Abstract

• The main purpose of this paper is to study Diploma in Teacher Education (DTEd) program in Myanmar. Literature survey, one of the descriptive methods, was used in this paper. Literature survey was mainly conducted to collect relevant data for this study. There are 24 Education Colleges and 12 Departments under the Ministry of Education. The necessary data for this study were collected by studying books form libraries, theses, reports, journals and downloading related data from internet besides 3 Education Colleges and Department of Higher Education The obtained data were analyzed, synthesized and presented as the research findings. It was found that there are purpose of DTEd program, management and control, type, level and duration of the program, admission requirements, application and selection procedure, registration fees, daily program, curriculum and credit unit of first year and second year, practice teaching, assessment system of the DTEd program and awards and appointment of the DTEd students. After completion the course, the trainees are awarded Diploma in Teacher Education (DTEd). These results indicate that DTEd program is a two-year diploma course, the longest teacher education course, available for qualifying as a primary school teacher.