This is training through blended learning sponsored by Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.
The Assam Administrative Staff College is implementing the COMMIT programme of the Department of Personnel and Training(DoPT), Government of India. COMMIT stands for “Comprehensive Online Modified Modules for Induction Training” and was launched in June 2017 on a pilot-basis in six states of the country. Assam along with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Telangana and Haryana were selected for the pilot project.
The COMMIT programme is strategically aligned and will supplement the ongoing 12-day Induction Training Programme (ITP) being implemented by DoPT for newly recruited frontline state government functionaries. Under COMMIT, induction training would be provided for professional and personal development to all frontline state government functionaries recruited in the last 5 years belonging to Group B and Group C categories of employees. The objective is to improve public service delivery and Promote Good-governance and citizen centricity of administration.
The COMMIT Programme is 28 hours of blended training with 20 hours of e-learning and 8 hours of face-to-face training. It will allow officers and faculty to take advantage of much of the flexibility and convenience of an online course while retaining the benefits of the face-to-face classroom experience. Through COMMIT, approximately 85000 officers will be covered in the pilot phase. The advantages of such a programme will be providing opportunities to more officials who have had limited or no training to build the requisite skills, knowledge and attitude; require limited classroom space; and offer the advantages of online learning combined with the social and instructional interaction.
In Assam, the target group for training under the COMMIT programme are the frontline Grade II and Grade III employees of the state government recruited after 1st January,2011. The programme was launched in the state on 21/7/2017 with officials from various departments working in Kamrup(Metro) district attending the first face-to-face training at the Assam Administrative Staff College. Sri Anjan Chakravarty, IAS, Director of Training, Assam Administrative Staff College inaugurated the programme. Till 16th August, 2017, the AASC has imparted 8 rounds of face-to-face training covering 391 officials belonging to Kamrup(Metro) district. About 9000 employees covering all 33 districts of the state are expected to be imparted training through the COMMIT programme within 31st March, 2018.
