Functioning of 14 District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET) in Kerala is likely to go haywire from Monday with the government ordering around 80 lecturers on deputation there to be sent back to their parent institutions.
This is based on an order of the Director, General Education, issued on November 18. The highest number of such lecturers are in Malappuram and Kozhikode, nine each. Kannur and Kasaragod have seven each.
DIETs offer a two-year diploma course in elementary education (D.El.Ed) to train teachers for taking up jobs in lower primary and upper primary schools, apart from overseeing the planning, research and implementation of educational programmes in the State. Close to 1,500 students are pursuing the course in these institutes spread across 14 districts. With a majority of the lecturers on deputation being relieved of their duties, the DIETs will be left with only a couple of senior lecturers and the principals, who will have to teach the students, assist in question paper preparation, and involve in training activities by Education department agencies.
