Objectives of DIET
Guidance regarding Education, Research and Training, Planning and
Administration etc. then was being imparted through Institutions like National
Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), National Institute of
Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) and State Council of
Educational Research and Training (SCERT) until the adoption of National
Education Policy 1986. Below the state level, there were initial education but
its activities were limited to pre-service training. In the same way, help was
being provided in the field of Adult Education through the Central Adult
Education Directorate of the National level and State Resource Centre’s (SRCs)
at the state level.
Three
Tier System District Level
During
the period of implementation of National Policy on Education (NPE), functions
of primers and adult education were so much extended and expanded that only
agencies at the national and state level were not sufficient enough to cope up
with the work. Retention of students and quality education became essential
along with universalization of education. It was also essential that teachers
get trained with new trends and innovations in education, educational methods,
techniques and Teaching-Learning Material (TLM). Imparting training to in
service teachers became a must, so that this get well-equipped. Until
now, only school education was being emphasized while taking about
improvement in education, but consideration of out of school-children is also
equally important. This great work of making universalization of education and
retention as well as making quality education available to all could not be
done only through education system teachers and few private agencies. In fact,
co-operation of different sections of the society non-government organizations
(NGO), village people, panchayats etc. should be trained. The work was not
limited to only implementation and expansion of the National and the State
level. Then a need was felt to expand the same from the State level to the
District level and that resulted in the establishment of “District Institutions
of Education and Training”. Thus the third tier was added, which can perform
the work of orientation of education in the whole of the district.
