Skilled person can make a living on its own, can create new avenues for self and even turn events in a manner that are fruitful in life. Let us see what is skill and how much importance it holds in personal life and how the education sector contributes to skill building. This post is a part of #EducationForAll series, today let’s focus on the importance of Vocational Education and its foundation in our education system of India.
What is a Skill?
Skill is that inner talent that shines through proper training. Skill is the expertise in a particular field that comes through constant hard-work and practise. This is a valuable asset that walks a person throughout life.
How can we refine a Skill?
• Through proper insight and knowledge about the subject.
• Through determined thought and round the clock hard work.
• Through possessing proper training to know the right procedure and methods.
Role of education :
Proper guidance and training plays a major role in taking our skills to the level of accurate precision. Vocational education focuses in this particular area where students churn out their best talent and can take-up their passion as a career option.
What is Vocational Education?
Vocational education imparts its learners the procedural knowledge about a specific trade, technology, occupation or vocation especially for career building. This involves practical training and hands on learning of various skills and technology. Vocational education is also known as career and technical education because these courses are mostly taken up by job seekers to build their career in a specific field.
Areas covered in vocational education:
• Health care and paramedical
• Engineering works
• Commerce based
• Agriculture sector
• Logistic management
• Hospitality sector
• Tourism
• Home science
NEP 2020 and Vocational Education:
Vocational education till date is not part of the academic curriculum in India and aspirants need to take up the course as part time along with academic learning or full time. It is mostly opted by those who want to seek a job or to attain practical know-how about the subject. It was mostly opted by dropouts or grade 11 or 12, this made most of the students to look down to vocational education and also few felt it easier , latter is not true.
The belief of Shri Narendra Modi , PM of India shares “Skill development , speed and scale are 3 important aspects that are relevant to the present day development module.”
The new education policy will be focused on these pointers.
· Vocational education has been recently addressed in 2013 at National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF)
· The NEP aims at removing the hierarchy that mainstream education is considered superior to the vocational courses by stating that all educational institutions – schools, colleges and universities should integrate vocational education along with mainstream education.
· Introducing vocational education at an earlier level of education will ensure that quality vocational education is imparted to students and it will also create an importance of labour that in turn will make them appreciate local art and artisans.
· NEP aims that by the year 2025, 50% of the school and higher education will have exposure to vocational courses.
· Further the industries, shall appoint internships to the students so that the skill is brushed and students are ready to face the world.
We all can be assured that in the coming years vocational education is going to see the bright light and New Education Policy 2020 plans to make the graph of the students with various colors and broadening horizons of education. Now, with the change in the spectrum of vocational education we will have people who are engineers with great culinary skills and a tennis player to be a skillful designer.
This post is a part of series #EducationForAll with Blogchatter campaign #CauseAChatter where in each month we publish a post related to the education field. You can read all the posts #EducationForAll and get to know the numerous aspects of education in India.
Vocational education is very important and can make a perfect combination with the regular learning. Introduced at an early age,it can help students to gain knowledge both theoretical and hand on.
ReplyDeleteI agree that learning is not bounded with age and there are so many vocational education available across which can give you new goals in life!!
ReplyDeleteVocational Education is important as it teaches life skill. In our time students used to take it as these subjects were scoring.
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Vocational Education is important as it teaches life skill. In our time students used to take it as these subjects were scoring.
ReplyDelete- Ujjwal Mishra MywordsMywisdom
Vocational Education is important as it teaches life skill. In our time students used to take it as these subjects were scoring.
ReplyDelete- Ujjwal Mishra MywordsMywisdom
This is a good concept I had no clue about. Blame it on the mugging and vomiting we did all throughout school. Yes this should be introduced to our kids. Perhaps we can start with finding places that would encourage such teachings.
ReplyDeleteI believe in the same theory, vocational education is as important as the regular one because scoring marks should not be the only aim, skill development is equally important.
ReplyDeleteLoveing this series dear and I am glad that with each post, you are sharing something unique with readers. I believe vocational education should be a part of academic curriculum. teaching our kids the skills ( that they like) since early childhood helps in creating a bright foundation for future.
ReplyDeleteWe have spent our childhood just to get the right score and mug up stuff but yes to succeed in life, vocational studies should also be included which would do an all round grooming of the kids and help them a lot in their future
ReplyDeleteManisha - The one thing I liked in the new education policy is the emphasis on vocational training it will surely help us in the long run.
ReplyDeleteVocational skills and vocational education has seen a great acceptance . There are so many skills that can be learnt at any age.
ReplyDeleteThe best part about vocational education is that practical approach makes understanding easier while giving kids the chance to explore and enhance their skills. A good move!
ReplyDeleteI too believe vocational education is as important as regular learning . Because vocational education enhance the inner learning skill .
ReplyDeleteYes totally agree. Vocational education has a huge benefits. And we all should incorporate vocational education in our daily lives to be more polished and groomed.
ReplyDeleteAll across the globe (except India) the concept of skill-based economy or gig economy is very popular. The NEP has laid the foundation for this concept in India. I just hope they are able to implement the policy in the right manner.
ReplyDeleteI have always felt that Vocational Education has not got the respect and exposure that it deserves, in India. is is as important as formal education, if so inclined. Wish it earns it's place soon.
ReplyDeleteAll the points highlighted here are good on vocational courses. Great you brought them all here out
ReplyDeleteThis is very well written post.. it's is really sad that people on our country do not give importance to vocational education.. people definitely need to be educated about it..
ReplyDeleteThis is an invaluable post. Not many favor Vocational education in our country and Ive always wondered why. I hope many read this writeup.
ReplyDeleteVocational education is need of the hour. Glad you wrote about it as kids need more than just book learning.
ReplyDeleteVocational education is much needed.What is important to remember is that quality of education and experience both are needed for skills to be useful.
ReplyDeleteVocational education is equally important to mainstream education Nd I'm glad that the neo is incorporating it. Kids should also be exposed to vocational education.
ReplyDeleteVocational education is absolutely needed for anyone.. More than the bookish education, such education imprves the skills of the individual which will help them to establish a work for themselves... Such nice points shared here...
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about this, it's the tally needed. Our times were only book related. Now the change is needed.
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