TheNational
Institute of Educational Planning and Administration(NIEPA) is the apex
national institution of educational planning and administration and is actively
engaged in educational research, training and consultancy. Its core activities
include: Full-time M.Phil. Programme, Full-time & Part-time Ph.D. Programmes,
National level and International level Diploma Programmes, training of
educational planners and administrators; research; consultancy services at
national and international levels; clearing house for dissemination of
knowledge and information; and providing a forum for exchange of views and
experiences between practicing educational administrators, planners and
academics. NIEPA also sponsors research in educational planning, policy and
management.
NIEPA offers, every year, about four dozen professional programmes.
It includes long-term and short-term training programmes, seminars, conferences, meetings with
senior national and international education policy-makers, planners and administrators. It offers
two (six-month) diploma programmes in educational planning and administration - one each for the national
and international participants. On an average, each year , about thousand five hundred senior planners
and administrators participate in these programmes. NIEPA uses a combination of
modern methodologies in training delivery including structured presentations, practical work, syndicate work,
case studies, group discussions and modern audio-visual methods. All training programmes are supported by
professionally developed training material.
To organize pre-service and in-service training programmes in the area of educational planning and administration and allied disciplines
To undertake, aid, promote
and coordinate research in various aspects of educational planning
and administration and allied disciplines, including comparative studies
in planning techniques and administrative procedures in the different
States/UTs of India and in other countries of the world
To organize orientation and training
programmes and refresher courses for University and College administrators
connected with educational planning and administration
To develop networking of Institutions
engaged in identical task as that of this University and to play supportive and
collaborative role so that States/UTs and regional level are gradually
undertaken by them
To organize orientation programmes,
seminars and discussions groups for top level persons, including legislators, in
the field of educational planning and administration of policy making level in
Central and State Governments
To provide
academic and professional guidanceto
agencies, institutions and personnel engaged in educational planning and
administration