RESTRUCTURING AND REORGANIZATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION
4.1 In October, 1987, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education having the following five components was approved:-
- Orientation of about 5,00,000 teachers every year till 1990 to increase their motivation and competence for implementa- tion of the new policy;
- Setting tip of about 400 District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs);
- Strengthening of about 250 secondary teacher education institutions and development of about 50 of them as Insti- tutes of Advanced Study in Education;
- Strengthening of State Councils of Educational Research and Training; and
- Establishment and strengthening of Departments of Education in universities (This will be implemented through UGC who are expected to fund this programme)
4.2 About 4.42 lakh and 4.55 lakh school teachers have been oriented under the Mass Orientation Programme during 1986-87 and 1987-88 re- spectively. The programme will continue during the remaining two years of the Seventh Plan period with the target of orienting about 5 lakh teachers annually.
Since its inception, the programme is being constantly reviewed and improved upon in the following ways:-
i) Improvements in the material distributed to the teacher participants and development of trainers' manual for Course Directors and Resource Persons.
ii) In the first year, the programme was essentially NPE- oriented and awareness-based. In kthe subsequent ears, development of professional competencies is being given increasing weightage.
iii) Telecast support and its facilitation/inter- pretation for the teacher trainees is being improved. A Telecast Users' Guide is also now being provided.
iv) In the first year, the programme relied mainly on the lecture method. In the subsequent years, it is becoming increasingly activity-based participative and inter-active.
4.3 Detailed guidelines for setting up DIETs and strengthening of secondary teacher education institutions were got worked out by ex- perts through Educational Consultants (India) Ltd. and were circulated to State Governments on 26th October and 4th December, 1987 respec- tively.
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4.4 Central assitance amounting to Rs.28.17 crores is expected to be sanctioned during the current financial year (by way of first instal- ment for non-recurring items of expenditure) for setting up 98 DIETs in 14 States as follows:-
Name of State No. of approved Amount of Central
DIET projects assistance sanct-
Upgra- New Total ioned/likely to be
dation sanctioned
(in lakh Rupees)
1. Orissa 5 - 5 149.85
2. Andhra Pradesh 9 - 9 267.76
3. Madhya Pradesh 15 - 15 448.42
4. J&K 5 - 5 150.35
5. Kerala 2 1 3 60.74
6. Rajasthan 7 2 9 255.00
7. Arunachal Pradesh 1 - 1 35.70
8. U.P. 20 - 20 536.46
9. Tamil Nadu 7 - 7 208.1
10. Gujarat 7 - 7 220.17
11. Haryana - 2 2 59.5
12. West Bengal 5 - 5 132.69
13. Punjab 3 1 4 108.55
14. Assam 6 - 6 182.75
Total: 92 6 98 2816.68
4.5 In addition, Central assistance for strengthening of a few sec- ondary teacher education institutions into CTEs/IASEs is also likely to be given this year.
4.6 UGC has been requested to work out details of strengthening University Departments of Education. The matter is presently under consideration of its Panel on Education.
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