The leading priority for National Centre for
School Leadership (NCSL) in NUEPA, is to build leadership capacities for change, eventually
leading to transformation of schools. To achieve this mission, the Centre will engage in
capacity building programmes for the school heads, based on a curriculum that is grounded
on the needs and issues of the states and the diversity therein, in the area of school
education. The Centre will also encourage networking among schools and related resource
institutions so as to facilitate meaningful exchange of experiences, lateral learning
and shared problem-solving. It will also organize and promote research on leadership and
governance of school education with a view to encourage evidence-based decision-making at
systemic and institutional levels. The Centre will also function as a repository of information
for all developments in the areas of leadership and governance in school education. The
leadership programmes would cover existing and freshly inducted school principals, current
and aspiring School Heads as well as senior teachers from elementary to higher secondary levels,
functioning in both government and government-aided sectors.
The National Programme Design and Curriculum Framework
prepared by NCSL, enunciates the basic principle involved in pursuing the transformative agenda for
change and development of every school. It points to the need for developing leadership capabilities
of School Heads from elementary to higher secondary stages. The design of School Leadership
Development Programme is made operational by creation of synergy between NCSL and the States.
At National Level, the Centre is guided by the National Advisory Group, National Resource Group,
team of Mentors and also works in collaboration with its international partners like the National
College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), Nottingham, United Kingdom. At the State level, the
Centre works through consultation with the State Resource Groups, critical mass of experts and
professionals, and Anchor and Nodal institutions. Considering Leadership Development Programme
inherently transformative and realistic, closer to individual school realities, the idea is
that the Nodal Institution can eventually become Leadership Academy to take the School Leadership
Development Programme forward and ensure its sustainability.
The Curriculum Framework on School Leadership
Development has been developed as a comprehensive document addressing differential leadership
requirements to help States to adapt to context-specific needs of School Heads. There are six
key areas, twenty five units and four special focus areas identified in the document. The
Curriculum has been developed, based on a series of consultations at national and state levels,
bringing together a large number of experts and field functionaries. This has ensured that the
curriculum not only addresses the concerns of school quality but also the requirements of equity,
keeping in view the vastly diverse contexts and conditions in which our schools function.
The curriculum document is seen as dynamic and responsive to changing demands of the school
system.
The Handbook in its trial version is a comprehensive
document guiding the capacity building programmes for School Leadership Development among School Heads.
The document provides detailed programme structure for 10-day direct engagement with the participants
with follow provisions for one year through mentoring and coaching and formation of professional
learning communities in the specified geographical area. The handbook is developed following a
participatory approach by conducting workshops and deliberations with the National Resource Group,
the State Resource Groups as well as try out and piloting with School Heads of select
States.
The details of these two documents are given in our
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