Integrated Government Online Training Programme Launched

Last Updated on January 29, 2019 by Bharat Saini

iGOT, Integrated Government Online Training Programme, which will augment the existing training mechanism with online module-based training coupled with certification and make training inputs available to government servants on site and on flexitime basis, was launched by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, in New Delhi on 20 Dec 2018. The trainings will be focussed and targeted to the requirement of the officials. The initiative aims at “Competent Civil Services for Good Governance”.

National Training Policy-2012 mandates that all civil servants will be provided with training to equip them with the competencies for their current or future jobs.  The current structure of training for Government servants including domestic and foreign training is mostly available to very small section of the government servants. Consequent upon some recent initiatives undertaken by DoPT aimed at providing training to cutting edge level functionaries in the Central/State Governments, significant changes have taken place.  The outreach of the existing training setup is very limited in view of the large workforce employed in various States/UT Governments.

iGOT, developed by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, is a part of overall ‘Digital India’ flagship programme of the Government,.

• iGOT Programme through Massive Online Open Courses mechanism would be a platform to bring together the numerous Government and other training institutions for providing a single point of access to the repository of training resources.
• iGOT will provide a broad training eco-system creating synergies across various premier training institutes of the country and to cater the training needs which can encompass all the officials in the entire hierarchy of Central and State Governments.
• The e-Learning mode provides unparalleled opportunities for training to a large number of civil servants scattered all over the country.
• This platform will ultimately build a large training eco-system.
• Latest technologies make available vast resources of learning material and online courses, providing the individuals enormous choices and flexibility in learning.
• It will provide a single point of access to the repository of training resources.
• Training courses under this programme will be accessible through DoPT’s web portal.
• DoPT has collaborated with JPAL, South Asia and MIT, USA to launch MITx Micro Master Programmes for the government servants.
• Among the bouquet of Training Courses on offer through this initiative are those offered by MIT, U. S. A.

Dr Jitendra Singh also launched Hybrid Course on Administrative Laws developed by DoPT in collaboration with the premier law school, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru; and speaking on the improvements made by DoPT, said that the training programmes of India are now being acknowledged worldwide. He further said that ‘Anubhav’ initiative of the Ministry is a good base for research activities and now the department is in the process of preparing a manual based on these write-ups. The Minister also urged the state Governments to adopt these initiatives towards good governance and improved training techniques.