Link between normal and job-oriented education missing in India
25 / 07 / 2013 (Thursday) || 04:04 AM
Skill-development
and workforce in India is meagre as compared to other nations and the
country is missing the link between normal and job-oriented education, a
top Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) official said on July
18.
“We
talk about so many things, about personality development of a child,
about holistic development of a child, but somewhere we are missing the
link between normal and job-oriented education.”
“Statistics
clearly show that skill-development and workforce in India is meagre
compared to other nations,” CBSE Director (EDUSAT and Vocational) M V V
Prasada Rao said at the 'Global Conference on Skilling in schools'
hosted in New Delhi.
“Skill
is not just related to job-oriented courses but is important in every
part of life. Teachers need skills, principals need skills,
administration needs skills, everyone needs skills. We are missing
skills in school,” he said.
Rao said vocational education is not a new terminology; the problem is only at the acceptance level.
“A
child interested in physics, chemistry and biology is not being taught
about the importance of vocational education. The problem is at the
school level. It is only because of the mindset that vocational
education has not been developed. We need skilled people to develop this
nation.”
“Parents want their children to be doctor or engineer but vocational training is as important as normal education,” he said.
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