Annual Report 1996-1997 (NIEPA)

Abstract

From An Overview: The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration has been working as the apex Institute in the area of planning and administration of education since the last three decades. For the first ten years of its existence, the Institute functioned as a Unesco Institute having been established in 1962, under an agreement with UNESCO and Government of India, as the UNESCO Regional Centre for Training of Educational Planners, Administrators and Supervisors in Asia and the Pacific. On 1st April, 1965, the Centre was renamed as Asian Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. On expiry of the agreement with UNESCO and on the recommendations of the Kothari Commission, Government of India, by taking over responsibilities of UNESCO Centre, established National Staff College for Educational Planners and Administrators as an autonomous Institute in 1970. The objective was to respond to the national needs of educational planning and administration and also to share the experience and expertise in this area with other countries. The Institute was renamed as National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in 1979.