October 2019, New Delhi: The Indian Society for Training &
Development (ISTD) and National Open College Network (NOCN) UK, signed
the Memorandum of Understanding at Indian Habitat Center, New Delhi.
They both will be working together on “Internationally Certified Trainer
Programme” wherein ISTD will build flexible employer led programmes and
qualifications for individuals, employers, employer groups and
communities for helping Indian business to thrive and grow and NOCN will
provide Quality Assurance standards and International Certification of
the ISTD courses delivered. This will not only raise the skill bars of
Indian trainers but will also provide a global platform with abundance
of opportunities.
Arvind Khode, Chairman, Certification and Accreditation Board, ISTD said that Indian
Economy is growing dynamically and growth of Asian economy is equally
challenging which is expected to dominate the global market. This growth
is attracting huge FDI’s, foreign business, partnerships, Start-up’s
etc. which calls for upgrading and skilling of manpower which further
leads to the need of training them. In order to address these global
expectations from trainers, ISTD and NOCN both have joined hands.
Graham
Hasting-Evans, Managing Director of NOCN said “NOCN has been designing
and operating consistent and reliable vocational skills assessment tests
and examinations for nearly 30 years. We are delightCd to be able to
support ISTD by quality assuring and providing international
certification for their new courses.”
ISTD
has come up with a product to develop L&D professionals,
specifically designed for trainers. It has been developed to recognize,
provide credibility to trainers who will be equipped with advanced
skills and a global orientation.
The
industry trade or commerce is groping in the dark in search of a real
professional trainers who can deliver to meet their L&D needs. The
five day evaluation – based program will address the industry’s concern
which will strengthen the learners with advanced skills covering
instructional design, training delivery, learning and technologies. It
will focus on class performance skills, presentation skills, module
structure, conceptual skills and class control skills.