is orientation programme and refresher course compulsory for a PhD assistant professor

An orientation course will necessarily be full time and residential. Adequate arrangements will have to be made by the HRDC to ensure that the residential character of the course is maintained throughout.

ii. Participating lecturers will be deputed by the respective college/university department for the entire duration of the course.

iii. The teachers selected for the programme are to be treated as on duty with full pay and allowances by the sponsoring university/college.

iv. Participants may be drawn from the institutions on all-India basis to promote national integration. In case sufficient number is not available within the State the HRDC may take participants from other States. The maximum number of participants should be 40 only.

v. The number of participants in a course should be 20-40. In case sufficient number of participants is not available in a particular subject/ course, the HRDC may consult with a nearby HRDC that has been allotted the same subject by the UGC in order to exchange participants among themselves, so as to ensure optimum number of participants in a course.

vi. All courses will be organized through UGC-HRDCs. No refresher course will be separately allotted to a university department/college where an HRDC exists.

vii. While organizing refresher courses, care should be taken to ensure that these are done by the parent department and that in the organization of these courses the faculty of the concerned department is fully involved.

viii. Punctuality, regularity, participation and purposefulness should be emphasized.

ix. Successful candidates in only UGC approved programmes will be issued certificates as per UGC format. The UGC-HRDC/RCC may even disallow the issue of certificate to participants on valid reasons.

x. The UGC has decided not to grant equivalence to the courses/ programmes other than those UGC-sponsored refresher courses/orientation programmes conducted by the UGC-HRDCs and erstwhile UGC-RCCs for the purpose of career advancement. However, the courses conducted by PMMMNMTT centres shall be recognized from time to time.

xi. The ONLINE Refresher Courses/Orientation Programmes /Induction Programmes as a means of Flipped Class rooms as approved by UGC and delivered through OER/MOOC platform by respective HRDCs shall be treated equivalent to conventional mode for issuance of certificates.

. Orientation Relevant to Indian Conditions

The orientation programme must engender in the teacher awareness of the problems that Indian society faces, and that education is the solution of these problems.

It must also focus on the achievement of the goals set out in the Indian Constitution. Matters relating to subject knowledge and pedagogy, although important in themselves, would only be meaningful when understood in the total context of national development.

For Orientation programmes , newly appointed lecturers up to six years of continuous service and all those teachers who require orientation for getting a higher grade will be allowed. Attendance should be a condition for confirmation and the same course will be counted for promotion to a senior scale as prescribed by UGC from time-to-time.

For the Refresher course , participation in the orientation programme is a prerequisite for admission. The teacher may opt for a refresher course after a one-year gap following an orientation course. Also, there should be a minimum gap of one year between two refresher courses, though it may be relaxed if an adequate number of participants is not available or it is essential for the teacher to fulfil eligibility conditions for career advancement as prescribed by UGC from time-to-time.

The orientation programme will be of Three weeks duration, with minimum of 18 working days and 108 contact hours (six hours a day, six days a week). The refresher course will be of Two weeks duration, with minimum of 12 working days and 72 contact hours (six hours a day , six days a week),excluding Sundays. The number working of working days shall not be compromised while conducting these programs.

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The orientation programme and refresher course's level of compulsiveness all depends on the college or the university as its all about college rules so please contact your college and faculty (or seniours) about the matter as every colleges have thier own level of strictness.

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