The uniformity in the operation of Dietas well as autonomy could bepersist so the MHRD, Government of India in November, 1989 published a Pink book which has been recognized as a guidebook.On the basis of‘Pink- Book’ the pre-service and in-service teacher trainings areorganizing and planning framework is determined in India.

The Aims of DIET:

·        To serve as an educational reference organization for the district.

·        To organize and conduct in-service teachers and pre-service teacher training programs ensuring good quality at district level.

·        To extend monitoring for universalization of qualitative elementary education by providing the necessary academic and reference services.

·        To coordinate all the agencies related to primary education at district level.

·        Bearing in mind the social and geographical diversity required at District level, ensuring active participation in the education system.

·        To conduct various action research as per field interaction to solve educational problems in the educational sector.

·        To plan and organize the programs regarding guidance - content development, evaluation, feedback, follow up etc.at the primary level.

·        To promote Child-centered teaching, activity-based learning, joyful learning, creative learning and cooperative learning at primary and upper primary level.

In order to ensure effective teaching; developing frugal(cost- effective) teaching aids and audio- visual contents as well as providing training how to make effective use of this material.

The DIET have been set to meet the above objectivesas follows:

v   PRE-SERVICE TRAINING: to prepare teachers for the school system.

v   IN-SERVICE TRAINING:to improve capacity of existing school teachers.