Faculty Induction in IIT-BHU

• 05 Jun 2024

Why in News?

A 24-day faculty induction programme was inaugurated at IIT (BHU), Varanasi under the Malviya Mission Teachers Training programme, sponsored by the University Grants Commission (UGC).

Key Points

• This intensive programme will host 40 distinguished faculty members from across India, aiming at fostering professional growth and enhancing pedagogical skills.
• Malviya Mission Teachers Training Programme:
  • The program aims to enhance the quality of education by providing customised training for teachers in higher educational institutions.
    • It aspires to equip 15 lakh teachers across India with the skills needed to meet the goals of the National Education Policy (NEP).
  • Renaming of Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) as Madan Mohan Malaviya Teachers' Training Centres was also announced.

University Grants Commission

• It came into existence on 28^th December, 1953 and became a statutory body by an Act of Parliament in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of teaching, examination and research in university education.
• The head office of the UGC is located in New Delhi.