India 2018

164 India 2018
Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
The Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher
Secondary Education was revised in 2014 with a view to align it with the National
Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) into which the NVEQF has been
assimilated. The scheme has been subsumed Under Integrated Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan. The specific objectives of the scheme are to
enhance the employability of youth through demand driven competency based,
modular vocational courses; to maintain their competitiveness through
provisions of multi-entry multi-exit learning opportunities and vertical
mobility/interchange ability in qualifications; to fill the gap between educated
and employable; and to reduce the dropout rate at the secondary level and
decrease the pressure on academic higher education. The revised scheme while
introducing vocational education at the secondary level, seeks to integrate
vocational education with general education and provide horizontal and vertical
mobility to the students.
Coverage
7448 schools in 32 states/UTs across 17 sectors - agriculture, apparel, automobile,
beauty and wellness, banking/financial services and insurance, construction,
electronics, health care, IT and ITeS, logistics, media and entertainment, multi
skill, physical education and sports, retail, security, telecom, and tourism and
hospitality were covered till 2016-17. Approximately 4 lakh 86 thousand students
of 5,582 government schools are undergoing vocational courses across the nation.
The vocational courses being offered under the scheme make these students
employable and prepare them for the world of work. Around thousand students
have been employed after completing NSQF level four courses from the schools.
Construction and Running of Girl's Hostel
The Centrally sponsored scheme of " Construction and Running of Girls Hostel
(GH) for Students of Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools" was launched
in 2008-09 and is being implemented from 2009-10 replacing the earlier NGO
driven Scheme. The Scheme was subsumed under Rashtriya Madhyamik
Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). The main objective of the GH component of RMSA
is to improve access and to retain the girl child in secondary and higher
secondary classes (IX-XII) so that the girl students are not denied the opportunity
to continue their study due to distance to school, parents financial affordability
and other connected social factors. The girl students in the age group of 14-18
years studying in classes IX- to XII belonging to SC, ST, OBC, minority
community and BPL families form the target group of the Scheme.
Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage
The Scheme of Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary stage (IEDSS)
was launched in 2009-10 replacing the earlier scheme of Integrated Education
for Disabled Children (IEDC). Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary
Stage (IEDSS) component was subsumed under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha