Lok Sabha Question No. 113 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-02
Subject: Vocational Education in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 113 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.05.2016

## Vocational Education in Schools

†*113. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether any policy has been formulated to include employment oriented programmes, skill  development and vocational education in the curriculum of the Central Board of Secondary Education and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  from  the  State  Governments  with regard to skill and small vocational curriculum and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to include the employment oriented programmes in the school curriculum?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c) of LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NUMBER 113 FOR REPLY ON 02.05.2016 ASKED BY COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY REGARDING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS

(a): The  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Education  (CBSE)  offers  various  skill  based vocational  courses  in  its  affiliated  schools  at  secondary  and  senior  secondary  level.  At present, 13 courses are offered at secondary level i.e. Class IX th onwards and 40 courses are offered at senior secondary level i.e. Class XI th and XII th .

(b): Proposals for introduction of vocational education in secondary and senior secondary schools  under  the  scheme  of  Vocationalisation  of  Secondary  and  Higher  Secondary Education (VS&HSE) are received from the States/UTs. Till 2015-16, 3654 schools in 31 States/UTs  have  been  approved  under  the  scheme  with  coverage  capacity  of  7,30,800 students  across  15  sectors  including  -  Agriculture,  Apparel,  Automobile,  Beauty  & Wellness, Banking/Financial Services & Insurance, Construction, Health Care, IT & ITeS, Logistics, Media & Entertainment, Physical Education & Sports, Retail, Security, Telecom, Travel & Tourism.

(c):  The Government is implementing the scheme of Vocationalisation of secondary and higher secondary education under the umbrella of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan from  Class  IX th onwards  across  the  country.  The  scheme  seeks  to  integrate  vocational education with general academic education. The major aim of the scheme is to prepare educated, employable and competitive human resource for various sectors of the economy and  the  global  market.  The  specific  objectives  of  the  scheme  are  to  enhance  the employability  of  youth  through  demand  driven  competency  based,  modular  vocational courses; to fill the gap between educated and employable; and to reduce the dropout rate at  the  secondary  level.  It  envisages  close  partnership  with  the  industry  in  the  design, development, delivery, assessment and certification of skills content. Under the scheme, curricula  and  courseware  are  prepared  based  on  the  National  Occupation  Standards issued by the respective Sector Skill Councils.

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