Teach not just to earn but to meet aspirations of society, Registrar advises teachers

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, May 25

A four-week orientation programme was inaugurated here at the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre of Guru Nanak Dev University today. As many as 46 university and college teachers pertaining to diverse disciplines from across the country are participating in this programme.

Prof SP Gautam, Former Vice-Chancellor, Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, and currently Professor, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Prof SS Dhillon, Registrar, graced the occasion as the chief guest and guest of honour, respectively.

Prof Gautam, in his inaugural address, traced the history of imparting teachers higher education competence and expertise through these programmes, which were envisaged by the University Grants Commission way back in 1986.

These programmes were intended to motivate the young teachers to rise to the occasion and to grapple the challenges being faced by society from time to time. He said on the contrary, interdisciplinary approach ie the relationship with other subjects had to be broadened in order to do full justice not only to one’s classroom but also to society at large.

Prof SS Dhillon advised the teaching fraternity not to take teaching merely as a source of livelihood, but to make persistent efforts to meet the aspirations of society at large. Prof Amarjit Singh Sidhu, director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, asked the participants to make optimum use of this rare opportunity not only to broaden their knowledge but also to interact with the teachers of various disciplines from different socio-linguistic backgrounds.

Earlier Prof Gautam and Prof SS Dhillon were accorded a floral welcome by Prof Amarjit Singh Sidhu and Dr Mohan Kumar.