DISTRICT INSTITUTE OF EUCATION AND TRAINING, B-2, KESHAV PURAM,

DELHI - 110035

Major achievements of DIET Keshav Puram (1989 –2011)

History District Institute of Education and Training,

Keshav Puram, was established to improve the quality of elementary education in District North of NCT of Delhi. It started functioning on 24-09-1989 in a Directorate of Education school building

Operational area of DIET includes civil lines zone of Edu.Deptt., MCD & District North of DOE

Total no. of schools in Civil Lines Zone -151 Total no. of schools in District North, DOE -59

History From the beginning, all seven units of DIET started

functioning Following are the seven units :I) Pre-Service Teacher EducationII) In-Service Field Interaction,Innovation & coordinationIII) District Resource Unit (for Adult & Non-Formal

education)IV) Planning and ManagementV) Educational TechnologyVI) Curriculum material development and evaluationVII) Work Experience

TrainingPre Service Training Intake of Pre-service teacher education course

in 1989 was 50 trainees Additional intake of 50 seats was approved by

NCTE in july 1997-98 It was further increased to 150 trainees in 2006

by NCTE Total no of students passed out since 1989 till

2010 – 1714(approx)

Training

In Service TrainingTotal no of PRTs trained– 21218Total no of TGTs trained– 5866Total no of PGTs trained– 672Total no of Nursery teachers trained–

204Total no of H.M.s/Principals trained–

476

Material Development ‘Naya Savera’, a half yearly magazine for neo-literates

( 1994 to 1997) ‘Nav chetna’ – Newsletter of DRU Unit ( 1994 to 1997) ‘Nav-Sanchetna’ – Newsletter of DIET,Keshav Puram

(2009-10) ‘Naveen Prabhat’A story book for neoliterates (2009-2010) Book entitled ‘Srijan’ –a resource book for teachers of

classes IV-V in the area of Work Experience( 2001) Story books for neo-literates: ‘Beti bani Beta’ and ‘Sach

Ki Jeet’ (2001) ‘Azadi ke Path Par’Part 1, Part2 & Part3 – 3 Story books

for neo-literates(1999) Kaise Chhutee’ Storybook for neo-

literates(1997)

Material Development ‘Bahu ki Samajhdari’ Story book for neo-

literates(1997) ‘Saksharta Prabhat’ Book on Motivational Songs

on literacy ‘Laalach Buri Bala Hai’ Story book for neo-

literates(1997) M.L.Ls at the Primary Level(1994) DIET News Letter ,(1991) with focus on lab

area activities Two short stories book on post literacy ‘Billi kyon

bandhi’ & ‘Azadi ke path par’ published in 1999 In-service Education of Teachers (Decennial

Educational Statistics 1988-98)

Research and Extension Profile of NFE centers A study of the characteristics of popular books in

Hindi for neo-literates A study of the differences in the achievement of

neo-literates of three different areas Sthaniya Hunar Khoj A study of eating habits of pre-adolescent

children of Sarvodaya Vidyalaya of Distt. North & North West

Common errors committed by students in four fundamental skills(addition, subtraction, multiplication & division) at primary level

Research and Extension

A critical study of Lesson-plans prepared by ETE trainees for primary & upper primary classes during SEP

An Investigation into the Health and Physical Education related activities at primary & Upper primary level in distt. North (on-going)

‘Hunar Khoj’ in the Distt. North (on-going)

Extension activities conducted during EFA Campaign

Literacy campaign in Nangloi Jat Constituency (Ist constituency of Delhi awarded by Education Minister for establishing 300 literacy classes) :

During the years 1994-97, the above programme was conducted with the following activities:

Environment Building:with the help of Community and Pre-Service Teachers.

Various Corner meetings, street plays, sandhya and Prabhat Pheris, talks by religious leaders, fairs and competitions were organised for adult learners and neo-literates.

Door to door survey was organised with the help of local leaders, community & students.

Extension activities conducted during EFA Campaign

16,648 adult non-literates in the age range 15-35 years were identified in the constituency.

Training of Master Trainers and Volunteers : 45 persons from different professions like doctors, teachers, policemen, businessmen and housewives were trained as master trainers. Master trainers trained 1002 volunteers to conduct the literacy classes and also nukkad nataks.

Supervision and Monitoring was done to improve the quality of the programmes by assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the programme. Few bureaucrats, intellectuals, social workers supervised voluntarily.

Extension activities conducted during EFA Campaign

Mobilisation of the community using various innovative techniques to make this programme a ‘campaign’ was done.

Evaluation of adult learners and the programme was done in scientifically designed manner.

Follow-up of the campaign was by opening 460 post-literacy centres and 6 libraries for neo-literates.

Lab Area Activity DIET, Keshavpuram has identified socio-

economically, and educationally deprived/ backward area of the district which is in the proximity of DIET as the lab area from time to time.

In the year 1995, Wazirpur Patharwala was identified as the lab area. To provide necessary services for the better functioning of the schools of this area, is the liability of DIET. It was found that 90% of the male population took alcohol, smack & other drugs on a regular basis, which affected not only the quality of their life, but also those of their children. A project was undertaken to mobilize the community to fight against drugs & alcoholism steps taken were :

Lab Area Activity i) A core group was formed to motivate the addicts

to take treatment ii) Registration of chronic addicts at the de-

addiction clinics & their follow-up was doneiii) Community outreach programme of AIIMS in

the area A project entitled ‘Sthaniya Hunar Khoj’ was

carried out to survey local skills for enrichment of elementary school curriculum in the area D-block , Jahangir puri, slum cum resettlement colony

In the year, 2010, J.J Colony Wazirpur was identified as the lab area. Institutional project ‘ Hunar Khoj’ and Community survey is carried out in the lab area

Lab Area ActivityThe lab area needed direct attention for all

round development of the peoplePrepared a vast plan to find out facts at the

grass root level by meeting community leaders, VKS members,PTA members,parents, and local NGOs for further plan and action.

Survey Performa to get realistic information of the lab area regarding Hunar, backwardness,illiteracy rate, drop out and need for improvement was developed

Survey was conducted in 1956 households

Lab Area ActivityOutcome of the survey showed a number

of non-school going and drop-out children in the age group of 6 –14 years and adult non-literates

Ten Life –long Learning Centres will be established for social,economic and educational upliftment.

Hunar Khoj –Resource Centre The resource centre was established to

identify hunar and social, economical status of local people in lab area.

21 major hunars have been identified in the lab area through survey.Tailoring,carpentry, wiring, making electric items, shoe-making, polish work, embroidery, making food items etc.

The role of DIET is to provide linkage for improving the social,economic and educational status of people with various hunars.

Hunar Khoj –Resource Centre

In the pipeline- Plan for various activities,lectures by

vocational experts for improvement of hunars

To provide vocational guidance to children & adults in the lab area

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 Some of the contributions in the academic field of Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Principal DIET Keshav Puram

Published Books :Community Participation in Elementary Education , 2005

Shiksha ke Vyakalpic Ayaam, 1999 Training Manual for volunteer Instructors of Edu.

for all campaign published by Delhi Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Samiti, GNCT, Delhi.

Research Completed:- Case study of Educational materials available in Primary Schools of NCT Delhi sponsored by UNESCO (2000)

Received appreciation for outstanding work in SSA/Education for all campaign, Delhi from various forum like UEEM( D.O.E. Govt. of Delhi), UNICEF, NLM.(MHRD) & NGOs.

Prepared by :Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Bandita Mohanty

Ajay Rawat