Trg for in-service teachers begins

Official induction of in-service teachers to the programme of Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EL.ED), Distance Mode, was held at District Institute of Education and Training, Dimapur, on February 9.
DEO Dimapur, Amongla, along with SDEO Niuland, Narola, and JEO Dimapur, Amongla, were present at the inaugural function.
Both the DEO and SDEO spoke on the need to uplift quality of primary education in the state for which the schools need to be manned by trained personnel. They have encouraged the in-service teacher trainees to take up the course seriously and attend the classes regularly, while warning that any trainee found absenting from the training and absconding from the school on some pretext would be seriously dealt with.
The Right to Education (RTE) Act guarantees every child in India not only the right to have access to education but also of quality education. Therefore, it is mandatory for every teacher to be professionally trained.
Despite continuous efforts made by Government through SCERT and DIETs to do away with problem of untrained teachers in the state by conducting various training courses, the problem still persisted.
As per the National Council Teacher Education (NCTE) guidelines, D.EL.ED is suppose to be pre-service training course only. But keeping in mind of the backlog of untrained teachers in the State, D.EL.ED (Distance Mode) for the in-service teachers has been formally launched.
Any teacher who are appointed after the RTE Act and failing to be trained within a period of 5 years of appointment would be given a “Golden Handshake!” mass voluntary retirement, the term denotes.