Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal recently launched the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework ( NVEQF) which will be implemented in polytechnics, engineering colleges and other colleges across the country.
Announcing the launch of the framework, Sibal said that a seven-level
certification programme, starting in class IX, would be started in
different fields of vocational training, culminating in a degree at the
end of the seventh year.
The programme, which will be launched
from the academic year 2012-13, is sector-specific. The sectors include
IT, media, entertainment, telecommunications, mobile communications,
automobile, construction, retail, food processing, tourism, hotel,
jewellery design and fashion design.
A total of 1,000 hours of
training will be necessary in every level annually, with hours fixed for
different topics in the course. The programme is expected to cater to
at least five million students for vocational degree and diploma every
year.
Courtesy: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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