The DNS India Programme incorporates the State approved curriculum, and the programme will ensure that the students pass the official examinations at the end of each year of the training. In addition to the State approved curriculum the DNS Teacher Training programme includes many additional elements such as knowledge about the world, life style skills, computer applications like MS Office, Paint, Photoshop, Movie maker, etc, community development work, construction and maintenance, and English. The DNS India Programme is organized in 22 periods of 4 weeks duration, 11 periods in the first year and 11 periods in the second year. Each period has a headline to give direction and focus to the studies, discussions and activities in that particular period. Eight out of the eleven periods consist of three weeks with a similar structure, where 3 days are for school practice in local schools two days for lectures and studies and one day for pedagogical sessions with discussions, conclusions and report writing. The fourth week is a theme week, where the students go in depth with a particular subject. The other 3 periods have a different programme where all 4 weeks are dedicated to studies, activities and actions related to the headline of the month. The organisation of the programme in this way creates a necessary framework of progress and innovativeness around the fundamental concept of putting the student in the driver's seat of his or herown training.

HPPI provides trainers who implement the DNS India Teacher Training Programme, a two-year pre-service teacher training programme that leads to a Diploma of Education – D.Ed. The Programme incorporates the curriculum of the State, and the students take annual examinations organized by the State Board of Secondary Education. In addition to the subjects provided by the State Curriculum, the programme adds a number of extra curricular subjects and activities, and uses methodologies that are student centered and student driven.

HPPI wants to work in many states of India and implement this programme with the aim to modernize the pre-service teacher training at the DIETs as well as train thousands of future teachers with a new attitude and abundant skills to provide poor children from mainly rural areas with modern and engaging primary school education.