Vocational Education

Presented by:

• To develop skilled manpower through diversified
courses to meet the requirements of unorganized
sector


•To instill self-employment skills in people through a
large number of self-employment oriented courses.

Importance Of Vocational Education

 The skill shortage in the Indian Economy today is largely
due to neglect of Vocational education.


 The ASSOCHAM paper recently published revealed that
nearly 300 million people of the 18 to 50 age group are
unemployed because they just do not have any
marketable skills.

 The National Policy on Education (1986) emphasized its
importance & observed: “The introduction of systematic,
well planned & rigorously implemented programme of
Vocational Education is crucial in the proposed
Educational re-organisation. Vocational Education will be
distinct stream intended to prepare students for
identified Vocational spanning several areas of activity.”

Vocational Education is imparted in the:

 Govt. Schools & Govt. Aided schools under Directorate of
Education

 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)

 Polytechnics under Department of Training & Technical
Education (TTE).

The program was initiated to provide :-

 Students to learn a skill to undertake a career or
pursue a higher education in the specific field of
interest.

 To impart training in simple marketable skills to the
students of the classes of XI & XII to develop
vocational interests and to facilitate the students in
making a choice of vocational courses at the
higher secondary level.

The Directorate of Education
started the Vocational Education
Programme in 1977-78.

 Presently 19 Vocational courses are taught at the +2
stage by 748 Vocational Part Time Teachers in 204
Govt. & 07 Govt. Aided Sr. Sec. Schools in India.
 Vocational Courses are based on:
 Engineering & Technology,
 Business & Commerce,
 Home-science,
 Health & Para-Medical,
 Agriculture,
 Computer,
 Hospitality & Tourism
 Other miscellaneous streams


1. Vocational Courses
2. Districtwise Distribution of Vocational Courses in Schools
3. Enrollment of Students
4. Comparison of Results of Vocational Stream With Other Streams


Vocational Courses:


Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Technology

Automobile Technology

Banking

Computer (Information Technology) Application

Electrical Technology

Electronics Technology

Fashion Design & Cloth Construction

Food Production

Food & Beverage Services

Food Service & Management

Health Care & Beauty Culture

Horticulture

Library & Information Science

Medical Lab. Technology

Office Secretaryship

Stenography & Computer Application (English)

Stenography & Computer Application (Hindi)

Textile Designing

Tourism & Travel Tech.

Districtwise Distribution of Vocational Courses in Schools
Name of Vocational Stream
East
North
East
North NW-A NW-B West-A West-B SW-A SW-B South ND Central Total
Electrical Technology
1 1 1 3
Electronics Technology
1 1 2 1 5
Automobile Technology
1 1 2
Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration
Technology
1 1 2
Stenography & Computer
Application (English)
8 5 3 9 7 15 9 7 2 11 1 1 78
Stenography & Computer
Application (Hindi)
1 4 2 2 1 - 1 2 1 3 17
Office Secretary ship
1 1 2
Banking
3 1 4 2 1 2 13
Food Service & Management
1 1 1 2 5
Fashion Designing & Clothing
Construction
11 6 1 5 6 6 6 3 5 10 2 61
Health Care & Beauty Culture
4 2 2 5 2 7 2 4 6 8 3 45
Textile Design-Dyeing & Printing
3 1 2 1 3 5 4 1 1 2 1 24
Medical Lab. Technology
1 1
Tourism & Travel Techniques
1 1
Horticulture
4 1 5 10
Computer Application (Information
Technology)
1 2 1 2 4 3 2 5 3 23
Library & Information Science
1 1 2
Food Production
Food & Beverage Services
Total
32 24 14 29 25 43 28 24 17 49 1 8 294


The Enrolment of Students in Vocational
Streams Steadily Increased in Previous
Years And Presently It Is 20911:

Sl.No. Academic Year Total Enrolment in Vocational
Courses
1 2008-09 13149
2 2009-10 13108
3 2010-11 14417
4 2011-12 16844
5 2012-13 20911

Streamwise Comparison of Results:

Names of Courses Modified/Revised
by CBSE From 2013-2014:

1. Health & Beauty studies

2. Library & Information sciences

3. Office secretary ship

4. Travel & Tourism

5. Horticulture
Teaching imparted by Vocational
Part-time Teachers appointed/
deployed on temporary and
contingent basis and being paid
from the Contingency Funds.


Funds For Vocational Education
 Budget Allocation for vocational activities in schools: At
present an amount of Rs.8400/- per vocational stream
per school is being allocated to meet the Contingency
requirement under (Non-Plan) scheme.

 However, in case of streams under Hospitality and
Tourism (Food Production & Food & beverages services)
an amount of Rs.5000/- per month to each school with
maximum of Rs.50000/-Per annum (10 months) is being
allocated under Plan scheme.

Future Prospects of Vocational Students:
 The students from Vocational streams
 Get admission to India University colleges for higher
studies, but are also
 Are eligible for
 Elementary Teacher Education (ETE) *
 early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE).
 Seek lateral entry in the Second Year of Diploma
Courses conducted by the State Board of Technical
Education, under the Department of Training &
Technical Education,
cont.
 The Vocational 10+2 passed out students have good job
opportunities.
 In case of Stenography (English), the students can pursue
Certificate & Diploma in Office Management & Secretary-ship,
whereby they may be placed in the post of Reader, Reporter &
Senior Reporter in Parliament & other Legislative Bodies playing
a pivotal role in recording the proceedings of the house.
 In Vocational courses like Textile Designing, Fashion Designing &
Clothing Construction students may be admitted to higher
education & thereafter get placed & employed in organizations
like Fashion Industries & Textile Industries for the purpose of
Designing & tailoring the deferent design & textile.
 In case of Health Care & Beauty Culture, the students can be
placed in Beauty Parlors & Fitness Centres.


Training of Vocational Teachers

 Vocational teachers are given training in various trades
during the summer vacation by SCERT.

 Short term Training on Pedagogy Training Module for in-
service Vocational Teachers at Regional Institute of
Education, Bhopal, is organized from time to time.
New Initiatives in Vocational Education
 Revised syllabus/curriculum of agriculture, Dairy farming,
banking, insurance and stenography(English and Hindi).
 Introduction of new courses such as food production and
food and beverage services under hospitality and tourism
 Introduction of vocational subject of 200 hours duration
along with five academic subjects form class IX in trades
such as retail, security, information technology and
automobile from the session 2013-14.
Activities taken by the EVGCs in
schools
Personal Guidance – Counseling of students in groups or individually
for

• Stress and anxiety management
• Anger management
• Depression
• Interpersonal relationship problems
• Substance / drug addicts
• Delinquency problems like stealing, bullying, lying etc.
• Truancy
• Drop out
• Long absentee
• Fear
• Career Decision and goal achievement
• Dejection
• Children with special need
Activities taken by the EVGCs in
schools
 Psychological Testing
Developing life skills
Parental Counseling

• How to deal with children and develop good relationship
• Know their children better and understand their need
• Be there at the time of crisis as helping hand
• Access the community resources
• How to protect their children from social evils
• Accept the child as he/she is (CSWN)
Activities taken by the EVGCs in
schools
Motivational talks for parents of first generation
learners and information regarding various Government
Schemes.
Dealing with problems of substance / drug abuse
Helping in admission process for EWS Wards
Organizing / Supervising Career Mela
Stress Management techniques
Pre-Examinations Counseling
Career Counseling
Career counseling help students in:

Self assessment to identify your available abilities and
skills
In setting direction – career path
Reviewing performance – succession path
Identifying areas of professional growth
Identify areas of self development
Identify future opportunities