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TRAINING POLICY AND PROGRAMMES
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME
5.13 A Scheme of Faculty Development was introduced in the year 2003, in which the
trainer /faculty are provided with an opportunity to undergo short term training
programmes in institutions of excellence within the country to hone and upgrade
their knowledge and skills and to keep abreast of the various changes in the field of
their specialisation by deputing them at suitable intervals to centres of excellence
in such areas. The Scheme has been appreciated by both the trainers and the
training institutions. The Scheme covers the trainers developed by this Department
under Trainer Development Programme as well as faculty members working in the
State Administrative Training Institutions and Central Training Institutions.
INTENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME
5.14 Intensive training programmes for frontline Government functionaries have been
initiated during the 2008-09. This is based on the robust intensive district training
models developed through externally aided projects. The focus of this programme
is on demand-driven training of frontline personnel in close coordination with line
Departments being executed by the State Administrative Training Institute.
AUGMENTATION OF CAPACITY OF TRAINING INSTITUTES
5.15 Support for hardware, software, courseware, training aids/kits, case studies, library,
publications, training films and miscellaneous training related expenditure is provided
under this component.
OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES
5.16 The thirty fourth Advanced Professional Programme in Public Administration
(APPPA) was being conducted by the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA),
New Delhi from July 2008 to March 2009. The nine month post-graduate programme
is meant for senior officers with 10 years of service in Group ‘A’. It aims at providing
an understanding of the socio-economic environment and of the tools and techniques
that are useful in meeting the challenges of development administration. It also
seeks to develop in the participants interpersonal skills and sensitiveness to the
people’s needs with a view to making administration more responsive.
5.17 Two one-week orientation programmes were sponsored for Deputy Secretaries/
Directors who joined the central government under the Central Staffing Scheme.
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