DISTRICT INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING


KALAYARKOVIL, SIVAGANGA

District Resource Unit (DRU)

The DRU is a resource centre for the District reaching out to the society via Alternative Education / Non-Formal Education centres , Early childhood education (Anganwadi and Balwadi Centres ) in collaboration with the social welfare and tribal welfare department.



  • Would plan, conduct and coordinate training and orientation programmes for AIE / NFE which function in and outside the institute.
  • Provide instructions to evaluate and monitor the quality and efficacy of the programmes organized for AE / NFE personnel
  • In coordination with other branches, it would develop locally relevant curricular materials, TLM and also adopt existing materials.
  • Would intensively interact with field workers of AIE / NFE and address their academic problems.
  • Provide input to all programmes of other branches especially PSTE and IFIC branch, related to AIE / NFE programmes.
  • Would maintain a database of AIE / NFE Personnel who undergo training.
  • Would help educational authorities to organize media support for literacy campaigns.
  • Would reinvent itself to address the needs of functionaries of AIE and EGS in curriculum training and evaluation.
  • Responding to the demands of times, this branch could cater to the learning needs of women Self Help Groups and Men self Help Groups and thus forge a meaningful identity with other structures involved in literacy initiatives.