h Directorate of Teacher Education & State Council for Educational research & Training, Odisha Bhubanrswar- 751001. India Teacher Education System in Odisha • TE in Odisha has a unified administrative structure under the Dept. of SME. • The DTE & SCRET, Odisha under SME manages all the TTIs: 63 Elementary and 15 Secondary TTIs. • Besides the SSD dept has 2 ST schools and 01 Training college • ST schools(33), DRCs(6) & DIETs(24) are the elem. TTIs • Training Colleges (2), CTEs(10) & IASEs(2) are secondary TTIs • At present Odisha the state has one Govt. aided Elem Tr Training institution as minorities institutionsss • School Edn. Depts., SSA & RMSA & Teacher Edn have organic linkage between them Organic Linkage between School Education & Teacher Edn Govt in School & Mass Education Dir Elem BEO SSA Dist Project office DTE & SCERT DIET DRC Trg School Block & Cluster Resource Centers IASE CTE Trg College RMSA Dist Project office Nodal Schools Dir Sec DEO BSEO Directorate of TE and SCERT Headquarters Establishment Director Deputy Director Deputy Director Deputy Director Deputy Director (Administration) (Academic) (Teacher Education) (Science) Assistant Directors & Others Supporting Staff Academic & Administrative Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education Institutions Secondary Elementary DIETs DRCs S.T. Schools (24) (06) (33) IASEs (02) CTEs (10) Training College (02) Hindi Tr. Trg. College (01) IASEs / CTEs in Orissa Sundargarh Mayurbhanja Keonjhar Angul Balangir Cuttack Khurda Phulbani Kalahandi Ganjam Koraput IASEs (02) CTEs (10) Training Colleges (02) Hindi Tr. Trg. Coll (01) DIETs / DRCs in Orissa Sundargarh Mayurbhanja Deogarh Keonjhar Baragarh Sonepur Bhadrak Angul Jajpur Boudh Balangir Cuttack Khurda Phulbani Puri Kalahandi Jagatsinghpur Ganjam Rayagada Koraput Malkangiri Phase I DIETs (13) Phase II DIETs (11) Phase II DRCs (06) NCERT RIE-B UNICEF NGO UNFPA DTE & SCERT Higher Edn. Dept OSACS WCD Dept SSD Dept Role of DTE & SCERT, Odisha • The Council will work as counterpart of NCERT (Govt. RESOLUTION NO. IIIE/A(1)-36/86(Pt.) NO. 32834/EYS DATED 09.07.1987) • As a policy advisory body to the state govt. in matters of school education and teacher education • The major function of the Directorate is the management of Teacher Education Institutions: IASEs(02), CTEs(13),DIETs & DRCs(30) and Secondary Training Schools(33) • and providing necessary academic guidance and support in the field of Teacher Education and Research activities. Major Functions of TE and SCERT, Odisha : Agent of change in school education To act as an agent of change in school education and teacher education. Management and supervision of Teacher Training Institutions To Manage, supervise and to coordinate the working of the Elementary Teacher Education institutions (DIETs, DRCs and S.T. Schools) and Secondary Teacher Education Institutions (IASEs, CTEs and Training Colleges). Contd… Conduct Inservice Training Organize Correspondencecum-Contact Courses Prepare curricula, textbooks and instructional materials Implement special educational projects of UNICEF, NCERT To arrange inservice training for different categories of teachers, Inspecting Officers and Teacher Educators and coordinate the work of other agencies operating at the State level. To organize programmes including correspondence-cum-contact courses for professional development of teachers, teacher educators and inspecting officers. To prepare curricula, textbooks, instructional materials for the use of educational institutions, teachers of pre-schools and elementary schools. To organize and implement the special educational projects sponsored by UNICEF, NCERT and other agencies for qualitative improvement of school education, teacher education and supervisory practices. Functions of Teacher Training Institutions Secondary TTIs: • Training Colleges offer pre-service B Ed course • CTEs offers Bothe Pre-service B Ed & Inservice training prog. For secondary teachers. 2 CTEs also offer M Ed course • IASEs offers Pre-service B Ed, M ED & M Phil course and Inservice training prog for secondary teachers, Professional development prog for Faculty of Elem TTIs, Edn. Managers Elem. TTIs: – ST schools offers preservice D El Ed course – DRCs/DIETs offers both pre-service & inservice training prog. Besides They conduct action research, evolve innovative practices and provide onsite support to elem. schools Functions Contd…. Inservice Training Programme Training programmes for elementary and secondary teachers by Teacher Training Institutions Preparation of Training monitoring of the programmes Faculty Development Programme Pre-School Teacher Education Modules, Pre-school Teacher Education Centres in 10 selected DIETs Odisha State Open School Planning, Budget and Accounts Teacher Preparation in Multilingual Context • Some regions of the state have specific language dominance. • There is increasing demand for schools with specific language medium – Telugu, Urdu & Santali language schools and language specific Tr. Training schools • State already has Urdu Tr. Training Schools. • Two more such training schools - Telugu & Santali are being opened this year in Ganjam & Maurbhanj respectively Supply of Trained Teachers to Schools Odisha has been declared as a high teacher deficit state by MHRD, GOI and N.C.T.E Demand for Trained Graduate Teachers supply by 895 per year in the state exceeds Demand for Trained elementary school Teachers exceeds supply by 2235 teachers per year in the state Augmentation of Intake Capacity of Existing TTIs to meet the Requirements of Trained Teachers • Increasing the intake capacity for D.El.Ed. Programme in the existing DIETs / DRCs only from 3150 to 5400 (2250) • Increasing the intake capacity for B.Ed. Programme in the existing Secondary TTIs from 1240 to 2150 (910) Strengthening of Teacher Education • Govt of India has been supporting strengthening teacher education in the state since 1988 under centrally sponsored scheme of TE • All TTIs- elem & sec. and SCERT is supported with GOI. • There is proposal of opening of 6 BIETs in 6 districts with higher concentration of SC & ST populations • Existing 6 DRCs are to upgraded to DIETs Continuous Professional Development of Teachers Present Focal Areas: •Content & Pedagogy •Emerging Concerns and Issues •Changes in Policy & Practices Approach to Planning: •Need Assessment through classroom observation, monitoring reports •Some programmes are centrally suggested •Some are locally decided in the context Implementation: Planning in collaboration with SSA & RMSA and implementation through field institutions at district to cluster levels Strategic Approach: Largely Face to face , Through monthly meetings , Exposure to Best Practices Collaborative learning (Nascent stage) Plan Ahead: Looking for online teacher support, inter-school collaborative learning Monitoring & Support System for TTIs Now we have• Conventional paper based data management • Periodic review meetings • Periodic monitoring visits We look forward to • • • • • • Raising TEMIS Networking of TTIs Data Management Applications Process & Performance standards based internal monitoring Result Based System management Inter Institutional collaboration and partnership for improvement Challenges: • Building technology infrastructure at all levels • Raising technical competency of our workforce • Ensuring system sustainability Technology Integration in Teacher Education Infrastructure: DIET, DRCs, IASE, CTEs have improved but inadequate Technology Learning Inputs: In last 2 years most faculty trained through Digital Equalizer Prog. Integration Level: Mostly in level 2 & 3 Technology learning environment Learning with tech Management applications Task Ahead: Learning about tech. Clearly articulated vision Tech for illiteracy tech expansion , skill building and curricular integration Send your observations: Email: Dibakar.Sarangi@gmail.com thank you very much