Main categories of human resource development and capacity building programmes
The HRDCs will mainly organize the following main category of human resource development and capacity building programmes.
Orientation / First Level Programmes: Every new faculty member in higher education will be required to undergo a four week Orientation / First level Programme which will be focused on some broad area of knowledge spanning a few allied disciplines. The objective of the orientation programme is to make teachers an agent of socioeconomic change and put them in centre stage of national development. The programme shall have the following components:
- 10% weight for topics in higher education such as issues of ethics, gender, marginalized communities, plagiarism etc.
- 10% weight for issues related to environment.
- 10% weight for issues concerning service matters of teachers.
- 20% for broad cross discipline topics to motivate the trainees for development of interdisciplinary understanding and interest including basic legal awareness.
- 10% weight for Research Methodology.
- 15% weight for Communication Skills and Information Technology.
- 10% weight for Microteaching
- The remaining 15% of content of the First Level Programme will be focused on broad understanding of various subjects with recent global trends and developments.