Functions of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) Kamrup

• DIET, Kamrup, Mirza works as a platform for research and experimental works in the educational domain.
• It organizes training for both the in-service and pre-service teachers in new innovation. Short term need based training on different school subjects and different areas like planning and management, educational technology, science etc.
• Providing academic school support and extension service to elementary schools and community like guidance, development of teaching learning materials, evaluation tools etc.
• Faculty members are engaged in eleven educational blocks including metro district as block in charge.
• According to the problem raised in the schools, action research and study researches are doing in the field of quality education.
• One of the main thrusts is to improve and enrich the academic equipment of elementary school teachers.
• The main function is for the overall development of school education in elementary level and the secondary education of the district.

Functions of PSTE branch:

• Organisation of Pre-service teacher Education for elementary teachers.
• Providing guidance service in schools.
• Provide inputs to other branches of DIET.
• Promotion of child centred education, preparation of aids and action research.

Functions of work experience branch:

• Provide work experience inputs in all programmes of DIET.
• Maintain workshop work related hobbies.
• Maintenance of DIET.

Functions of ET Branch:

• Development of simple low cost teaching aids for various subjects relation to elementary education.
• Maintenance of audio-visual aids and equipments.
• Provide inputs to other pre-service and in-service programmes.
• Linkage to all the branches of DIET technically.

Functions of DRU Branch:

• To support educational authorities in planning and co-ordination of training programmes.
• To serve as the nodal branch for organising programmes of induction training and continuing education for instructors and supervisors organised in DIET.
• To evaluate and monitor the quality and efficacy of training programmes in and outside DIET.
• DIET Kamrup is Extending research work in the field of Educational Communication and its impact.
• To undertake field interaction.

Functions of P&M branch:

• To prepare educational planning for DIET.
• To provide assistance to educational authorities in school mapping, micro plans for UEE in area specific group, institutional planning and evaluation.

Functions of IFIC Branch:

• Planning and co-ordination of in-service education.
• Serve as a reference/resource centre.
• To facilitate dissemination of information and co-ordination of activities.

Functions of CMDE Branch:

• Development of curriculum for elementary education and elementary teacher education.
• To give attention in Assessment to be undertaken in DIET.
• To give support in all evaluation related works in DIET.