Bhubaneswar: The Directorate of Teacher Education and SCERT, Odisha, Bhubaneswar has been declared as the State Academic Authority. The Directorate will lay down the curriculum and evaluation procedure for Elementary Education as per Section 29 of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and Rule 21 of Orissa RCFCE Rule, 2010.
An order issued by the Directorate of Teacher Education and SCERT read: “In this connection, the curriculum, syllabus, textbooks and supplementary materials to be used in Class I to VIII developed by different Departments / Directorate / Agencies shall be approved by the State Academic Authority for their implementation in the State.”
