DISTRICT INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING (DIET),BARPETA

Brief Profile of District Institute of Education and Training(DIET), Barpeta, Howly

District Institute of Education and Training (DIET),Barpeta, Howly is the only premier and nodal institution in the entire district of Barpeta responsible for providing academic and resource support towards universalization of School education through qualitative improvement of the education scenario of the district. DIET, Barpeta is located at Howly, a prime place of the district with convenient transport and communication facilities, 12 kms from the district headquarter of Barpeta. It was established by the Assam government in 1994 as per recommendation of the National Policy of Education (NPE), 1986.

About DIET, Barpeta,Howly
District Institute of Education and Training (DIET),Barpeta, Howly is the only premier and nodal institution in the entire district of Barpeta responsible for providing academic and resource support towards universalization of school education through qualitative improvement of the education scenario of the district. It was established by the Assam government in 1994 as per recommendation of the National Policy of Education (NPE), 1986.

Since its inception, DIET, Barpeta, Howly has been providing great contribution towards implementation of various educational programmes and related schemes undertaken by the government, DPEP, SSA, RMSA, Samagra Siksha and other concerned authorities as per guidelines of the government. Various In-service Teacher Education programmes as well as PSTE courses (D.El.Ed. and B.Ed. courses) on regular mode are being successfully conducted by the DIET, Barpeta, Apart from its own programmes, both in house and extension services, the institute has been the main hub of all academic programmes of the district including training, workshop and orientation programmes organized by the aforesaid organizations. This DIET has been accorded recognition by the National Council for Teacher Education (DIET, Barpeta) in 1998 with an intake capacity of 100 DIET, Barpeta has continuing 2-years B.Ed Course since 2018 under affiliation of Bodoland university.

In 2023, DIET, Barpeta Howly has been recognized as Centre of Excellence. Accordingly DIET, Barpeta has been received more support from School Education Department of Central and State for its infrastructure development. So DIET Barpeta is in progressing steps for becoming a nodal institute of Education.