District Institute of Education & Training Palanpur, Banaskantha: A Case Study on Institutional Empowerment and Good Practices of DIET, Banaskantha, Gujarat September 1999

Abstract

From Preface: Today the DIETs are not merely an institution to provide Pre-service teacher training. Over a period of time Govt. P.T.C. Colleges have been almost taken over as the DIETs. Now DIETs are visualized to be a resource centre very closer to the deep root base. Afterwards keeping this intention DIETs have been established with greater and wider perspective of resources. These are human, physical and financial. So that with the Pre-service, In-service teacher education programmes connected adjacently in the same institution. NPE, 1986 has put more emphasis on quality of teacher education. In the day to day educational system, teacher education in the form of pre-service and In-service is felt as an avoiding aspect of Primary education. So the DIETs up-gradation was necessary. The up graded DIETs can improve the Total Quality of Primary education. After implementation of NPE 1986, teacher education reconstruction and re-organization central sponsored scheme has been transacted.