District Institute of Education and Training, Palakkad at Anakkara was established in 1992 by converting Swaminadha Vidyalaya Government Teacher Training Institute. The sole purpose of DIET is to conduct different kinds of trainings programmes to improve the quality of Basic education and create a desirable environment within the district in regard to enrol more and more children of school going age and pave the way for retention of those who are admitted in the school and to ensure the high literacy percentage of male and female as whole.
DIET, Palakkad has an academic faculty of highly qualified teachers who simultaneously work as Block Academic Co-ordinators or Mentors too, specially to supervise the ongoing different schemes of Elementary Education and guide the teachers to implement the scheme in an effective way through the seven departments.
DIET Palakkad is one of the outstanding DIETs in the state which undertake many programs related to academic excellence in the district. Since the launching of DPEP and the curriculum renewal DIETs have been executing a considerable role at the district level in the academic improvement of the State. The Samagra Shiksha scheme envisaged DIETs as a strong district institution that would support all academic interventions in the district. The support done for the academic excellences are,
- Provision of Pre-service and In-service Teacher Education Programmes.
- Organizing District level and State Level Educational Researches on issues pertaining to enrolment, retention, achievement, gender parity, proficiency and Drop outs.
- Facilitating Collaborative Action Researches to enable practising teachers to address class room issues.
- Scouting Innovative Practices of Primary/Upper Primary teachers and disseminating them among their colleagues by organizing periodical District Level Seminars and releasing News bulletins which carry information on Innovative class room processes.
- Providing Resource Support to Non-Formal Education Sector by extending DIET expertise in developing curriculum and supplementary Learning Materials to adult learners.
- Designing and developing trainer manuals for Anganwadi workers and for addressing social concerns such as Crisis and Disaster Management, Gender Sensitivity, Leadership Manual for School Heads etc (SSK Frame Work-2024-25).
- Each DIET should document the educational practices undertaken through print and visual media in addition to the innovative practices developed by the schools within the district and disseminate the effectiveness of the programmes to other schools.