Training needs analysis of pre-service training department, district institute of education and training, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, north India

Abstract

The Training Needs Analysis (TNA) is one of the Training Development Pprogrammes of DoPT. Quality education is the bedrock of wellbeing on our society. With a view to ensure these aspects, National Policy on Education suggested to strengthen the two dimensions of our teacher education: Pre-Service and In-service areas. As part of it, DIETs were established across the nation. At present, there are 500 DIETs in India. The vision of the institutes is to provide better academic input for teachers in service, as well as prospective teachers. A revisit of the in-service and prospective teacher education programmes existing in the states were undertaken as a follow up activity.4 As a result, effective and dynamic pedagogical practices were being operationalized under the aegis of the DIETs. The DIET, Lucknow is owned and funded by the UP Govt. and Union Govt. through SCERT to impart quality education to eligible candidates, to create qualified teaching faculty for the schools of Elementary Education in U.P. It conducts two year courses for BTC and Special BTC (in Urdu), six months courses of Special BTC (for B.Ed. pass Students)5 and in-service training courses for teachers of Elementary Education. It is under the governance of Dept. of Education, Govt. of UP and is funded by Grants and aids of UP Govt. and Union Govt. The main context of the TNA study is to reduce performance gap among the client and stakeholders.6 Study area and performance problem