Vadodara: The Department of Educational Management of MS University’s Faculty of Education and Psychology organized a five-day faculty development programme (FDP) of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) on leadership excellence-academic leadership in higher education in the context of National Education Policy (NEP)-2020.Nearly 200 university teachers from across the country participated in the programme that ended on Friday.
Under AICTE training and learning (ATAL) scheme, faculty development programmes are being held for teachers of higher education for capacity building and implementation of NEP-2020.The NEP promises to revolutionize the education system of the country and it is the teachers who have to exercise academic leadership to implement the recommendations successfully, the participants were told.
The programme covered the focus areas identified by AICTE for implementation of NEP 2020.
These included multi-disciplinary and holistic education, equity and inclusion in higher education, research, innovation and rankings, global outreach of higher education, motivated, energized, and capable faculty, integrated higher education system, governance and regulation, promotion of Indian languages, arts and culture and technology use and integration.Professor K Pushpanadham, co-ordinator of ATAL faculty development programme said that the academic leadership programme for university teachers was the first of its kind.
“Our department has taken the lead in training and development,” he said.