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•   Training  in  miscellaneous  aspects  other  than  teaching  and  research,  such  as
                      administrative procedures, financial procedures and legal implication etc.


                      4.1    SOME DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED FACULTY
                            INDUCTION PROGRAM (FIP)


                      As mentioned above, the first and a very significant training input proposed shall be
               in the form of a Faculty Induction Program (FIP) to be provided to inductee teachers. The
               Committee deliberated at length on the different aspects of this faculty induction program,
               including the contents, time duration, structured way of delivery, assessments etc., and
               suggests the following:


                    •   This phase of the Training Program for the inductee teachers can be provided during
                      a one-year probation period of the teachers just after their selection.

                    •   Keeping in view large numbers of inductee teachers, the training can be conducted
                      through  Massive  Open  Online  Courses  (MOOCs)  mode  followed  by  contact
                      programs organized in summer and winter vacations.

                    •   The  induction  training  will  be  spread  over  two  terms.  The  total  contact  hours
                      proposed for the training would be in the range of 450-480 hours in the first term.
                      This will be followed by the second term which would include on the job training
                      and exposure to industrial/field practices.


               5.0    BROAD CONTENTS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MODULES TO
                      BE DELIVERED DURING THE FIRST TERM OF FIP


               The modules and their content that follows in this section serve as a guide to provide an
               overall understanding of the topics to be covered. The minimum knowledge and skills that
               will have to be acquired after course completion are also outlined. Each Module/Course
               will  mandatorily  comprise  the  following  (i)  E-Learning  instructional  material;  (ii)  Video
               Presentation; (iii) Assignments/Activities; (iv) Assessment/Test and (v) Discussion forum/
               Online feedback mechanism

                      5.1 MODULE  1:   ORIENTATION TOWARDS TECHNICAL

                      EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM ASPECTS

                      Rationale

                      To  be  responsive  to  internal  requirements  and  to  meet  the  challenges,  it  is
                      important that various aspects of technical education system in the country are
                      well understood by the inductee teachers. These teachers should understand the
                      role  and  linkage  of  stakeholders  and  challenges/  issues  affecting  the  quality  of
                      technical education. The technical teachers need to be also well conversant with
                      the curricular aspects as it is the “key constituent” of any educational programs.
                      Hence approaches, implementation, monitoring and evaluation aspects are to be
                      understood.







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