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Notes participants; resource persons and other incidental expenses for arranging programmes are totally
funded by government through UGC. The University Grants Commission instructed all the
Universities having Academic Staff Colleges to make regular appointments to the teaching and
non-teaching staff putting an end to adhoc-ism in staff appointments, which was impacting
negatively. Each Academic staff College is supported by three core staff (teaching staff) members
viz., Professor-Director, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor; and nine non-administrative
staff members. In Xth Five Year plan all ASCs are provided with funds for Computer lab to impart
Information and Communicative skills to the participants and Hostel facilities (in XIth Plan) for
the participants and resource persons.

The trainees of the ASC programmes are called participants and trainers are called
resource persons.

11.4 The Programmes of Academic Staff Colleges
The Academic Staff Colleges initially used to offer three kinds of programmes:
(i) Orientation Programmes of 4 weeks duration for all new entrants at the level of lecturers
(ii) Refresher courses of 3 weeks duration for serving teachers, (interaction programmes for
research scholars and Post-doctoral fellows are included under this scheme in XIth Plan).
(iii) Short term orientation/workshops for the senior academicians and administrators, Heads
of the Departments, Principals of Colleges, UGC officials etc.
In XI five year plan, some more programmes are included to the list to cover training of other
important components higher education system i.e., Associate Professors; Professors; Research
Scholars and Administrative staff.
(iv) Professional Development programmes of 6 days duration for Senior Teachers like Associate
Professors and Professors
(v) 6 days professional development programme for Non –academic Group B and C staff
including UGC staff
For organizing any programme at least twenty participants are required. Academic staff colleges
have adopted various methods of publicity such as issuing notification in local news paper, news
item, schedule display on website, by post etc. to propagate information about their programmes.
11.4.1 Orientation Programme
The Orientation programmes are of four week duration constituting 144 contact hours for newly
appointed Lecturers of the Universities and Colleges. It is divided in four parts.
(i) Objectives: The objective of this programme is to enhance the motivation and general awareness
of teachers and ensure systematic techniques and methodologies and to provide opportunities
for professional and career development, so that teachers can fulfil their role and responsibilities
effectively. The Academic staff college are given flexibility to plan and execute the programme
in such a way to achieve the following objectives:
(a) Understand the significance of education in general and higher education in particular in
the global and Indian context.
(b) Understand the linkage between education and economic and socio cultural development
with particular reference to the Indian policy which is secular and egalitarian society.
(c) Acquire and improve basic skills of teaching at the College/ University level.
(d) Utilise opportunities for development of personality, initiative and creativity.

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