Regional Institute of Education, Mysore (formerly Regional College of Education) is an educational institution and South Indian regional resource center of

NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) () is an autonomous organisation of Ministry of Education, the Government of India. Established in 1961, it is a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies Re ...

. It was established on 1 August 1963. It was enacted to improve school education by providing training to young education enthusiasts before teaching service (pre-service) and also provide timely training to working teachers (in-service). RIE Mysore provides its educational services to south Indian states of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

and

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

and union territories of

Pondicherry Pondicherry, officially known as Puducherry, is the Capital city, capital and most populous city of the Puducherry (union territory), Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of Indi ...

and

Lakshadweep Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and th ...

. In-service courses provided by RIE Mysore is affiliated to state university,

University of Mysore The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by t ...

and all the courses are recognized by National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).

Background

RIE Mysore, founded in 1963, is one of the five such institutions established by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT). The other institutes are located at

Ajmer Ajmer () is a city in the north-western States and union territories of India, Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Ajmer district and Ajmer division. It lies at the centre of Rajasthan, earning it the ...

Shillong Shillong (, ) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India. It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in India, 330th most populous city ...

Bhopal Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to ...

and

Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneswar () is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. It is located in the Khordha district. The suburban region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Chakra Khetra'' and ''Ekamra Khetra'' ( ...

. In annual report (2008-2009) of

, regional institute are defined as ''"Regional Resource Centers for school and teacher education"''. It further extents the definition by defining RIEs as ''"centers striving for academic excellence, innovation, professional competence, commitment and the sharing of experiences and expertise"'' for constant improvement of education in their respective region. Even though all five institutes are under the direct administration of

, the courses offered are affiliated to universities near by. RIE Mysore is offers integrated courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. In RIE, Mysore, the principal as head of the Institution. Dean of Instruction and Administrative officer work under the head and regulate the academic activities and administrative activities of the institute. The Institute consists of four main departments: # Department of Education (DE) # Department of Education in Science and Mathematics (DESM) # Department of Education in Social Science and Humanities (DESSH) # Department of Extension Education (DEE) Apart from the undergraduate and post graduate courses, a higher secondary school called Demonstration school also works inside the campus which serves the institute to carry out innovative researches in education and also helps prospective teachers to observe, learn and practice teaching.

Objectives

Major Academic objectives of the Institute

# Designing and implementing innovative pre-service teacher training programmes at various levels. # Conducting continuing education/in-service training programmes for capacity-building of the staff of DIETs, CTEs, IASEs and SCERTs and other educational functionaries of the States/Union Territories in the region. # Carrying out research and development activities in various areas of concern of school education and teacher education. # Offering consultancy on matters related to school education as well as teacher education. # Providing academic support in school education and teacher education to States and

Union Territories Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own state government systems. Unlike states, Union Ter ...

in the region. # Assisting in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of centrally sponsored schemes in the region. # Assisting the States in the development, field testing and evaluation of curriculum materials, textbooks and instructional materials.

Courses offered

The pre-services courses of B.A.B.Ed, B.Sc.B.Ed, M.Sc.Ed, B.Ed, M.Ed are offered to students who qualify the Common Entrance Exam (CEE). Students have to apply online throug
www.cee.ncert.gov.in

Pre-service Courses

The institute currently offers the following programmes. Maximum number of students accommodated in each course varies. # B.A.B.Ed: Four year integrated course in

Social Science Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

and

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

(55 seats) # B.Sc.B.Ed: Four year integrated course in Science and Mathematics. There are two streams for this course, a ''

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

Botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

Zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

(CBZ)'' stream and a

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

, ''

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

(PCM)'' Stream. (40+40=80 seats) # M.Sc.Ed: Six year integrated course with specialization in

(66 seats) # B.Ed: Bachelor of Education degree of two-year duration. (25(Humanities) + 25(Maths and Science)=50 seats) # M.Ed: Masters in Education degree of two-year duration (55 seats) # DCGC: Diploma in guidance and counselling of one-year duration for teachers, teacher educators and School administrators. # Ph.D: The institute is a recognized research center of

. The institute offers Ph.D in science and education.

