D.EL.ED DIPLOMA IN ELEMENTRY EDUCATION ONLINE FOR GUIDANCE

                  D.EL.ED DIPLOMA IN ELEMENTRY EDUCATION ONLINE FOR GUIDANCE

Ø WHAT IS D.ELE.ED ?

           D.EL.ED is a diploma course for the primary teachers. RTE- 2009 has mandated acquisition of 2- years diploma in elementary education course for the elementary teacher .as per the data, there exists as of now, a large number of untrained elementary teachers in the state. in accordance with the instruction of the govt. of Assam , the no. was PMA.4044/2011/347 FROM DISPUR 2016.the government has decided to start the diploma in elementary course in offline mode in all the NCTE recognized teachers. The course will be given under the SCERT, Assam from 2017. The government of Assam sent a notification on this as given – NO.AEE.410/2016/16 in the month of April 2017 by the government of Assam.

·        Curriculum , programme implementation

I.                    Curriculum:- the revised syllabus of KKHSOU introduced in 2015-16 will be used for the programme . this syllabus, meant for 2^nd year D. EL. ED  consists of blocks/units as per the credit hours of study.

II.                  PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION :-

ü    the programme will be delivered with the type as blended by sensibly integration the components of resource based on self learning ,and face to face counseling , practice in school classrooms and workshops and technologically wherever enabled interaction and learning.

ü    the course materials are modular and credit based . the study materials will be made available to the learners in the beginning of the session itself.

ü    Contact programme of 2 years duration the personal contact programme (covering counseling, workshops, school based activities and practice teaching) must be conducted at the study centre for a minimum of 300 contact hours.

ü    Academic counseling will be spread over the entire duration of the programme . The academic and personal problems related to the course shall be discussed in the counseling sessions. The counseling session will be utilized for the providing personalized guidance to the learners regarding content management, study skills etc, A minimum of 144 study hours spread over 2 years will be devoted to the counseling session. The counseling sessions will be organized in the form of tutorial, not as reaching session, as the learning materials provided to the learners will perform the teaching functions.

ü    Workshop there will be 12 day workshop in each of 1^st year and 2^nd year. In the workshops.

·        COURSE STRUCTURE

                           The D.EL.ED  (ODL) programme is a 2 years course. There will be term end examination after completion of the 1^st year & 2^nd year course. There will be 9 theory courses, three types of activities under school based activities and one workshop in the 1^st year of the programme. In the 2^nd year of the programme, there are seven theory courses, 3 practicum courses including the practicum courses in yoga education, one in each year which also contains a practicum component along with theories. The practical components of the yoga education i. e. the asana will be taught by yoga experts, which will be organized during the summer vacation in each year.

                         In the next post will be on the course title and syllabus for the first year d.el.ed