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 & microlevel 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.