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Unit 11: Agencies of Teacher Education and their Functions—Academic Staff College

programmes and refresher courses, and familiarize such resource persons with the Notes
philosophy and guidelines for the courses;
(c) Set up a documentation-centre-cum-library for reference and source materials necessary
for the courses;
(d) Produce specially designed material required for effective implementation of the courses;
(e) Organize, monitor and evaluate the courses for teachers;
(f) Create a culture of learning and self-improvement among teachers so that it becomes an
integral part of the educational system at the tertiary level;
(g) Organize orientation programmes for senior administrators, heads of departments,
principals, deans and other decision-makers to familiarize them with the philosophy of
orientation intended to facilitate reform in higher education through appropriate
modification of the management systems at various levels;
(h) Provide opportunities for teachers in service to exchange experience with their peers and
to mutually learn from each other;
(i) Provide a forum for serving teachers to keep themselves abreast of the latest advances in
various subjects;
(j) Provide opportunities to further widen their knowledge and to pursue research studies;
(k) Provide an introduction to new methods and innovations in higher education so that the
participants can in turn develop their own innovative methods of instruction;
(l) Bring out publications relevant for enhancing the teaching and research capabilities of
teachers; and
(m) Conduct capability enhancement programmes non academic staff so as to strengthen the
teaching-learning environment.
Self Assessment
1. Multiple choice questions:
Choose the correct option
(i) The higher education institutional network has .................... universities.
(a) 418 (b) 512 (c) 619 (d) 720
(ii) The ................. in its report has commented that "a-high quality" and well motivated teaching
staff and a supportive professional culture is essential in building excellence.
(a) UNESCO (b) World Bank (c) UNICEF (d) UN
(iii) UNESCO has given the importance of teaching staff and its professional development in
higher education by passing a recommendation on the topic at its general conference in
....................... in November 1997.
(a) New York (b) London (c) Paris (d) Italy
(iv) The main philosophy behind establishment of academic staff colleges is to provide adequate
opportunities for the professional development of teacher in ................ system
(a) Primary education (b) Secondary education
(c) Higher education (d) Elementary education

11.3 Functional aspects of Academic Staff Colleges

Academic Staff Colleges are guided by an Academic Advisory Committee. Every year, the UGC
invites proposals for programmes from ASCs, based on merits and strengths of the university the
number of programmes to be conducted in that year are allotted. The NIEPA, New Delhi (National
University for Educational Planning and Administration) was involved in monitoring the activities
of ASCs in initial years of the scheme. The idea is that both the sides benefit from mutual sharing of
knowledge and learning becomes a process of understanding and refinement. The expenses of

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