New Delhi, Nov 13 (UNI) The Human Resource Development ministry here on Tuesday launched two initiatives-- Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) and Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) which will empower the higher education teaching faculty.
Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar in his video message lauded these two initiatives which are set to transform quality of teaching and improve leaders, thereby enhancing the quality of higher education institutions.
He highlighted the need for constant updation to keep abreast of recent developments which will enrich the teaching learning experiences. Combining academic and administrative leadership is an equal requirement for those heading educational institutions and he hoped that LEAP will help in creating better higher education leaders of tomorrow.
He appealed to all faculties in higher education to take benefit of these two initiatives.
HRD MoS Dr. Satya Pal Singh while launching these two new initiatives said, “Developing good teachers is an arduous task and if teachers show enough commitment, ARPIT will go a long way in empowering the teaching faculty. Committed teachers will develop confidence and competence and must become effective communicators so that they can spread knowledge like the rays of the sun.
He also released information brochures of both the initiatives during the event.
Combining the qualities of a good teacher and an effective leader is still more daunting task but not an impossible task, the Minister said.
“LEAP will fulfill this critical need which will make higher education institutions perform their roles of developing better students who will be future torch bearers. A leader must talk for all generations, present and future; only then institutional growth can be achieved,” Dr. Singh explained.
The launch event was graced by Secretary (HE), Chairman UGC, Vice-Chairman AICTE and senior officials of the Department of Higher Education, UGC and AICTE.
It was attended by Vice-Chancellors, Directors, heads of autonomous bodies, Project Coordinators of National Resource Centres of ARPIT and representatives of LEAP training institutions.
Higher Education secretary R Subrahmanyam stated that these two initiatives are extremely significant as they will create transformative teachers and leaders.
UGC Chairman Prof D P Singh in his concluding remarks assured that UGC will shortly bring out a notification recognizing ARPIT for career advancement of faculty.
He urged all Vice-Chancellors and Directors to encourage their faculty across all disciplines to register and complete these refresher courses.
Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) is a three weeks flagship leadership development training programme (2 weeks domestic and one week foreign training) for second level academic functionaries in public funded higher education institutions.
The main objective is to prepare second tier academic heads who are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future. The programme would provide senior faculty, with high academic credentials, the required leadership and managerial skills including skills of problem-solving, handling stress, team building work, conflict management, developing communication skills, understanding and coping with the complexity and challenges of governance in HEIs, financial & general administration.
The implementation of LEAP Programme will be through 15 NIRF top ranked Indian Institutions namely, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; IIT Kanpur; NIT Trichy; Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata; Jawaharlal Nehru University; IIT (BHU); University of Delhi; Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; TISS Mumbai; University of Hyderabad ; NIEPA, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur; Jamia Milia Islamia; Banaras Hindu University and AMU.
The foreign Universities identified for the training are also within the top 100 in the world global rankings. The foreign collaborating institutions are University of Michigan; NTU Singapore; Harvard University; Purdue University, USA ; University of Chicago; University of Pennsylvania / Stanford; Monash University; London School of Economics/ Oxford University; University of Cambridge and University of Virginia, USA.
Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT), a major and unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakh higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM.
For implementing ARPIT, 75 discipline-specific institutions have been identified and notified as National Resource Centres (NRCs) in the first phase, which are tasked to prepare online training material with focus on latest developments in the discipline, new & emerging trends, pedagogical improvements and methodologies for transacting revised curriculum.
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