Four- Week General Orientation Programme-96 concludes at GNDU
Author(s): SK VyasAmritsar, January 7, 2015: A “Four Week General Orientation Programme-96” concluded here today at the Academic Staff College of the Guru Nanak Dev University. As many as 43 University & College teachers pertaining...
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Jan 7, 2015 12:30
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Amritsar, January 7, 2015: A “Four Week General Orientation Programme-96” concluded here today at the Academic Staff College of the Guru Nanak Dev University. As many as 43 University & College teachers pertaining to a wide spectrum of disciplines from various nooks & corners of the country participated.
A. S.Brar, Vice- Chancellor presided over the valedictory session. Prof Brar in his valedictory address called upon the young teaching fraternity to make optimum use of the advancements in the field of Information Technology in the classroom teaching. Asking them to broaden their knowledge in the respective disciplines by using the software technology, he said that it was of utmost importance in the global world of today. He lamented that our teaching lacked in creativity, innovation, and inquisition.
On the contrary, the students are encouraged to learn by the rote method, he continued. He expressed his deep dismay over the increasing loss of esteem of the teaching community in general in the society at large & held the teaching community singularly responsible for it. Our Higher Educational institutes need to raise their standard substantially in order to retain the bright students, he emphasised. He concluded his address by exhorting them to rise to the occasion & act as a harbinger of positive change in the society.
Avinash Kaur Nagpal felicitated the participants on the successful completion of the course. Although the course had ended, but the real voyage of the participants would commence now as they had to disseminate the knowledge gained during the course further, she said. Summarizing the overall conduct of the course, she said that apart from a galaxy of the renowned academicians like Prof K Ramachandran, Prof R K Kohli, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda & others, a few other eminent personalities from other walks of life like Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal, Bibi Inderjit Kaur, Dr Kaustubh Sharma, IPS shared their views with the participants.
Earlier the Chief Guest was accorded a floral welcome by Avinash Kaur Nagpal & Dr Mohan Kumar, the Director & the Deputy Director, Academic Staff College, respectively. The second issue of the newsletter of the Academic Staff College was released by Prof AS Brar on this occasion. At the end the certificates were distributed to the successful participants.
(SK Vyas/Jalandhar)
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