VOCATIONAL TRAINING:VOCATIONAL TRAINING:Enhancing The ReachEnhancing The Reach

Ananya .S. GuhaAnanya .S. GuhaOfficer on Special Duty,Officer on Special Duty,

IGNOU Institute for Vocational IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Shillong, Education and Training, Shillong,

INDIAINDIA

Categories of Vocational Training:Categories of Vocational Training:

1.1. Technical Vocational Skills, auto mobile Technical Vocational Skills, auto mobile repair, weaving, repair of gadgets and repair, weaving, repair of gadgets and instruments such as mobile phones and instruments such as mobile phones and computers, electrical repairs, tailoring, computers, electrical repairs, tailoring, printing etc.printing etc.

2.2. Inservice vocational skills for managers, Inservice vocational skills for managers, teachers, media persons.teachers, media persons.

3.3. Aesthetics vocational skills such as Aesthetics vocational skills such as artisanship, making of musical instruments, artisanship, making of musical instruments, fine arts, and performing arts especially fine arts, and performing arts especially related to indigenity.related to indigenity.

4.4. General vocational skills such as public General vocational skills such as public speaking, personality development, speaking, personality development, writing skills etc.writing skills etc.

5.5. Vocational skills for the physically and Vocational skills for the physically and mentally challenged.mentally challenged.

6.6. Vocational skills for domestic workers.Vocational skills for domestic workers.

7.7. Vocational skills for disadvantaged Vocational skills for disadvantaged sections such as women and tribals.sections such as women and tribals.

8.8. Vocational skills for unorganized Vocational skills for unorganized sector: marketing, production and sector: marketing, production and retailing.retailing.

9.9. Vocational skills for dropouts and Vocational skills for dropouts and street street children.children.

10.10. Special vocational skills for the educated Special vocational skills for the educated unemployedunemployed

11.11. Vocational skills related to indigenous Vocational skills related to indigenous production and aesthetics.production and aesthetics.

12.12. Vocational skills in agriculture.Vocational skills in agriculture.

13.13. IT vocational skills.IT vocational skills.

14.14. Communication/soft skills.Communication/soft skills.

15.15. Vocational skills related to Emergency Vocational skills related to Emergency Services and Services and Disaster Management – Disaster Management – ‘Living ‘Living Intelligently With Intelligently With Floods’; low Floods’; low cost house cost house making with bamboos etc.making with bamboos etc.

Vocational Education & Vocational Vocational Education & Vocational Training.Training.

Leading to Skill Development.Leading to Skill Development.

Working out various levels; from Working out various levels; from trades to expressions of creativity.trades to expressions of creativity.

Vocational Education/Training & CSR – the Vocational Education/Training & CSR – the industry academia alliance.industry academia alliance.

Vocational Training & Indigenous Vocational Training & Indigenous knowledge: Connection between the two.knowledge: Connection between the two.

Kinds of training programmes the IIVET Kinds of training programmes the IIVET i.e. the IGNOU Institute for Vocational i.e. the IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and Training; has done till Education and Training; has done till date, the following are some date, the following are some

Multi Skill Programme Multi Skill Programme

Electrical Wiring Training Electrical Wiring Training ProgrammeProgramme

Mobile Training ProgrammeMobile Training Programme

Taking the cue from: “National Taking the cue from: “National Policy on Skills Development 2008”.Policy on Skills Development 2008”.

The world of work & the world of The world of work & the world of education:education:

- Know- Know- Do- Do- Be- Be- Live Together- Live Together (Delors 1996).(Delors 1996).

Collaborations are a must!Collaborations are a must!

How does a National Open University How does a National Open University (like ours) look at Vocational (like ours) look at Vocational Training – certification, prior Training – certification, prior knowledge/ learning, common services knowledge/ learning, common services centres/telecentres etc.centres/telecentres etc.