The department assist educational authorities in planning and co-ordination of inservice education programmes for elementary teachers throughout the district, and to plan and co-ordinate such programmes held in the DIET, Pursuant to this, the Branch would-
- To plan and co-ordinate such programmes held in the DIET
- Identify training needs of elementary teachers in the district, and prepare a perspective plan for meeting such needs.
- Help concerned authorities in preparing an annual calendar of inservice programmes to be held outside the DIET.
- To evaluate and monitor the quality and efficacy of in-service programmes held in and outside the DIET, and to strive for their continuous improvement.
- To serve as a reference and resource centres for teachers who wish to continue their education.
- all those in-service education programmes for teachers and Head masters.
- orientation programmes for resource persons who would conduct in-service programmes for teachers at other centres in the district (i.e. outside the DIET)
- in-service education programmes for teachers in the distance/distance-cum-contact mode (A part from programmer that the DIET may organize in these modes, on its own, it may also serve as a district level study centre for such programmes which may be organized, say, at the state level. IFIC Branch will serve as the nodal Branch for this purpose as well).
- To act as the nodal branch for all action research, and field interaction (including extension) activities of the institute which would include, inter alia: -
- Co-ordination of in-house action research activities and dissemination of its results
- Acting as a clearing house for information on results of all studies, research, innovations, etc. in the area of Elementary Education-wherever undertaken
- Publication of a periodic newsletter and an institute journals.