UGC to train 15 lakh teachers in three years under Malaviya Mission

NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) will train 15 lakh faculty members under the Malaviya Mission: Teacher Training Programme over the period 2023-24 to 2025-26. The commission will provide the training through 111 Malaviya mission teacher training centres across the country.

The UGC will conduct two programmes in a month with 400 participants who will be trained in eight themes with the best national experts in a manner that reaches out to all faculty members. On completion, faculty members will receive an online certificate.

The training is being held under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The orientation and sensitisation programme of NEP 2020 will be an eight days programme, with two live online sessions of 90 minutes each.

The MMTT centre will be responsible for tracking participant’s registration, monitoring participants’ attendance in all the sessions and completion of assessment, certification by the concerned director or coordinator MM centre responsibilities of resource persons, a presentation on 90 minutes, and informing about the session plan and multiple choice questions.

The programme aims at building competencies in the faculty for better teaching, learning and research by exposing them to Indian values, updating knowledge and skills, and aligning teaching, learning and research with the needs of society and NEP 2020.

The types of programmes to be conducted by the MMC under the scheme include NEP orientation and sensitisation programme, faculty induction programme, short term programme and refresher programme.

Capacity building of faculty across all levels of higher education is one of the foremost thrust areas, with diverse programmes geared towards it, the UGC said.