Dr Om Prakash Sharma

Future Training Strategy for Teachers in Higher Education: a Research Report Dr Om Prakash Sharma

Education is production of desirable changes in human behavior i.e. change behavioral components; knowledge, attitude and skill. Higher education helps to improve job prospects and social status with self-improvement followed by character development and resulting in sake of knowledge. In-service training has gained wide acceptability for upgrading the professional competence of teachers in higher education. The main objective of in service training of teachers in higher education is to improve their academic and professional competencies for getting maximum output in terms of quality higher education for students. There can be different academic areas in which the teachers in higher education may prefer to be trained according to their academic needs and importance in planning and implementation of future training strategy for teachers in higher education. Therefore, it is important to identify such academic aspects/areas and establish their association with the training courses of teachers in higher education so that future training courses could be adjusted accordingly.