Departmental Foundation Training Course Officials of Directorate of Technical Education (1st batch)

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About the Foundation Training Course for Officials of Directorate of Technical  Education : BIAM is mandated to important Training on Human Resource Management (HRM) for the government officials of different strata. In response to the mandated provisions, BIAM Foundation is organizing  Departmental Foundation Training Coursefor Officials of Directorate of Technical  Education (DTE). 1^st Batch at Dhaka, 1^st Batch at Bogra and 1^st  Batch at Coxes-Bazar are going on.    

i) Duration of Course:

It is a two month-long training course. The training is fully residential and the participants are required to stay at the dormitory of the Institute compulsorily.

ii) The Course Objectives:

The broad objective of the training course is to create a corps of skilled, proactive and well-groomed civil servants committed to the welfare and development of the people in the changing global context.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Develop an insight into the national goals and objectives through analyzing socio-cultural, political and economic development issues, strategies and processes realistically;
• Translate essential laws, basic service norms, rules, policies and procedures into practice;
• Identify individual behavioral strengths and weaknesses and promote interpersonal relations in administration;
• Perceive and analyze socio cultural, political and economic development issues, strategies and processes realistically;
• Adhere to the basic administrative norms, rules, policies and procedures;
• Use information and communication technology in management;
• Prepare research papers, reports and other documents professionally;
• Foster esprit de corps, empathy, common perception and understanding among diverse stakeholders; and
• Maintain physical and ethical fitness to meet arduous challenges.

iii) Training Methodology:

The training methodology of the course includes lecture and discussion, reading assignment, library work, case study, syndicate, seminar, workshop, group discussion, film show, study tour, role play, office attachment, field study, extension lecture, book review and oral presentation, report writing, term paper preparation and presentation etc.

iv) Medium of Instruction:

The medium of instruction will be English and Bangla. However, use of English will be emphasized. The Center encourages the participants to develop their oral and written English skills. It is expected that they engage themselves in free conversation in English as much as possible during the entire period of their stay at BIAM Foundation Cox’s Bazar Regional Centre.

v) Know Each Other (KEO):

As part of the tradition of Foundation Training, there will be a number of KEO sessions during which participants will introduce themselves with others using a standard format, designed by Course Administration.

vi) Career Counseling:

Course Adviser will provide the participants with counseling and consultation on their academic and professional career. The Course management will prepare the schedule of the counseling on the basis of specific needs of the participants.

vii) Course Contents:

The course contents are being continuously reviewed and updated by the BIAM faculty. To meet the training needs of the participants, the contents of the course have been segmented into the following major areas:

01: Bangladesh Studies

02: The Constitution of Bangladesh

03: Administrative Rules and Procedures

04: Administration and Organizational Behavior  

05: Office Management                                                 

06: Development Administration & Project Management  

07: Development Economics

08: Financial Management

09: Computer and Information Technology

10: Book Review and Oral Presentation Program

11: Gender Awareness

12: Extension Lectures

13: Social Research Method

14: Communicative English

15:  Village Study

16: Study Tour

17: Term Paper / Social Welfare Program

18: DG’s Evaluation

viii) Presentation on Village study:

Each participant shall preferably visit his/her upazilla to conduct a study on a particular subject and has to submit one study report in English. Participants have to make a group / individual Power Point presentation on their report for half an hour.

ix) Extension Lecture:

Extension lecture will be held in the evening. These lecturers will dwell upon the issues of national/international importance and offer the participants an opportunity to interact and share experience with senior government officials and noted personalities. A number of extension lectures are conducted with external resource persons. The external resource persons, usually being the top civil servants of the government, share their experiences with the participants. With such exposures, the participants are expected to be well-groomed as career civil servants.

x) Syndicate Work:

Participants are also required to carry out syndicate works. The Module Director gives the topics, which are discussed and deliberated by the group members. The group will select a Chairperson and a Secretary to conduct the exercise sessions. The exercise will be followed by the presentation of the syndicate report.

xi) Term Paper / Social Welfare Program:

Preparing term paper is also an important component of Foundation Training. The participants will prepare a number of term papers on current issues of national and international importance. Otherwise, the Participants in a group will conduct health related social welfare program.

xii) Book Review and Oral Presentation Program:

Book Review constitutes another important component. Each participant will write critical reviews of one book in Bangla. The presentation of the review will be followed by question-answer session.

xiii) Co-Curricular Activities:

The participants are encouraged to perform extra curricular activities that involve themselves in   activities which express their inner qualities. The trainees will be evaluated by the Course Administration throughout the course on their active participation in classroom, sports, preparing wall-magazine, souvenir, organizing study tour & cultural activities etc.

xiv) DG’s Evaluation:

At the end of the course, the Director General of BIAM Foundation will evaluate the participants. This evaluation will help Director General (DG) to understand the knowledge of the participants which they acquired from training. Participants can also share their ideas and views with the Director General.

Examination and Evaluation:

i) BIAM follows a two-way evaluation method. The learning achievements of the participants are assessed through their active participation, different tests, oral presentations and take-home exercises. The participants, on the other hand, evaluate performance of the resource persons of the course during each session and the overall course at the end of the training program.