.
** E-contents listed in the portfolio (Audios, Videos, Multimedia, Charts, Maps, Models lesson plans and images) should be uploaded/ shared online.