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BACKGROUND OF A.S.Cs
For improving the quality of higher education,
different Commissions including Radhakrishnan
Commission(1948) and Kothari Commission (1966)
on higher education have recommended a sustained
and purposeful development of academic staff.
The National Policy on Education 1986 (NPE) has,
inter alia, suggested that the present educational
system does not provide opportunities to the teachers
for professional and career development, initiative
for innovative and creative work, and internalizing
the techniques and value system to fulfill their
roles and responsibilities. Programme of action
of NPE 1986 categorically mentioned a comprehensive
programme of professional development through
ASCs. Consequently, in 1987 the UGC sanctioned
the setting up of 48 ASCs. The ASCs started functioning
with the premise that the objective of Academic
Staff Development Scheme is to enable academic
staff to become effective facilitators of student
learning through becoming effective managers of
the conditions that affect learning. At present
the number of ASCs in India is 66.
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