Vocational Education 🛠️

(A) Objectives

• Develop an awareness and concept of different skills. 🤹‍♂️
• Impart knowledge about vocational education. 🎓
• Equip themselves with the latest trends in different trades. 🔧

(B) Syllabus

SECTION - A

1. Vocational Education: Concept, objectives, and its importance. 📚
2. Vocationalization of Education: Concept, objective, and its importance. 🔍
3. Historical Perspective: Basic Education Scheme (1937), Secondary Education Commission (1952), National Education Commission (1964-66), Scheme of Vocationalization of Secondary Education (1988), National Policy of Education (1986). 📜

SECTION - B

1. Transformation of vocational courses in different policies, Educational Streams with special reference to vocational trades, Market trade and employability. 📊
2. Skill Development: need, objective, standards, curriculum and levels, National Skill Qualification Framework. 🛠️
3. Revision of vocationalization of education (2014): aims and objectives, implementing agencies, certification, facility, and teacher training. 📈

Activities (Any one of the following)

• Visit to an ITI/Skill centre. 🏭
• Report on functioning of an industrial unit. 📊
• Evaluation of vocational stream at secondary school stage. 🔍

(C) Books Recommended

1. World Bank (2007). Skill Development in India: Vocational education and Training. Washington, DC. 📚
2. Scheme of Vocationalisation of Secondary Education (1988). New Delhi: MHRD. 📘
3. Punjab School Education Board (2005). Syllabi of vocational Stream, Mohali: PSEB. 📖
4. Rao, D.B (1998). National Policy on Education. New Delhi: Discovery. 📘
5. Ghosh, S.C. (2009). History of Education in modern India. New Delhi: Blackswan. 📚
6. Dass, D. (1984). Development of Technical Education in India. New Delhi: MHRD. 📘

📝 Previous Year Question Papers of Vocational Education

2020