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Program Overview

The purpose of the programme is to sensitise participants on aspects related to exclusion and its root causes related to society & its affects/implications in higher education. Further, encourage participants to identify/explore possibilities of building an enabling environment for inclusion especially in higher education. We as a society are full of wonderful diversity. We humans vary in terms of so many parameters like sex, region, religion, class, cast, ethnicity, language, culture etc. All these diversities need to be looked at, with great sensitivity, maturity & understanding. So that we would be able to appreciate & accept these diversities. Going to the roots of all this diversity and discrimination is an important step. These diversities also exist in educational space. Inclusion is needed in higher education in order to ensure access to higher education and its resources to every stakeholder. NEP-2020 also has important pointers about inclusive & equitable quality education for all, which we all need to reflect on. Given our society that is so diverse and divided, capacity building is needed in order to realize these sensitive diversities.

In order to sensitize teachers in higher education and encourage them to work towards inclusion and diversity, a six days program is designed as an immersive experience to build capacities of new teachers to work towards a Just, Humane and Inclusive Society.

Program Content

The participatory & experiential learning methodology of the program will enable faculty to understand and demystify concepts of diversity, inclusion, exclusion and discrimination especially in higher education. It will look at diversity in the areas of sex, disabilities, psychological conditionings, caste and religion, language, race-ethnicity, regional ecology and other. It will enable participants reflect upon the discrimination & its root causes in the context of international & national conventions, treaties, legislations and Constitution of India. The participants will be encouraged to articulate the role of higher education & especially teachers in making colleges an inclusive & safe learning spaces for ALL.

Knowledge Partner

Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy (MSFDA) is established by Government of Maharashtra under Section 8 of Companies Act, 2013 with a vision to transform higher educational landscape, through continuous professional development of teachers in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of Maharashtra. MSFDA engages in faculty capacity building based on key principles and approaches emanating from NEP 2020, which include experiential learning, creativity and innovation, learning beyond knowledge, multidisciplinary education, scientific and rational thinking, diversity and inclusion and networking with practitioners, expert institutions and HEIs.