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Development of Education System

Notes 8.5.3 Recommendations
• Need for creation of large scale skill development opportunities and infrastructure.
(i) to meet the demand of skilled work force by the industry and service sector
(ii) to keep the economy growing,
(iii) to facilitate employability of the rapidly growing work force.
• Integration of vocational education at the school level
(i) to impart the basic technical skills to a large number of new entrants to the about force
(ii) Special reorientation for the school drop-outs
(iii) through professional career counseling
(iv) widespread use of ICT in skill training
• Skill Mapping
(i) To identify precise skill requirement for the growth of industry-ready manpower
• Flexibility
(i) Academics should be more flexible and inter-disciplinary.
(ii) Vertical as well as horizontal mobility between different stream of education, and
(iii) while VE and VT are being dealt with separately, it is essential that both form part of a
continuum and a common framework.
(iv) Build Specific enterprise skills into all VET programmes
(v) widespread use of ICT in skill training
(iv) widespread use of ICT in skill training
• Private Sector Participation (PPP model)
(i) Participation of private sector to be encouraged at the ITI level of skill development and
vocational education and training.
(ii) Develop quality ITI’s and Polytechnics with skill development courses in association
with industry to run these.
(iii) Institutionalize and establish coordination between the private sector and the government
to run institutions for skill development.
8.5.4 Special Strategy to be planned for remote areas
• Course and Curriculum development
(i) curricula to be revised periodically.
(ii) flexible approach in developing courses and curriculum.
(iii) curriculum be developed based of the learnin outcome rather than on prescribed rigid
format
(iv) add on specialized vocational courses to be offered at Unviersity and Higher Institution
level.
• More and more market oriented popular trades
• Optimum utilization of available resources
• Certification and standard
(i) An appropriate certificate system should be instituted by the central and state
governments along with industry for certifying the skills of trainees

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