RT Article T1 Die noodsaaklikheid van onderrig- ontwikkeling aan die Universiteit JF Koers VO 48 IS 4 SP 258 OP 274 A1 Plessis, S. J. P. du LA Undetermined YR 1983 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1936637308 AB As a result of a shortage of skilled manpower, the rapid increase in knowledge and technological development, personnel development has become an issue of great and urgent necessity. In this article the author looks at the necessity of leaching development as an important component of the development and promotion of lecturing at the university, and comes to the conclusion that lecturers at tertiary (university) level need to be made cognizant of recent developments in the techniques of tertiary teaching so that leaching can be as effective as possible in an effort to render more effective service to the community served by the university. DO 10.4102/koers.v48i4.993