Role of CEE,UNEP and

NCERT in promoting
Environmental
Education
 CEE
Centre for Environmental
Education
Introduction
• Established in August 1984.
• Headquarter in Ahemedabad.
• Supported by Ministry of Environment and Forest.
• 41 offices across in India.
• Regional centres in Bangalore, Guwahathi, Lucknow, Ahemedabad
and Pune.
• State offices in Delhi,Hyderabad,Raipur, Goa and Coimbatore.
• Many field offices.
• International offices in Australlia and Srilanka.
• Karthikeya Sarabhai – Director of CEE.
Thrust Areas of CEE
• Education for Children
• Environmental education at higher secondary level.
• Examination system in environmental education.
• Education for Youth.
• Communicating environmental information through media
• Experiencing nature
• Industry initiatives
• Water and Sanitation
• Waste management
• Eco tourism.
• Disaster prepardness etc
Functions of CEE
• CEE has inherited with Nehru Foundation for development,
its parent organization.
• CEE was the only organization actively engaged in
environmental education in the country.
• It aimed at creating environmental awareness in the
communities, conducting wide spread environmental
education and training program through a very vast network.
• It has a vast range of publications, books, posters,
educational packages, bibliographies etc.
• Nodal agency for implementation of sustainable development
in India.
INTRODUCTION
• UNEP stands for
• United Nations Environment Programme.
• International environmental agency.
• Founded by Maurice Strong in June1972.
• Headquarters in Giriri, Nairobi in Kenya.
• UNEP has 6 regional offices.
• Various country offices.
• Support of United Nations Organization. (UNO)
UNEP -- Activities
•Activities
•Co-ordinates the activities
•Assisting developing countries in
implementing environmental
polices and practices.
Functions of UNEP
• Activities cover a wide range of issues like
Atmosphere (pollution,acid rain,ozone depletion etc)
Marine ( factories and industrial discharge, kills marine
plants, shellfish like crab,lobster, oysters, mussels etc)
Terrestrial ecosystem (shortage of water, ultraviolet
radiation, pesticides used in agriculture etc)
Green economy (reducing environmental issues and
sustainable development)
• Developing international environmental conventions
• Promoting environmental science and information etc
• Active in funding and implementing environment related
development projects.
Cont…..
Formulation of guidelines and issues like
 International trade in potentially harmful
chemicals.
 Trans boundary air pollution.
 Contamination of international water ways etc.
Implementing agencies for global environment
facility.
Multilateral fund for implementation of Montreal
protocol etc
Introduction
• The National Council of Educational Research
and Training (NCERT)
• An autonomous organization.
• Set up in 1961 by the Government of India.
• To assist and advise the Central and State
Governments on policies and program for
qualitative improvement in school education.
Role of NCERT in Environmental Education
• Extension activities such as publication of quarterly journals.
• Organizing National Science Exhibition every year.
• Training program for teachers and teacher educators.
• Development of film or video program on Indian
Environment.
• Publication of supplementary reading materials.
• Collaboration with international agencies like
UNESCO,UNICEF,UNEP etc
Role of Teachers in Environmental Education
• To arouse the children’s interest in the environment and raise
challenging problems.
• To discuss the approach to problems.
• To organize working groups and to provide with the help of work
cards.
• To arrange visits
• To provide reference materials for children’s use.
• To provide materials needed for practical work.
• To arrange for visiting speakers.
• To develop discussion and debate.