Govt. Elementary Teacher Education Institution,UNIT-VI, Bhubaneswar is one of the leading Teacher Education Institution of Odisha. Formerly it was known as Secondary Training School for women since 1973 and subsequently on 6th January 2015 it was upgraded to Govt Elementary Teacher Education Institution (ETEI) . It has been offering two years  Pre-service teacher education course known as  Diploma in Elemenary Teacher Education Course (D.EL.Ed ) stating from 2012-13 an intake capacity of 50 students selected on mark basis.The intake capacity enhanced to 100 seats from the academic session 2014-15 and selection made through entrance examinations. Further the institution provided distance education programmed (DEP-CT)in the session 2008-12 for in service primary teachers, DEP D.EL.Ed course for Sikshya sahayak/Gana sikshyak in the session 2013-15 and D.EL.Ed course through N.I.O.S for private school teachers in the session 2016-18. The Institution on the whole dedicated for the cause of  quality improvement of  Elementary Education of Khordha District.