Training School Teachers has been in practice for long in India. However, the need for training University and College Teachers is
being felt only now. Various strategies for achieving the present goal are being discused, and some are put into practice. Face-to face orientation programmes for University and College Teachers are organised at the Academic Staff Colleges. Das argues that if
the orientation programmes are offered through distance mode in the form of self-study material they will prove to move effective
and economically viable. We think the case merits serious consideration. Althou-g h some of the information givenbere is somewhat dated, the issues raised remain significant.