ABOUT DIET Gyalshing

About us

Quality education to which the State Government is strongly committed depends largely on quality of teachers, which in turn depends to a great extent on the quality of teacher education. It is therefore, imperative to have a sound programme of Teacher Education as investment in Teacher Education can yield very rich dividends. National Council of Teacher Education (NCTE), an apex body for Teacher Education has been set up by an Act of Parliament to take all such steps for planned and co-ordinated development of qualitative teacher education programme in the country through District Institute of Education and Training (DIET). The State Sikkim has three District Institutes of Education under Education Department. They are located in Gangtok, Namchi and Gyalshing. DIET, Gangtok has been granted recognition to run 2- Year Pre-service Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) Course by NCTE, New Delhi in the year 2003. The DIETs -Namchi and Geyzing started to run the Course from the academic session 2010-11. The D.El.Ed. programme aims to prepare teachers for the elementary stage of education i.e., classes I to VIII. Elementary Education fulfills the basic learning needs of all children in an inclusive school set-up. The Institutes are equipped with all the physical facilities. Besides, the Institutes have a team of experienced and qualified faculty and officers to look after academic and administrative aspects of teacher education.