Background

The Ministry of Education (MoE) seeks to strengthen synergy and integration between HRDCs and PMMMNMTT Centres to align with NEP 2020 objectives. The scheme establishes 116 Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centres (MMTTCs). The scheme aims to implement NEP recommendations, focusing on quality teaching, equity, online education, technology use, Indian language promotion, vocational education, and multidisciplinary education.

Vision

To build competencies in faculty for better teaching, learning, research, and academic leadership by aligning them with Indian values and updating their knowledge and skills according to the needs of society and NEP 2020.

National Education Policy (NEP) 2020

The salient objectives of the scheme, in alignment with NEP 2020, are:

• 1. Achieving full human potential, developing an equitable and just society, and promoting national development.
• 2. Improving the quality of education at all levels by infusing quality and excellence in our teachers, students, and teaching-learning.
• 3. Ensuring holistic development of teachers and learners with the inculcation of ethics and human values as enshrined in Indian culture, and familiarizing them with the Indian Knowledge System (Bharatiya Gyan Parampara).
• 4. Building respect for the eco-balance and biodiversity existing in nature and adopting sustainability for life.
• 5. Ensuring the role of faculty as active participants in institution and nation building.
• 6. Empowering faculty members as lifelong learners through continuous professional development.

Guru Dakshta (Faculty Induction Programme)

• 1. The Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) is designed for faculty members in central, state, deemed to be universities, private universities, institutions of national importance, colleges, and other higher education institutions (HEIs).
• 2. It familiarizes them with curriculum development, teaching-learning methodologies, assessment and evaluation techniques, ICT-enabled teaching-learning, and university rules and regulations, among other areas. For all newly appointed teachers, the Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) is mandatory and must be completed within one year of appointment.
• 3. The course content and syllabus shall align with UGC-Guru Dakshata
• 4. In order to complete all the modules, it will require 144 hours, including some project work and field visits/surveys. The duration of the programme will be 4 weeks.

Refresher Course

• 1. The refresher course is a programme of two weeks' duration, consisting of a minimum of 12 working days and 72 contact hours (six hours a day, six days a week).
• 2. Refresher courses may be conducted in: • Core Subjects/Disciplines • Multi-Disciplinary /Interdisciplinary/Trans disciplinary/Cross disciplinary Areas
• 3. Every Multi-Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary/Transdisciplinary/Cross-disciplinary course will be considered equivalent to the refresher course in subject/discipline.

Short Term Course

• 1. The Short-Term Programme (STP/FDP) has a duration of 6 working days (36 hours)
• 2. The one-week Short-Term Programme/Faculty Development Programme will cover various themes such as Academic Leadership, Research Methodology, Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals, Net Zero, Entrepreneurship, Indian Knowledge Systems, Gender Studies, Teacher Connect, Learner Disabilities, Design Thinking, etc.
• 3. Technology will play an important role in the teaching-learning process, monitoring, evaluation, analytics, etc. Therefore, every MMTTC may be required to conduct at least one short-term programme on ICT applications such as Development of MOOCs, Learning Management Systems, ICT application in assessment and evaluation, Blended learning, e-content development, Open Education Resources, etc.

Proposed Outcome

• 1. All faculty members will be sensitized and oriented on NEP 2020 to help make India a global knowledge superpower by imparting holistic education and imbibing the ideals of Bharatiya-centric ethics and human values.
• 2. Teachers and learners will acquire the concepts of Indian Knowledge Systems (Bharatiya Gyan Parampara), integrate them into the curriculum, and apply them in real life for the advancement and creation of knowledge, including in Bharatiya languages.
• 3. Learners will develop 21st-century skills and become reflective practitioners who innovatively generate and apply ideas while respecting biodiversity and sustainability.
• 4. Learners will conduct quality research to solve contemporary problems through innovation and entrepreneurship.
• 5. Learners will develop the capacity to integrate ICT tools into the learning process and become lifelong self-motivated learners.
• 6. Faculty will contribute to institution building, society, and nation-building.