Ugc norms about courses
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The document outlines eligibility requirements and guidelines for orientation programs and refresher courses conducted by Universities and Colleges in India. Newly appointed lecturers within their first 6 years of service and those needing the program for career advancement are eligible to attend orientation. Refresher courses require completion of an orientation program first. Courses are 4 weeks for orientation and 3 weeks for refresher, with minimum contact hours each day. The document details the curriculum components which include awareness of societal issues, the education system, developing resources and skills, and management training. It provides examples of topics to be covered in each component. Evaluation includes exams, projects and participation. Certificates awarded list the grade achieved.
Ugc norms about courses
- 1. UGC Norms about Orientation Programme /Subject Refresher Course Eligibility Lecturers working in the Universities and Colleges, who are included in the list of College under Section 2(f) of the UGC Act., even though they may not yet be fit under 12-B of the UGC Act, may be invited to participate in the Orientation and Refresher Courses. The teachers of colleges, which do not yet come within the purview of Section 2(f), but have been affiliated to a University for at least 5 years, be permitted to participate in the courses. For Orientation Program : Newly appointed lecturers up to six years of continuous service and all those teachers who require Orientation Programme for getting higher grade. Attendance of Orientation Programme should be a condition for confirmation and the same course be counted for getting promotion to senior scale as required under Career Advancement Scheme For Refresher Course : Participation in Orientation Programme be a pre-requisite for admission to Refresher Course. Thereafter, with a gap of one year they can opt for Refresher Course. Also there should be a minimum gap of one year between two Refresher Courses. Such courses are for in-service teachers who are eligible as per UGC-ASC rules and regulations. The newly appointed teachers up to 6 years of continuous service and eligible for Orientation. There after a gap of one year, such teacher may opt for Refresher Course. The eligibility for attending Refresher Course for teachers who have not attended earlier Orientation course has been reduced to “two years” from “five years”. However, the gap in two successive Refresher Course should normally be “one year” and may be relaxed if adequate number of participants are not available or it is essential for the teacher to fulfil eligibility condition for his career advancement. Duration: Orientation Programme will be of 4 weeks duration with minimum of 24 working days and 144 contact hours (6 hours a day). Refresher Course will be of 3 weeks duration with minimum of 18 working days and 108 contact hours (6 hours a day) excluding Sundays and public holidays Curriculum(for Orientation Programme): In order to achieve the above objectives, the curriculum for the Academic Staff Orientation Course may have the following. Four components with minimum of 144 contact hours i.e. 6 hours daily for 4-week programme. 1. COMPONENT A: Awareness of linkages between society, Environment, Development and Education. 2. COMPONENT B: Philosophy of Education, Indian Education system and pedagogy. 3. COMPONENT C: Resource awareness and knowledge generation. 4. COMPONENT D: Management & Personality Development. Component A: Awareness of linkages between society, Environment, Development and Education. This Component should aim at helping the teacher to realize the larger context or education and the role of a teacher in a society. Some illustrative topics to be covered are: • Secularian • Egalitarian Society
- 2. • National Integration • Multilingualism • Multiple Cultures • Equality • Status of Women and Child • Casteism • Poverty • Environmental Pollution & Biodiversity • Unemployment • Urbanization • Modernization • Rural Development • Youth • Indiscipline • Role & Responsibility of a teacher • Value based education • Indian tradition • Creation of an Indian identity • Sustainable Development • Human rights • Globalization and higher education • Public interest movements (PIL, Consumer Protection, Judicial Activism, etc.) Component B: Awareness of linkages between society, Environment, Development and Education. This Component should aim at helping the teacher to realize the larger context or education and the role of a teacher in a society. Some illustrative topics to be covered are: Philosophy of Education, Indian Education system and pedagogy. This Component should aim at imparting basic skills and sensitivities that a teacher needs for effective classroom teaching. Some of the illustrative topics are: Philosophy of Education – Aims, value based education, Role of social and educational institutions comparative educational systems, internationalization of education. Indian Education System, Policies, Programmes and Planning Organizational structure, University autonomy. Economics of Education and Human Resource Development – Resource mobilization. Quality Assurance in Higher Education – Indicators of quality assurance, assessment and accreditation. Learner and the learning Przcess – understanding the adolescent learner, motivation, interests, Human Development, Memory Aptitudes, intelligence, Learning Styles. Methods and materials of teraching – Prescribed texts, effectivae class room Teaching Techniques, Assignments. Technology in Teaching –Cooncept of Teaching – levels of teamching and phases of teaching, Audio, Video, Educational Films, Computers, etc.
