Malaviya Mission - UGC launches teachers' training programme on Teacher Day

On the occasion of Teachers Day, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has come up with the Malaviya Mission - Teachers training programme. Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan launched the programme.

Organised by the University Grants Commission in association with the Ministry of Education, the Malaviya Mission - Teacher Training Programme aims at providing tailored training programmes for teachers.  The programme will act towards the capacity building of faculty members in higher educational institutions.

While speaking on the occasion, Pradhan announced the renaming of Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) as Madan Mohan Malaviya Teachers’ Training Centre.  According to Pradhan, the programme will ensure continuous professional development and help in building capacities of 15 lakh teachers of HEIs through 111 Malaviya Mission centres across India in a time-bound manner.

University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman, Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar expressed that the teachers' training programme shall help develop innovative teaching methods and high-level institutional facilities in all the constituent areas of higher education.