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For them, such refresher course enhances their ability to handle students and upgrade their knowledge,” said M Selvam, advisor of teachers association of Bharathidasan university (BDU). He said the move will way dilute the very purpose of HRDC.Former president of association of university teachers (AUT) K Pandiyan questioned UGC’s apathy in adequately funding such courses. But the fact is that there is an overwhelming number of teachers wanting to attend such courses. Trichy: The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) decision to reduce the number of days for orientation and refresher courses offered by the human resource development centre (HRDC) across the country has not been received well by many college teachers.The new draft guideline released by UGC on Tuesday suggested reducing the 28-day long refresher course to 18 days and 21-day refresher course to 14 days. This is done considering the welfare of teachers.”.