More than 100 University/College teachers from all parts of the country are attending these courses. Dr. Samina Khan, Professor Saghir Ifrahim and Professor Shireen Moosvi, Director, Centre for Women’s Studies, AMU are the Course Coordinators for English, Oriental Studies and Women's Studies respectively.

 The 18-days long courses will be based on interactive and interdisciplinary sessions with focus on evaluation, seminar presentation, teachers' presentation and written assignments. Literary and cultural programmes will also be organized as part of the courses.

 Addressing the inaugural session, Professor Kidwai, Director, UGC Academic Staff College welcomed the Course Participants and presented before them a synoptic account of the role of AMU in the spread of higher education and in social engineering especially among the Muslims of India. He appealed to them to derive maximum benefits from the on-going courses to deliver quality education.

Dr. Samina Khan, Course Coordinator, English welcomed the participants and assured them of a highly rewarding training programme covering various aspects of teaching English language and literature.