Pandit Sunderlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE), a constituent unit of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), was established on 5th July, 1993 at Bhopal. The NCERT, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India with its headquarter at New Delhi is an apex Research and Development organisation in the field of school education.

The mission of PSSCIVE is to meet all the academic needs for the success of vocationalisation of education programme in the country, either directly or by working together with other institutions throughout the country. It aims to provide direction to the delivery system of instruction and support services. It strives to meet the needs of manpower development for various sectors of economy through the system of general education upto the higher secondary stage. The programme covers both formal and non-formal systems of education.   More detail...