UGC is launching Special Summer programs for college and university teachers during the ongoing summer vacations this year. This program which is of 3 week duration is aimed at intensively enhancing the knowledge, skills and competencies of university teachers in identified disciplines. The summer program will be treated as equivalent to orientation/refresher course as the case may be only for this year

In order to provide the benefit of this scheme to the college and university teachers, the UGC Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia is organizing the 1st UGC Special Summer Programme in Social Sciences from 30th June 2008 to 19th July, 2008. The program will focus on the following major areas;

• Higher Education: Issues, Problems and challenges
• Educational technology and teaching methodologies in social sciences .
• Issues and Problems of young persons
• Gender sensitization
• Conflicts: nature, management and resolution
• E-Content development
• Research in social sciences

For the special summer program, there are no qualifying conditions except that the participants should be teaching in a college or university. Even those who have already completed required orientation and refresher courses for the purposes of promotion are not only eligible but encouraged to take the special summer program. TA/DA will be paid as per the UGC norms

You are requested to bring this notification to the knowledge of the faculty members in your department/college/university and encourage them to participate. Those who are interested to participate may fill up the application form, a copy of which is enclosed herewith. The form can also be downloaded from the URL http://jmi.nic.in/asc/asc.htm

The last date of sending the application form is 23rd June 2008