Current context: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Union HRD Minister has launched the Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) - 2019 and Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) – 2019.
a. Farmers
b. Teachers
c. Small Traders and Shopkeepers
d. Sugar mills
- LEAP has been launched for leadership development for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) which is a 3-week leadership development training programme for second-level academic functionaries.
- The objective of LEAP is to prepare the second tier academic heads that are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future.
- ARPIT is a platform for teachers to learn about the latest developments in their field and develop their teaching qualities.
- ARPIT was launched by the HRD Ministry in November 2018 as a unique initiative of online professional development of 1.5 million higher education faculty through SWAYAM.
- The training module of various subjects built by discipline-specific National Resource Centres (NRCs) and are uploaded and made available through SWAYAM to all the teachers from 1st September 2019.
- For 2019 ARPIT, 46 disciplines are covered in addition to the 75 NRCs in the year 2018.
Question:
Q.1 The government initiatives LEAP and ARPIT are launched for which section?a. Farmers
b. Teachers
c. Small Traders and Shopkeepers
d. Sugar mills
