Question : SPECIAL TRAINING SCHOOLS



(a) whether the Government proposes to set up any special schools for imparting special training and teaching skills to aspirant teachers; and

(b) if so, the details of such schemes being formulated by the Government?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI D. PURANDESWARI)

(a) & (b): Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Teacher Education, the Central Government provides resource support to State Governments for establishment of District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs), Colleges of Teacher Education (CTEs) and Institutes of Advanced Studies in Education (IASEs) which conduct various teacher education programmes for preparing school teachers.