About Us

Vision

The vision of the Staff Development Centre is to be a hub of excellence in professional development.

Mission

Mission of the Staff Development Centre is to provide appropriate training and development opportunities to employees to become committed, motivated and competent professionals.

Goal

To provide continuous, needs based learning and professional development opportunities for all categories of staff within the university

Objectives

  1. Determine staff development activities based upon a careful assessment of need analysis and promoting professional education for all categories of employees
  2. Enhancing capacity building and skills development of the staff
  3. Collaborate with individuals and /or other institutes which aims to enhance the quality of teaching and learning and other support service in the university.
  4. Ensure equitable access to staff development opportunities, appropriate to staff role and aligned to career objectives.
  5. Evaluate and assure the quality and efficiency of the services and programmes provided by the Centre.

What We Do

Staff Induction Program
The Staff Development Centre offers induction program for university academic staff. This program is based on the training manual published by the University Grant Commission. Participants are offered Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education on successful completion of the program.

Aims of the Induction Program:

To make the participants aware of different approaches and methods of teaching and to develop skills of choosing appropriate tools for the task at hand.
To make new staff aware of different types of assessment tools and to improve the competency of the new recruit to select the appropriate assessment tool/s for the task at hand.
To instill teaching, communication, research and administrative skill in the new recruits in order to deliver a well balanced, competent, efficient and ethical faculty to take the University forward.
To facilitate the new recruits to model their career paths in the academic environment in a way that will help the University to achieve its mission.
To help the participants appreciate that an academic career is a lifelong commitment to continued education.