Explanation:

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Recently the NCERT has been granted the deemed-to-be-university status by the Ministry of Higher Education

• NCERT is an autonomous organisation set up in 1961.

• It was set up by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education.

The major objectives of NCERT and its constituent units are to:

• Undertake, promote and coordinate research in areas related to school education,

• Prepare and publish model textbooks, supplementary material, newsletters, journals and develops educational kits, multimedia digital materials, etc ,

• organise pre-service and in-service training of teachers,

• Develop and disseminate innovative educational techniques and practices,

• Collaborate and network with state educational departments, universities, NGOs and other educational institutions,

• Act as a clearing house for ideas and information in matters related to school education and

• Act as a nodal agency for achieving the goals of Universalisation of Elementary Education.

• NCERT has been granted the deemed-to-be-university status by the Ministry of Higher Education.

• It is an implementation agency for bilateral cultural exchange programmes with other countries in the field of school education.

Hence option 3rd is correct.