Challenges faced by the stakeholders of District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETs) in Chhattisgarh

The quality of education ismagnificently identified by the quality of teachershence great efforts were made and still are being made to enhance the quality of teacher education. On recommendation of National Education Policy (NEP, 1986), the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) (Teacher Education in the 12th plan)of Restructuring and Reorganization of Teacher Education emanated in existence in 1987 which incorporated the establishment of DIETs in almost all districts of a state. To ensure the training of Pre- Service Teachers and In-Service Teachers DIETs are playing an important role in almost all districts of a state. This paper deals with the challenges faced by the teacher education institutes with respect to student teachers, teacher educators and Principals of DIET. Various suggestions revealed by all the stake holders of DIET (Nath, 2022)were also integrated in this paper.