<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh launched the Leadership for Academicians Programme, LEAP and Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching, ARPIT in New Delhi on Tuesday.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the gathering, the Minister said that developing good teachers is an arduous task and if teachers show enough commitment, ARPIT will go a long way in empowering the teaching faculty. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, committed teachers, will develop confidence and competence. He also added that combining the qualities of a good teacher and an effective leader is very difficult. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar in a video message highlighted the need for constant updation to keep abreast of recent developments which will enrich the teaching and learning experiences. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">ARPIT is a unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakh higher education faculty. For implementing ARPIT, 75 discipline-specific institutions have been identified and notified as National Resource Centres in the first phase.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">LEAP is a three weeks flagship leadership development training programme for second level academic functionaries in public-funded higher education institutions. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The main objective is to prepare the second tier academic heads who are potentially likely to assume leadership roles in the future.</span><br />''