DIET Puri has been established as a pace-setting institution with the objective to bring qualitative and quantitative enrichment in elementary education, through conducting research, experiments, training, developing materials, and providing resource support. Since its establishment, DIET Puri is constantly engaged in achieving these objectives.
This is an institute that captures the multi-faceted personality of elementary education visionaries. The institute performs a wide range of academic activities with the idea of developing a complete personality, self-discipline, the spirit of cooperation, innovative ideas, scientific temper, and missionary zeal which are the necessary part of studies. The institute runs a 2-year D.El. Ed Programme with an intake of 200 students.
To grow into a premier institute of resources, research, educational technology and skill development in the field of teacher education in India. Through all this, we at the DIET are working to empower teachers who will ensure that every child in Puri shall receive learning that helps them to be happy, responsible, healthy and productive citizens.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world, rightly quoted by Nelson Mandela, provides a vital clue to the teaching-learning processes that should take place in the confines or beyond the classrooms. A proper education sets people to grow personally professionally and socially. It can awaken joy, curiosity and deep desire to pursue leadership roles and positively impact those around you.
Teacher-training is one of the significant components of all SCERT/DIETS. I am certain that effective, need-based training designs will be developed at State and District level for the academic and professional capacity building and running short term courses throughout the year using regular and distant modes as are suggested in NEP 2020. The primary goal of overhauling the service environment and culture of schools will be to maximize the ability of teachers to do their jobs effectively, and to ensure that they are part of vibrant, caring, and inclusive communities of teachers, students, parents, principals, and other support staff, all of whom share a common goal to ensure that our children are learning.
Researches prove that Teacher Quality matters and is the most important school related factor influencing student achievement Teacher preparation process too requires a complete paradigm shift in their training mechanism and processes. Formative and adaptive assessment of learning outcomes, competency-based learning, and related pedagogies such as experiential leaming arts-integrated sports-integrated. Our breakthrough is all it will take to produce quality teachers.
I can visualise the bigger role that SCERT and DIET’s have to play in implementing the provisions of fair 2020 with the other stakeholders and academic bodies it requires great deal of team work and motivation truly believe the kind of potential we have in the organisation; we can achieve this milestone too. I sincerely hope and wish to create landmark in this direction by developing the sails through real education.
Principal, District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Puri
