Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC) at SLBSNSU
Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC) of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University (Central University), New Delhi formerly Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) was established in 2023 by University Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Education, Government of India. The vision of this centre is to develop skills & competencies in the higher education faculty members for better teaching, learning and research in line with NEP 2020. The capacity building of faculty across all level of Higher Education is one of the thrust areas of quality & excellence in education which is well catered through training programmes conducted by HRDC’s of UGCs & various Centres under PMMMNMTT scheme. In keeping view the optimal utilization of infrastructure, human & financial resources, the Ministry of Education (MOE) has sought that synergy & integration between these two Centres should be strengthened and the entire capacity building effort to be renamed & popularized as Malaviya Mission through Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MMTTP) which was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister of Education Sh. Dharmendra Pradhan on 5th September 2023. To implement this programme, 111 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (66 HRDCs & 45 PMMMNMTTs) were identified as Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centres (MMTTCs) and our University has been one of the listed MMTT Centre which was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chairman of UGC Prof. M. Jagdesh Kumar on 30th October 2023. Each Centre has to conduct 36 Programmes per year which can be classified into 4 types of programmes viz. 8 days 24-NEP Orientation & Sensitization, one month 2-FIPs, one week 5-Short-Term Programmes, & two weeks 5-Refresher Programmes.
Earlier the TLC of our university established in 2017 had successfully organized 60 programmes in the form of workshops, seminars, conferences & training programmes and 04 one month mandatory Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) for newly inducted Higher Education Faculty from which more than 7000 participants were benefitted. The Centre had also developed, conducted & successfully completed 03 Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) courses through SWAYAM in Sanskrit discipline and had also published 02 handbooks for teaching Sanskrit one at upper primary level and other at secondary level.
Mission
The mission of the Centre is to implement NEP recommendations, focusing on quality teaching, equity, online education, technology use, Indian language promotion, vocational education, and multidisciplinary education.
Vision
The vision of the Centre is to build competencies in Higher Education faculties for better teaching, learning, research and academic leadership by aligning them with Indian values and updating their knowledge and skills according to the needs of society and NEP 2020.
Objectives
Organized programme will able to-:
- provide insight in the key themes of NEP-2020
- impart pedagogy-related training.
- enhance soft and practical skills.
- develop multidisciplinary and critical thinking abilities.
- familiarize the faculty with the Indian Knowledge System.
- undertake quality research in line with the local, national, and global needs.
- develop the know-how to prepare transformative pedagogy with ICT intervention