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DIET : An Introduction

  • DIETs were envisioned in the NPE, 1986, and were created by the Government of India, MHRD in the early 1990s to strengthen elementary education and support the decentralization of education to the district level. DIETs were conceived as the third addition- district level- tier to the support system, which would be closer to the field, and therefore more alive to its problems and need.

  • The DIET is located at an important level of decentralization – the District. However, they have remained marginal to the key activities of the States in teacher professional development and school improvement; they are inadequately integrated into the State’s systems. There is, therefore, a need to reformulate the vision of this institution so that DIETs can contribute to fulfilling the mandate under the RTE Act in matters relating to continuous teacher professional development, school support and improvement.
  • It has been established in Daman also. The Project Approval Board’s (PAB) meeting of Samagra Shiksha was held on 9th May 2018. The U.T. of DNH & Daman & Diu had requested to grant DIET in Daman to cover 3 Districts namely Daman, Diu, and DNH. After this meeting and the provision of some administrative formalities, PAB approved the commencement of DIET in Daman in 2020. The proposed DIET is established at Adivasi Bhawan (New Building), Moti Daman. DIET, Daman has started its intervention in various areas and levels. It has been conducting the training programs for the primary and upper primary teachers to build their capacities, perspectives, skills buildings, etc. as well as a subject-wise refresher course to update their knowledge and skills in the teaching-learning process. It has been providing fully Academic and resources support to uplift the education quality in DNH & DD.

Institutional Vision

The Scheme envisages a strong district institution that would support pre-service and in-service work with teachers. To support the universalization of quality education, DIETs are visualized as a way to infuse the system with the following essential inputs:

  1. Provision of Pre-service and In-service Teacher Education Programmes.

  2. Organizing District level and State Level Educational Research on issues pertaining to enrolment, retention, achievement, gender parity, proficiency and Drop outs.

  3. Facilitating Collaborative Action Research to enable practicing teachers to address class room issues.

  4. Scouting Innovative Practices of Primary/Upper Primary teachers and disseminating them among their colleagues by organizing periodic District Level Seminars and releasing News bulletins.

  5. Providing Resource Support to Non-Formal Education Sector by extending expertise in developing curriculum and supplementary Learning Materials to adult learners.

  6. Designing and developing trainer manuals for Anganwadi workers and for addressing Social concerns such as Crisis and Disaster Management, Gender Sensitivity, Leadership Manual for School Heads etc.