The National Institute of Education is the prime institute in the country responsible for providing leadership for the development of general education with quality equity and relevance in a pluralistic society. Intending to achieve the NIE’s goals for public education, it undertakes significant activities such as such as designing and developing general education curricula, preparing Syllabi, Teacher Guides, Resource Books, supplementary materials, curriculum development for National Colleges of Education, and teacher training. It also assumes teacher development through long term educational programmes at diploma, graduate and postgraduate levels, academic research and dissemination of research findings, publications and special projects dealing with such issues as special education, open learning and education in socially and economically different areas.