To involve the learners in active participation, activities and exercises are built into the text at appropriate intervals. The correspondence course writers adopt, as far as possible, the problem-solving approach in presenting the study materials so as to provide teachers with opportunities to apply what they have learnt. The actual course content in the in-service program has two main objectives. First, it helps to update the teachers' academic knowledge of the fourteen subjects taught in primary schools. Second, it helps them acquire the skills and techniques needed to teach the various subjects.
Continuous assessment is an important part of the in-service program.
The teachers are required to submit their written assignments at set intervals for marketing and grading. The task of marking and grading the assignments is carried out by qualified tutors from teachers colleges and secondary schools who are paid on a piecework basis. All these tutors are required to undergo regular training in the methodology of tutoring at a distance. A substantial number of these tutors are recruited from primary teachers colleges to ensure the maintenance of standards prevailing at the pre-service teachers colleges. The Department of Distance Studies is responsible for maintaining all the records of the enrolled teachers and of their performance in the various subjects.