In this paper, the author discusses the distance education course for inservice primary teachers recently introduced at the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Samtse, Bhutan. It is the first and the only Distance Education Programme started in Bhutan. The regular and distance education teachers have same syllabus and appear for the same term-end examination. The distance learners attend compulsory residential contact programme. The distance education programme needs systematic planning and monitoring to impart knowledge and skills to the teachers. Developing teaching s/dis is a problem area needs to be looked into.