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Notes 11.4.2 Refresher Courses
The refresher courses are of three week duration constituting 108 contact hours for serving teachers
of Universities and Colleges. Interaction programs for research scholars and Post-Doctoral
fellows are introduced recently under this scheme. Purpose of these programmes is to provide a
platform to exchange experiences with their peers and mutually learning from each others, it also
helps teachers/research scholars to keep abreast of the latest advances in various subjects.
Completion of one Orientation course is pre-requisite for participation in a refresher course.
Attending these programmes is linked with the career advancement of teachers in Universities and
Colleges. There are two types of refresher courses viz., Subject specific and interdisciplinary or
Multidisciplinary refresher courses. Besides subject specific courses; issues like social evils,
aspects of cultures, economics, human rights, gender issues, developmental issues, human
values, research methodologies in various disciplines are offered as interdisciplinary refresher
courses. For organizing refresher courses concerned teaching department(s) is involved. One
teaching staff member is designated as Coordinator from the concerned department to help academic
staff college in planning and organizing the course. As in case of Orientation course various
activities are included in teaching-learning process. At the end of the programme participants are
evaluated and grades are awarded.
11.4.3 Short term orientation / workshops
Each ASC organizes one or two meetings of 2-days duration in a year for principals/ Heads/
Deans/Officials of Collegiate Education/administrative officers including UGC officials with an
objective to:
(a) familiarize them with the philosophy and importance of orientation programmes and
refresher courses and persuade them to depute teachers; and make them understand
the activities of ASCs; and
(b) enable them to understand their new roles as supervisors;
(c) facilitate reforms in higher education through appropriate modification of management
systems at various levels.
(d) make them aware of quality issues in higher education system, trends in global education
sector; new government initiatives and reforms in higher education, advances in
information technology, e-learning, e-content development, human rights issues, value
based education etc.

14.4.4. Programmes initiated in XI plan
(i) Professional Development programmes for Senior Teachers like Associate Professors and
Professors:
To encourage their participation in professional development programmes, new pay
commission has given certain points as incentive for their career advancement.
(ii) Professional development programme for Non–academic Group B and C staff including UGC
staff:
Academic Staff Colleges are offering professional development programmes of 6 days
duration for non-academic staff since 2007 to give them training/exposure to aspects of
higher education its management apart from training in aspects like IT and its applications
in administration, office procedures, quality aspects, new trends in examination, finances,
legal issues etc. This programme is meant for middle level officials in colleges and universities.

What is refresher course?

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