RIE Mysore, founded in 1963, is one of the five such institutions established by National Council of Educational Research and Training. The other institutes are located at Ajmer, Shillong, Bhopal and Bhubaneshwar. In annual report of NCERT, regional institute are defined as "Regional Resource Centers for school and teacher education". It further extents the definition by defining RIEs as "centers striving for academic excellence, innovation, professional competence, commitment and the sharing of experiences and expertise" for constant improvement of education in their respective region. Even though all four institutes is under the direct administration of NCERT, the courses offered are affiliated to universities near by. RIE Mysore is offers integrated courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. In RIE, Mysore, the principal as head of the Institution. Dean of Instruction and Administrative officer work under the head and regulate the academic activities and administrative activities of the institute. The Institute consists of four main departments:
Apart from the undergraduate and post graduate courses, a higher secondary school called Demonstration school also works inside the campus which serves the institute to carry out innovative researches in education and also helps prospective teachers to observe, learn and practice teaching.
Designing and implementing innovative pre-service teacher training programmes at various levels.
Conducting continuing education/in-service training programmes for capacity-building of the staff of DIETs, CTEs, IASEs and SCERTs and other educational functionaries of the States/Union Territories in the region.
Carrying out research and development activities in various areas of concern of school education and teacher education.
Offering consultancy on matters related to school education as well as teacher education.
Providing academic support in school education and teacher education to States and Union Territories in the region.
Assisting in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of centrally sponsored schemes in the region.
Assisting the States in the development, field testing and evaluation of curriculum materials, textbooks and instructional materials.
Courses offered
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The institute currently offers the following programmes. Maximum number of students accommodated in each course varies.
B.A.B.Ed: Four year integrated course in Social Science and Humanities
B.Sc.B.Ed: Four year integrated course in Science and Mathematics. There are two streams for this course, a Chemistry, Botany, Zoology stream and a Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Stream.
M.Sc.Ed: Six year integrated course with specialization in Mathematics or Physics or Chemistry
The institute offers courses in various aspects of science and education. It is equipped with a number of laboratories for different subjects, apart from that it also has a state of the artcomputer lab.
list of laboratories{{Cite web|url=http://www.riemysore.ac.in/index.php/laboratories|title=Laboratories Regional Institute of Education, Mysuru|website=www.riemysore.ac.in|access-date=2019-12-17}}
The institute library harbors over 70,000 books on various disciplines. Apart from the books, the library houses for M.Ed. dissertations, Ph.D thesis, all in-house publications of Institute and several NCERT publications. The library is completely automated and uses open source automation software. It also uses Online Public Access Catalog.
Library Collections
Total Number of Books –70,000 Number of Back Volumes Journals – 6000 Total Number of Journals – 104 Indian Journal – 51 Foreign Journal – 20 Gift Journal – 33 Number of News Paper – 12 Number of Magazine – 12
Other Facilities
The institute also have a science park, Botany and Zoology museum of specimens. It has two EDUSAT terminal, a branch of SBI Bank, Four conference room and a health clinic with two resident doctors.
Institute anthem
Institute anthem was an eight line Sanskrit chant which was edited by then president of India, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. The former chant mention different belief system. Dr. S Radhakrihnan added on the spot a line which included the names of Jesus and Mohammed. The chant now reads as: Yam Shaivaha Samupasathe Shiva ethi brahmethi vedanthinaha Bhoudhatha Buddha ethi pramanapatavaha Karthethi Niyayikaha Arhan Ethyatha Jaina Shasanarataha Karmethi meemamsakaha Kristhaha – kristha ethi Kriyapararathaha Allethi Mohamadaha Soyamvo vidadhathu vanchitha phalam Trilokya naatho vibhuhu
