Innovative Practices in DIETS: Regional Seminar held on 27-28 August, 2004, Puri, Orissa

Abstract

The seminar on ‘Innovative Practices in DIETs’ was organized by the Eastern Regional Committee of the National Council of Teacher Education on 27-28 August 2005 at Hotel Holiday Resort of Puri, Orissa. The seminar attempted to focus on the multi-sectoral and innovative approaches followed by the District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) in the field of elementary teacher education in the country with specific emphasis on the eastern and north-eastern region. It was an attempt to highlight and share the positive practices and approaches adopted by the DIETs and their applicability and extension to other institutions of elementary teacher education in the region and in the country.