Academic Staff College

The Functions of an Academic Staff College will be to plan organise implement monitor and evaluate orientation courses for newly appointed college/university lecturers within the jurisdiction of one or more universities in a state. An ASC will also organise refresher courses for serving teachers and orientation programmes for senior administrators and heads of department principals officers etc. Specifically an ASC will: Formulate a programme of orientation along the broad guidelines given above. Identify resource persons in various fields of specialisation for running the orientation course and refresher courses and familiarise such resource persons with the philosophy and guidelines for the courses. The list of resource persons should be approved by the chairman of the advisory committee of ASC. Set up a documentation-centre-cum-library for reference and source materials necessary for the courses. Produce specially designed material required for effective implementation of the courses. Organise monitor and evaluate courses for teachers Create a culture of learning and self-improvement among teachers so that it becomes an integral part of the educational system at the tertiary level. Organise orientation programmes for heads of department principals deans and other decision-makers to familiarise them with the philosophy of orientation to facilitate reform in higher education through appropriate modification of the management systems at various levels. The refresher courses run by the ASC will provide opportunities for teachers in service to exchange experience with their peers and to mutually learn from each other. Provide a forum for serving teachers to keep themselves abreast of the latest advances in various subjects. Provide opportunities to further widen their knowledge and to pursue research studies. Provide an introduction to new methods and innovations in higher education so that the participants can in turn develop their own innovative methods of instruction.