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Unit 16: Policy Perspectives on Teacher Education National Policy on Education—1986 and POA 1992

Self Assessment Notes
1. Fill in the blanks
(i) National policy of Education was formulated in ...................... and its modified policy in
1992 which is known as ................... .
(ii) A programme of ......................... of school teachers is being implemented by the Government
of India since 1986, under it ................... camps are organised throughout the country.
(iii) There are at present about ................. institutions for trainign of elementary school teachers
and about ....................... colleges for preparing secondary teachers.

16.4 Programme of Action

Government of India came out with a concrete, specific and detailed Programme of Action for
implementation of Teacher Education, as a follow-up measure of National Policy on Education.
16.4.1 Overhaul of Teacher Education

NPE calls for overhaul of teacher education, as the first step towards educational reorganisation.
Selected institutions would be developed as District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET),
both for pre-service and in-service courses of elementary school teachers and for continued
eduaciton of the personnel working in non-formal and adult educaiton programme. Reorganisation
of secondary teacher edcuation system is also implied in the policy.
16.4.2 District Institutes of Education

As envisagd in the new policy, a centrally-sponsored programme of setting up district institutes
of educaiton is also being implemented since 1987-88. Tjhese institutions will perform the functions
of impartin pre-service and in-service training to elemetnary school teachers and personnel of
adult and non-formal education. Besides, they will provide extension and other academic support
to elementary schools and adult would also engage in locally-relevant experimentation and
innovation work. Likewise, selected STEIs are also being developed to impart pre-service as well
as in-service training to secondary school teachers, and to provide necessary academic guidance
and support to the secondary schools of a group of two or three districts.
Central assistance is being given to states and union territories for setting up DIETs and
stregthening STEIs, for items such as construction of buildings, books and equipment appointment
of suitably qualified staff, conducting in-service trainin programmes, etc. During 1987-88, the
Central assistance of about Rs. 32.5 crore was released for setting up 102 DIETs, and strenghtening
1.5 STEIs, on projecrts basis, in the country.
Self Assessment
2. State whether the following statements are 'True' of 'False'
(i) In most states, a license to proctise as a teacher is granted to students who graduate from
institutions is known as programme approval process.
(ii) The Adult education is a process through which effective delivery mechanizms are created
for deprived sections of society.
16.5 Summary

• Regarding Elementary Education, the major objectives of National Policy of Education 1986
are mainly:
(i) Universal access and enrolment
(ii) Universal retention of children up to 14 years of age and
(iii) A sustainable improvement in the quality education to enable all children to achieve the
essential levels of learning.

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