Section 16 in Gujarat Educational Innovations Commission Act, 2009
16. Function of Commission.
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Commission shall conceive, experiment upon and implement such innovative proposals in the field of education and learning as would transform the objectives, contents and methods of education so as to promote the objectives of the Commission.(2)In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing function, the Commission shall perform the following functions, namely:-(i)to promote experimentation, designing and development of the contents of learning which would inspire pupils to foster the overarching aims of education to be achieved by the Commission;(ii)to promote, explore and invent new methods of pedagogy and evaluation so as to make the learning process interesting, instructive, experimental and practical;(iii)to experiment upon the contents and methods of learning at its own innovative institutions or innovative institutions selected by it from those existing;(iv)to promote and recommend, on the basis of results of its experiments carried out on its own innovative institutions or innovative institutions selected by it as are found by it to be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the Commission;(v)to establish institutions (including institutions for education and training of teachers) for experimentation and implementation of the educational innovations promoted, explored and invented by it and for education and training of teachers for that purpose;(vi)(a)to recognise as a recognised institution, any institution for experimentation and implementation of the educational innovations recommended by it and for education and training of teachers for that purpose;(b)to withdraw recognition of an institution for breach of conditions of recognition after giving it an opportunity of being heard;(vii)to establish teachers' education and training institutions of innovative education and to provide for education and training of teachers for implementation of educational innovations recommended by them;(viii)to experiment, promote and develop the courses which facilitate students to switch over from existing system of education to the innovative system of education developed by it;(ix)to promote innovations in evaluations and to establish appropriate testing service;(x)to support innovations in schools and Universities and educational institutions of research, experimentation, training and extension services;(xi)to evolve programmes of innovations in regard to the aims, methods and contents of education;(xii)to endeavour to enrich the present system of education so as to make it more responsive to the ideals of Indian Nationalism and Internationalism;(xiii)to develop new system of education as supplementary or alternative to existing system of education;(xiv)to perform such other functions as are necessary for, and conducive to, the promotion of the objectives of the Commission.
