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4.5 Qualitative Improvement
In keeping with the larger objectives of the Eleventh
Five Year Plan, the future thrust of the NIOS
vocational courses is on training of educated
unemployed youth for meaningful, skill oriented
employment. In the coming years, the plans for course
development include launching of traditional as well
as non-traditional technology oriented and
competency based courses which have direct
connection with market and industrial demand.
4.6 Guidelines, Norms for
Accreditation of AVIs and
Revision of MOU
In order to improve the quality of the programmes
being conducted by the partnering institutions, more
rigorous parameters had been drawn for accrediting
new institutions, to ensure better transparency and
objectivity in the process. The existing guidelines for
accreditation were revised and modified with the help
of a committee of experts. These include the
procedure for submitting the application, application
format, guidelines for the screening committee,
mechanism for performance, and monitoring of the
programmes in the study centres (AVIs). Accordingly,
Norms for each individual course had been prepared
and uploaded on NIOS Website. Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) for AVIs had also been
revised.
4.7 Monitoring of Programmes:
Appointments of Vocational
Education Facilitators (VEFs)
With a view to ensure quality of the VET Programme
in the AVIs more number of VEFs (123) were
appointed to monitor the performance of the AVIs.
They have been given a well designed format to
receive feedback. Their feedback is analysed at
Regional Centre level. These VEFs not only monitor
AVIs but they provide on the spot training also.
4.8 Meetings of the Coordinators of
AVIs and Vocational Education
Facilitators (VEFs)
NIOS organised Orientation Programme for the
Coordinators of Study Centres (AVIs) in order to
facilitate the work of Study Centers and make them
acquainted with the changes in the scheme of studies
as well as in other activities of NIOS. In these
programmes, matters related to examination,
administration and vocational academic issues are
discussed and problems resolved. Besides these
matters, procedures for admission and accreditation
were also explained to the Coordinators. These
meetings were organized in all the Regional Centers of
NIOS. The Coordinators of the AVIs were apprised of
the changes and new courses VEFs were also invited
to be briefed with new developments in NIOS.
4.9 Collaborative project on
Vocational Education and Training:
There is a great demand of need based skilled
manpower for various industries which are coming
up in different states such as:
1. Collaboration between Government of
Rajasthan through Kasturba Gandhi
Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) project .
The Rajasthan Council of Elementary Education,
Jaipur (Raj.) earmarked specific Kasturba
Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) the
residential schools under SSA for girls, for
imparting skill training free of cost to the girls
enrolled with them. 138 KGBVs have already
applied for the accreditation to NIOS for the
trade Cutting, Tailoring & Dress Designing.
2. Collaboration with Functional Vocational
Training and Research Society ( FVTRS),
Bengaluru.
Functional Vocational Training and Research
Society ( FVTRS) is a Bangalore based NGO
working for the unorganised sector since 1993.
It has a network of NGOs all over the country.
The objective is to engage school drop-out youth
in vocational training and employablity skills to
lead a dignified life. Currently FVTRS has 102
projects running in various States for a
committed number of 18,000 youths with varying
course duration for different trades. Gender
mainstreaming has been the hall mark of
FVTRS. More than 50 per cent of the enrolled
trainee are adolescent girls. In the process they
have made a number of trades gender neutral.
Trades like auto-rickshaw driving, garage
mechanics, front office management etc are
popular with girls also.
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