Union Minister for Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Malaviya Mission – Teachers Training Programme by the University Grants Commission.
- He also announced the renaming of Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) as Madan Mohan Malaviya Teachers’ Training Centre.
- Organised by the University Grants Commission, in association with the Ministry of Education, the Malaviya Mission – Teacher Training Programme aims to provide tailored training programmes for teachers.
- This programme will work for the capacity building of faculty members in higher educational institutions.
- The two-week online programme shall focus on various themes identified for course curriculum/content for capacity building of faculty members at higher educational institutions.
- The capacity building under the Malaviya Mission will be mapped to the credit framework to ensure career progression pathways for educators.
- Societal transformation can only be led through the development of education and teachers are the catalysts of the change.