- 3. Curriculum Design – Approaches, Curriculum Development, Need based courses, Remedial Courses. Evaluation and Feedback – Measurement and Examination reforms including setting question papers. Alternate methods of Learning – Distance and open learning, Self-learning and informal learning. Component C: Resource awareness and knowledge generation. The Component should aim at helping the teachers to be self-sufficient in keeping themselves continuously abreast of new knowledge and techniques, processes methods and sources of knowledge: Information Technology – New Modes of Information Storage and Retrieval, Computer Applications, Communications, Multi-Media, Computer Aided Learning, Internet. Documentation Centres – Information Networks, Super highways, National and International Data Bases Libraries – Reference Material, Bibliographies, Encyclopaedia, Periodicals Institutions-Apex and Specialized Institutions, Museums, Laboratories, Centres of Excellence Research – Research Projects, sponsoring Agencies, Academic Writing and Publication etc. Industry-University Linkages. Component D: Management and Personality Development. Under this component the teachers should be familiarized with the organization and management of the college/university. They should be made aware of the ways in which they may develop their own personality. Illustrative topics should be: Communication Skills – Verbal and Non-verbal Thinking Skills and Scientific Temper Leadership, Team Building and work culture Administrative Skills – Decision making, Service rules, human relations, Interpersonal effectiveness Educational Management – Institutional Management, Management of committees, examinations, Hobby clubs, sports and Co-curricular activities. Student Guidance and Counseling Mental Health – Attitude and values Career Planning Time Management Teacher Effectiveness – Qualities of an Effective Teacher, code of conduct, Accountability and empowerment. Above given topics are illustrative in nature. Depending upon the requirements of teachers and academic- background, the ASC will select the number of topics and the methodologies of teaching. Weightage to each component be kept flexible and the ASC may decide the time allocation and modalities of the input depending upon needs of respective groups.
- 4. EVALUATION OF PARTICIPANTS When possible in the concluding week of the programme experts preferably external be aked to assess the participants on the basis of multiple choice objective tst and the grade to the participants taking also into account the other evaluation already done. The following should be grades: a) A 75% and above B 60% to less than 75% C 50% to less than 60% F below 50% Those teacher participants who get F grade are required to repeat the programme after a gap of one year without financial commitment to UGC-ASC. b) The total marks be fixed at 100 and the same be decided in the following manner: a. Overall response 20 b. Seminar 20 c. Project/Survey/Other 20 d. Micro-teaching/participation 20 e. Multiple choice objective tests 20 The above distribution may be adjusted to meet the specific requirements. The grades should be indicated on the Certificate to be given to the teacher participant at the end of the programme. Full Time Courses: An orientation course will necessarily be full-time and residential. Adequate arrangements will have to made by the ASC to ensure that the residential character of the course is maintained throughout. Participating lecturers will be deputed by the respective college/university department for the entire duration of the course. The teachers selected for the programme are to be treated as on duty with full pay and allowances by the sponsoring University/College. The participants may be drawn from the institutions falling within the state and upto 25% may be taken on all India basis to promote national integration. Each ASC may organize one orientation on an all India basis. The number of participants in a course should be 40 to 50. In case sufficient number of participants are not available in a particular subject/course, the ASC/RCC may consult with nearby ASC/RCC, which have been allotted the same subject by the UGC in order to exchange the participants among themselves so as to ensure optimum number of participants in a course. Refresher Courses: The Refresher Courses will: 1. Provide opportunities for teachers in service to exchange experience with their peers and to mutually learn from each other. 2. Provide a forum for serving teachers to keep themselves abreast of the latest advances in various subjects.
- 5. 3. Create the culture and self-improvement among the teachers. 4. Provide opportunities to further widen their knowledge and to pursue research studies, and 5. Give an introduction to new methods and innovations in higher education and enlighten them so that the participants can in turn develop their own innovative methods of instruction. The thrust areas for each Refresher Course will be decided by the Director in consultation with the Course Coordinator. DA: Local Participants : Rs.100/- per day Out-station participants : Rs.250/- per day for boarding and lodging. TA: Teacher participants will be paid II Class Railway Fare. However, to cover the cost of their boarding and lodging of Rs. 150/- per day for outstation and Rs. 50 per day (except holidays and Sundays per local participants will be paid. For providing free lodging the Academic Staff College will deductRs. 38 per day out of the DA payment to out-station participants. The Registration Fee: Every participants shall pay an admission fee (non-refundable) of Rs.500/- at the time of registration by demand draft in favour of Finance Officer, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, drawn at State Bank of India, AMU Branch, Aligarh (Code:5555).