1. Institutional Reform/Capacity Building
a) Infrastructural and organizational development:
 Capacity building of DSD/PITE/GCET staff through national and international courses.
2. Conceptualization, Planning and Programme Development
a) Series of Consultative Dialogues
 Second National Stakeholders Conference held in Jan. 2007
 Consultative dialogue at district level among stakeholders (one each in 23 districts – phase II)
 Numerous consultation sessions with development agencies, partners, district governments etc held over the past few years
b) Quality Assurance
 Institutional guidelines and standard operating procedures developed
 Quality assurance proformas and instruments for training activities developed and being used
 Interface with DMOs and EDOs for field monitoring in 23 districts (phase II) established
 Regular monitoring, evaluation, and documentation for refinement of future action plans being maintained.
3- Support Network for Primary School Teachers (PSTs)
a) Establishment of support network
 35 state-of-the-art District Training & Support Centers (DTSCs) established and made fully functional in 35 districts (complete with necessary equipment & 2 vehicles)
 Posts of 210 Lead Teacher Educators (LTEs) created
 1989 Cluster Training & Support Centers (CTSCs) established in 35 districts of Punjab. 702 Cluster Training & Support Centers (CTSCs) made operational in 12 districts. (average 45-60 clusters per district, cluster area comprising of radius of 16 km)
 4580 full time posts of District Teacher Educators (DTEs) created for Cluster Training & Support Centers (CTSCs) in 35 districts with an additional incentive of Rs. 4500/- p m
 140 Teacher Educators (TEs) posts created and recruited in BS- 17 to be placed at DTSCs (4 in each district) with Rs 6000 p.m. addl. allowance for public servants or Rs 22,000 per month for private sector appointees
 Library books worth Rs. 200,000/- provided to DTSCs of 35 districts

b) Functionaloization of Support Network
 LTEs training:
o 60 Lead Teacher Educators (LTEs) from 10 districts (6 per district) and 15 LTEs leftover in previous batches trained by private service provider at DSD
 DTEs training:
o Initial 2 weeks training of 2574 DTEs of 23 districts at DTSCs by LTEs
o One week basic computer skills training of 1241 DTEs (12 districts)
 PSTs training:
o 115, 019 Primary School Teachers (PSTs) in 35 districts of Punjab trained
o Follow up support and mentoring process for PSTs in 12 districts already initiated w. e. f. October, 2007
 TEs training:
o TEs trained by DSD faculty in two batches
 Other support for PSTs:
o Early Childhood Education (ECE) - Pilot in 3284 feeder schools by NCHD
o Teaching/learning English as Second Language through Radio transmission – pilot testing in 585 schools of three districts
4. Self Instructional Material Development and Distribution
 Establishment of Materials Development Committee (MDC) and Materials Review Committee (MRC) comprising experts from public and private sectors
 Basic Foundation Module (self instructional material for PSTs) developed and distributed to all PSTs of Punjab
 A primer developed by PMIU for Early Child Education for Primary School Teachers, reviewed and refined at DSD, distributed by NCHD
 Self instructional material developed for primer
 Material development for DTEs
 Material development for LTEs (with private provider)
 Material development for TEs