Online Courses

RIE Mysore offers following online certificate course. # Certificate in Educational

Research Methodology In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods. However, the term can also refer to the methods themselves or to the philosophical discussion of associated background assumptions. A method is a structured procedure for bri ...

(CERM) # Certificate in Educational Program Evaluation (CEPE) # Certificate Course in School Librarianship (CCSL)

Laboratories

The institute offers courses in various aspects of science and education. It is equipped with a number of laboratories for different subjects, apart from that it also has a state of the art computer lab.

list of laboratories

* Physics - 5 labs * Chemistry - 9 labs * Botany - 2 labs * Zoology - 2 labs * Mathematics - 1 lab * Computer - 4 labs * Geography -1 lab * Language -1 lab * Psychology laboratory and Physical Science/Biological Science methods laboratory - 1 lab * Language Laboratory - 1 lab with 20 console * E-learning Lab - 4 lab

Library

The institute library harbors over 70,000 books on various disciplines. Apart from the books, the library houses for M.Ed. dissertations, Ph.D thesis, all in-house publications of Institute and several

publications. The library is completely automated and uses

open source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use and view the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open source model is a decentrali ...

automation software. It also uses

Online Public Access Catalog The online public access catalog (OPAC), now frequently synonymous with ''library catalog'', is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries. Online catalogs have largely replaced the analog card catalogs previously ...

(OPAC).

Library Collections

Total Number of Books –70,000 Number of Back Volumes Journals – 6000 Total Number of Journals – 104 Indian Journal – 51 Foreign Journal – 20 Gift Journal – 33 Number of News Paper – 12 Number of Magazine – 12

Other Facilities

The institute also have a

science park A science park (also called a "university research park", "technology park", "technopark", "technopolis", "technopole", or a "science and technology park" TP is defined as being a property-based development that accommodates and fosters ...

, Botany and Zoology museum of specimens. It has two EDUSAT terminal, a branch of SBI Bank, Four conference room and a health clinic with two resident doctors.

Hostel

The institute has hostel facilities too, well within its campus. The names of the hostels operated by the Institute are, viz., *

Ganga The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary riv ...

Hostel (for girls) *

Narmada The Narmada River, previously also known as ''Narbada'' or anglicised as ''Nerbudda'', is the 5th longest river in India and overall the longest west-flowing river in the country. It is also the largest flowing river in the state of Madhya Prade ...

Hostel (for girls) *

Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme God (Hinduism), Supreme God in his own right. He is the god of protection, c ...

Hostel(for boys) *

Kaveri The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...

Hostel (for boys) *

Godavari The Godavari (, �od̪aːʋəɾiː is India's second longest river after the Ganga River and drains the third largest basin in India, covering about 10% of India's total geographical area. Its source is in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, Maharash ...

Guesthouse *

Saraswathi Saraswati (, ), also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, language and culture. Together with the goddesses L ...

Hostel (for girls)

Institute anthem

Institute anthem was an eight line Sanskrit chant which was edited by then president of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. The former chant mention different belief system. Dr. S Radhakrihnan added on the spot a line which included the names of

Jesus Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...

and

Mohammed Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, ...

. The chant now reads as: ''Yam Shaivaha Samupasathe'' ''Shiva ethi brahmethi vedanthinaha'' ''Bhoudhatha Buddha ethi pramanapatavaha'' ''Karthethi Niyayikaha'' ''Arhan Ethyatha Jaina Shasanarataha'' ''Karmethi meemamsakaha'' ''Kristhaha – kristha ethi Kriyapararathaha'' ''Allethi Mohamadaha'' ''Soyamvo vidadhathu vanchitha phalam'' ''Trilokya naatho vibhuhu''

References

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