Bhopal district, City in India

The Ministry of Education organized a one-day Consultation Workshop on Reimagining Vocational Education and Career Guidance for School Students in collaboration with UNICEF and YuWaah at New Delhi.Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar, chaired the consultation workshop and two roundtable interactions with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Directorate General of Training (ITI), PSSCIVE, Bhopal, NCERT, CBSE, NCVET, AICTE etc. The workshop and roundtable interaction were also attended by various experts from PwC, YuWaah, Civil Society organizations, state education department, practitioners and organisations working in the fields of vocational education and career counselling, corporates and current and passed out students.During the keynote address, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy, Sanjay Kumar, pointed out that India needs to catch up with other countries in terms of skilling the workforce through formal vocational training during the student years. NEP 2020 has identified such issues and has suggested remedial measures.Kumar pointed out that as per NEP, 2020 Vocational Education needs to be integrated into all schools and higher education institutions in a phased manner over the next decade. Trades and Courses shall be chosen based on skills gap analysis and mapping of local opportunities to make it demand driven. Concerted efforts from all stakeholders will be required to de-stigmatize Vocational Education and make it aspirational."The National Credit Framework, currently under finalization by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship will also eliminate traditional hierarchies and silos between different areas of learning. It will help in removing complex separations between arts and sciences, between curricular and extra-curricular activities, between vocational and academic streams, etc. By providing credits for academic, extra-curricular and experiential learning, NCrF will help dropouts from the formal education system to get reintegrated by aligning their practical experience with the appropriate Framework level," he addedThe consultations were also addressed by Dhuwarakha Sriram Chief of Generation Unlimited (YuWaah), Youth Development and Partnerships and Terry Durian, Chief of Education, UNICEF. Various ideas related to reimagining, reinventing vocational education modules etc. were discussed at length.Importance of life skills - both vertical and horizontal, aspirational disconnect and information asymmetry in uptake of vocational education school,giving a gender perspective to vocational education, etc were also focus of these discussions.In the light of newly launched National Education Policy, 2020 the aim should be to empower students with skills such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, robotic process automation, cybersecurity, etc. so that vocational graduates could compete in the global economy. The need to establish virtual labs, so that all students have equal access to high-quality practical and hands-on experience, was also stressed upon. The Conference also benefitted from the feedback from students who have taken vocational courses like Multi-Skilling course and Information Technology course.( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Bhopal DistrictFOLLOW

Bhopal district, Latest News

Bhopal, Dec 30 With Madhya Pradesh readying for polls in 2023, political parties have started their preparations. The ... ...

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur paid a visit to the Sports Authority of India National ... ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that players who bring medals in Olympic Games will be ... ...

New Delhi, Dec 26 Sports minister Anurag Thakur paid a visit to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) ... ...

Madhya Pradesh government is on high alert regarding the new Omicron sub-variant BF.7, whuch is believed to be driving ... ...

The Google News Initiative, in partnership with DataLEADS, organized the Data Dialogue in Bhopal, the second workshop of the pan-India data journalism training series that is being held in 20 cities across India in English and 10 Indian languages beg ...

Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal marked its seventh Convocation Ceremony with a graceful event on 17th December 2022. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) and Rajy ...

The Ministry of Education organized a one-day Consultation Workshop on Reimagining Vocational Education and Career Guidance for School Students ... ...