Know About The Vocational Studies In India

By Author: Jyoti Das
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What do you mean by “Vocational”?
The term “Vocational” means a type of education and career, commonly known as career and technical education (CTE) and is generally offered at community colleges, career centers, technical schools and in some universities.

These courses make the students to be career ready on three aspects: academic skills, employ-ability skills, and technical, career-specific skills. Vocational study and courses have the following characteristics:

A specific trade or field
Non-academic in-nature
Hands-on & practical activities
Need Apprenticeships or on-the-job training
Need a credential, certificate, or diploma
Vocational education can be classified as teaching procedural knowledge as opposed to declarative knowledge which is used in broader scientific field. Programs under vocational courses are quite direct in their approach and are tailor-made so that an individual can be job-ready. Vocational course generally certifies that an individual is skilled enough to perform a particular profession.

In academic-focused career paths, the courses generally require a 2-year or 4-year degree, vocational courses rely on shorter and job-specific training. These vocational courses are normally of 2 years or less and some of them are even less than 1 year. Most of these CTE programs award a certificate, diploma or career-specific credential. Vocational educations are mostly taken at secondary or post-secondary level and do interact with the apprenticeship system and can never be fallen under the category of higher education.

Benefits of Vocational Training
Both the advantage of traditional knowledge and vocational skills
Focuses on specialized knowledge
Realistic insight of the industry
Courses are more dynamic and make students aware of contemporary trends of the global market by practical knowledge.
It makes available the skilled manpower required in the market.

Courses offered are of short-duration and affordable
Most programs need 10th pass qualification
It can also be taken in online mode.
To make the young India equipped with right skills and job-ready CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) is now offering nearly 40 vocational courses in Commerce, Engineering, Health and Para medical, tourism, Home science, Agriculture, & Hospitality & Tourism.

Major vocational Courses in India:
Telecommunication
Photography
Information Technology
Fashion or Garment designing
Beauty course
Catering management
Advertising and Marketing
Public Relations or Communication Skills
Disaster management
Banking and Finance
Physical education-Fitness and gym operation
House Election or Electronics or Electrical Technician
Animation

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