- To provide all sorts of transactional support to Pre service trainees.
- To mould Pre service trainees in to all round personalities so as to serve as dedicated and committed teachers to fulfill the mission of Universalisation of Quality Elementary Education.
- To equip the Pre service Teacher Education with innovative techniques and novel strategies.
- To bring out the innate potentiality of the Pre service trainees and turn them into effective & efficient teachers.
- To render multifarious professional skill development to Pre service Teachers.
- To serve as the nodal branch for the following:
- Organizing pre-service course for elementary school teachers and to provide academic inputs into such course is the subjects represented in the Branch.
- Propagation of learner centered education and education for personality development through training, extension, preparation of suitable teaching aids, action researches etc.
- All general matters concerning teaching methodology and specific matters concerning teaching methodology of the school NFE subjects represented in the Branch.
- Provision of Psychological Counseling and guidance services to schools and NFE/AE centers of the district.
- To provide inputs into programmes/activities of all other branches of the Institute, to the extent of subjects/areas represented/handled in the Branch.
- Maintenance of science Lab, Psychology equipment, Resource Room for Education of Disabled children, Rooms for Art education, and equipments and facilities for sports and Physical Education.
Activities Details
Several Pre-service training programmes and activities were attended, conducted and co-ordinated by the Lecturers of the PSTE Branch.
| S.No | Name of Activity | Beneficiaries |
| 1 | International Drug abuse awareness | I Year & II Year Students |
| 2 | Independence day | I Year & II Year Students |
| 3 | Tamil Club | I Year & II Year Students |
| 4 | Yoga | II Year Students |
| 5 | Teachers Day | I Year & II Year Students |
| 6 | Field Trip | I Year & II Year Students |
| 7 | Youth Day | I Year & II Year Students |
| 8 | Science Club – Exhibition | I Year & II Year Students |
| 9 | Art & Craft Workshop | I Year & II Year Students |
| 10 | Saraswathi Pooja | I Year & II Year Students |
| 11 | Bribe Awareness Conference | I Year & II Year Students |
| 12 | NSS Training | I Year & II Year Students |
| 13 | Medical Camp | I Year & II Year Students |
| 14 | Science Experiment Training | I Year & II Year Students |
| 15 | Human Rights Conference | I Year & II Year Students |
| 16 | Social Science Club | I Year & II Year Students |
| 17 | Mathematics Club | I Year & II Year Students |
| 18 | Pongal Festival | I Year & II Year Students |
| 19 | Republic Day | I Year & II Year Students |
| 20 | Sports Day | I Year & II Year Students |
| 21 | Annual Day | I Year & II Year Students |