DISTRICT INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PATAN

Training and orientation of following target groups:
- Elementary school teachers (both pre-service and in-service).
- Head Masters, Heads of School Complexes and officers of Educational Department up to block level.
- Members of DBE and Village Education Committees (VEC’s), community leaders, youth and other volunteers who wish to work as educational activities.
- Resource persons who will conduct suitable programmes for the target groups mentioned in (i) at centers other than DIET.

Academic and resource support to the elementary education system in the district in other ways e.g. by …
- Extension activities and interaction with the field,
- Provision of services of a resource and learning centre for teachers and instructors,
- Development of locally relevant materials, teaching aids, evaluation tools etc., and
- Serving as an evaluation centre for elementary schools.

Action research and experimentation to deal with specific problems of the district to achieving the objectives in the area of elementary education.
- To provide training and guidance for implementation of programmes like activity based and joyful learning and creating willingness to go to school.
- To undertake research and experiment to keep in mind problems of the educational arena and to solve them.
- To familiarize Headmasters, teachers, BRC, CRC co-coordinators and supervisors with new approach.
- To organize seminars and workshops to enhance the abilities for teaching subjects like Mathematics, Science, Work Experience, Art teaching and Yoga teaching at the primary school level.
- To provide guidance for diagnosis and remedies for abilities established by the students through capacity aimed evaluation and also lack of abilities thereof.
- To provide guidance and evaluation techniques to ensure success for activity based education.

Functions