District Institutes of Education & Training

OBJECTIVES:

• Objective of DIET is to provide academic, resource support at grass root level:

• Universalization of elementary/primary education

• National Literacy Mission targets with regard to functional literacy in age group
15-35 yrs.

• Caters to quantitative improvement.

POA -1986 suggests that DIETs will radically transform present system of elementary
Education by performing following functions:

• Pre-service & in-service education of teachers for formal school system.

• Training & orientation of heads in institutional planning management & micro-
level planning.
• Orientation of community leaders

• Functionaries of voluntary organizations.

• Providing academic support to school complexes

• Doing action research and experimentation work.

• To serve as evaluation centre for primary, upper primary schools, non-formal edu,
adult edu.

• To serve as a resource and learning centre for teacher, instructors.

• Extending consultancy service and advice.

• District powerful unit of educational planning, supervision, control which hitherto

was done at state level.

• It is important organ of District Board of Education assists technical, academic

wing.
• To carry out activities in collaboration with SCERT, State Institutes of
Educational Planning and Administration (SIEPA), Colleges of Education and
University Departments of Education.

• Pre service teacher education programme

• In-service programmes of elementary teachers, headmasters, heads of school,
officers of education department up to block level.

• Field interaction (including extension work)

• Training programme for adult, non-formal education

• Workshops for development of curricula, teaching learning material, testing,

evaluation of tools, techniques, low cost teaching aids etc.

• Orientation programme for members of DBE community leaders, youth, other

educational activities.

• Field studies, action research, experimentation.

Branches of DIET

• Pre-service teacher education unit.

• In-service Programme, field interaction, innovation, coordination &

extension service unit.

• District resource unit for adult and non-formal Education.

• Planning and management unit.

• Educational technology unit.

• Work experience unit(TLM)

• Curriculum, material development and evaluation unit.