Deakin University's Indian teachers to get trained in Australia

"I want to really emphasise that these will not be a small cohort of staff employed in India, but Deakin staff who happen to be employed in India. That's not the same," Martin said

The Indian teaching faculty employed at the Deakin University campus in GIFT City will be expected to complete a graduate certificate on teaching and learning methods in higher education, within the first three years of their employment.

Speaking to Business Standard, Professor Iain Martin, vice chancellor of Deakin University in Australia, said the training “is a mandatory part of being an educator at Deakin and is delivered flexibly, i.e. partly in-person and partly online”. The teacher training courses will be in the areas of cybersecurity and business analytics.

Since staff will be hired from India and the courses are accredited