UGC-Academic Staff College to UGC-MMTTC: Nurturing Educators for Future Challenges
UGC-Academic Staff College to UGC-MMTTC: Nurturing Educators for Future Challenges The evolution of UGC-sponsored Academic Staff Colleges (ASCs), later known as UGC-Human Resource Development Centres (UGC-HRDCs) and recently rechristened as UGC-Malviya Mission Teachers' Training Centres (UGC-MMTTCs), embodies a transformative journey in fostering the professional growth of faculty members in India's higher education institutions. The inception of these centers can be traced back to the monumental Education Policy of The National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986. Within this educational framework, there emerged a profound realization of the critical nexus between teacher motivation and the quality of education. Thus, the establishment of ASCs aimed at nurturing educators at all career stages to foster a university culture emphasizing reflection, assessment, scholarly work, continuous learning, interdisciplinary perspectives, and fresh contributions to educational governance. The A