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OBJECTIVE

MANAGEMENT

Welcome to the Site of SIET, Patna.  before you know about us, we may intend to know the land where we are located.
The present day Bihar where we are located is one of the major Union States of the Republic of India.  This is the land of glorious traditions and antiquity and the name Bihar is derived from the ancient word 'Vihara' which means a monastery.  it is indeed a land of monasteries.  Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Muslims and Sikh shrines abound in this ancient land where India's first major empires rose and fell.
It has been a seat of learning -- where the ruins of the world's ancient universities slumber in the void of time, while the giant steel complexes spew fire all the year round.  Forty percent of India's mineral wealth lies buried in its bosom.  Its fertile plains are enriched by the passage of the Ganges, flowing wide and deep before distributing itself in Bengal's delta-zone.  Bihar, the land of innocent tribes has a splendid tradition of melodious folk tunes and highly rhythmical tribal dances.   Indeed, Bihar has an impressive past which one can be proud of.
Present day Bihar has somewhat different scenario where the social gap between rich and poor exists.  Politically, people are conscious about their rights and duties but educationally, it has the lowest percentage of literacy in the country - an average of 38%(males - 52% and females - 26%).  Of late, there has been some improvement in its literacy rate - an increase of 10% as reported by World Bank, but much desires to be done. Bihar has one of the lowest enrollment ratios and its drop-out rates at the primary level are the highest in the country.

OBJECTIVE

State Institute of Education Technology, Patna was established on 10.9.1985 to promote quality in primary education through INSAT-1B.  The institute is fully funded by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and functions under the administrative control of the Education Department of the Govt. of Bihar.  The institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1861 and became an autonomous institute on 14.1.1994.  It is located in the campus of the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) along the banks of river Ganges in Patna.

MANAGEMENT

The institute has a full-time Director who acts under the guidance of the Executive Committee with the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Dept. of HRD, Govt. of Bihar as the chairperson of the Institute.

Executive Committee

Chairperson

Commissioner / Secretary, Dept. of H.R.D., Govt. of Bihar

Members

Two representatives from M.H.R.D., Govt. of India

Joint Director, CIET, New Delhi or his nominee

Two experts in Educational Technology or those having special interest in ET nominated by Govt. of India

Two experts in Education Technology or those having special interest in ET nominated by Govt. of Bihar

Financial Secretary, Govt. of Bihar or his nominee

Director, State Council Educational Research and Training, Bihar

Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar

Member Secretary

Director, SIET, Bihar

Governing Body

All the decisions taken by the Executive Committee are ratified by the Governing Body of the Institute.  The composition of the Governing Body is as follows:

Chairperson

Commissioner / Secretary, Dept. of H.R.D., Govt. of Bihar

Members

Joint Director, CIET, New Delhi
Two representatives of Govt. of India
One representative of Consortium Educational
Communication Development Unit of ISRO, Ahmedabad
Director, Secondary Education, GOB
Director, Adult Education, GOB
Director, Primary Education, GOB
Director, SCERT, Bihar
Director, DDK, Patna
Director, AIR, Patna

Dr. Narendra Nath Pandey, MSc. D.Litt. has joined as a full-time Director with effect from Oct. 14, 1999.  Dr. Pandey is basically a Univ. Professor of Physics in Patna University.  He worked at Bihar Education Project as Media in-charge and Coordinator, Pedagogical improvement Unit for four years before joining SIET.