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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 22: Vocationalisation of Secondary Education

Unit 22: Vocationalisation of Secondary Education Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
22.1 Need for Vocationalisation of Education
22.2 Merits of Vocationalisation of Education
22.3 Targets Set And Achieved In NPE, 1986 And 1992
22.4 Problems of Vocationalisation
22.5 Suggestions for Accelerating Vocationalisation of Secondary Education
22.6 Summary
22.7 Keywords
22.8 Review Questions
22.9 Further Readings

Objective
The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below :
• to discuss about Need for Vocationalisation of Education
• to describe about Merits of Vocationalisation of Education.
• to explain targets, set and achieved in NPE, 1986 and 1992.
• to discss about Problems of Vocationalisation
• to describe about Suggestions for Accelerating Vocationalisation of Secondary Education
Introduction

UNESCO, in its recommendation of 1974 defined it as a “Comprehensive term embracing those
aspects of the educational process involving, in addition to general education, the study of
technologies and related sciences and the acquisition of practical skills, attitudes, understanding
and knowledge relating to occupations in the various sectors of economic and social life.”

22.1 Need for Vocationalisation of Education
It is increasingly being realised that the great need of the hour is to divert our “Single track”
education system of the academic type into a double track or multi-track education to provide
diversified vocational courses which really prepare higher secondary students for life, make our
education job-oriented and productive. The country’s education system is to be re-organised in
terms of job-orientation, work experience and development of skills and attitudes that will make
for self-employment rather than search for the job. As Rabindranath Tagore has put it “A man
may be eminent in book-learning but his education remains incomplete till he has not learnt to put
his hand to good and efficient purpose”. Mahatma Gandhi also stressed the importance of working
with head and hand together. It is high time that we make our education really terminal so that a
large majority of our students are prepared for and directed to different walks of life.
The report of Abbot Wood in 1937 advocated for a planned and systematic vocational education
in this country. The system of basic education as propounded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1937 made
education Craft-centred. The Secondary Education Commission 1952-53 recommended the
establishment of multi-lateral or multi-purpose schools to provide for diversified courses at the

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