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Assam joins Pearson Group for skill training in schools
Saturday July 21, 2012 06:05:26 PM, IANS
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Guwahati: The Assam
government and Pearson Group Saturday announced a joint initiative
to provide vocational skills training for young people in schools
in Assam.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi also launched the first skills
delivery centre under the initiative at the Kamrup Academy Higher
Secondary School in Guwahati, which is expected to serve as a
platform for the introduction of the National Vocational Education
Qualification Framework (NVEQF), an ambitious national program to
integrate skills, training and qualifications in schools.
"I am proud to say that Assam is leading the way in India in
preparing today's generation for tomorrow's world," said Chief
Minister Tarun Gogoi while launching the programme.
Under this initiative, Pearson, the world's largest education
enterprise, will set up vocational skills centres in 10
specially-selected government schools, initially offering two
training streams, in retail and computer hardware and IT.
The design and implementation of the programme has seen close
collaboration between all stakeholders, from teachers, academic
administrators, students, and trainers as well as officials from
government of Assam. The courses will be introduced for students
in standard IX in August 2012, before moving into higher classes
with a wider portfolio.
S. Ramadorai, advisor to the Prime Minister on National Skill
Development Council, who was also present on the occasion, said
that vocational education in schools would harness the potential
of youth and give them many more avenues for employment as adults.
Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the
vocational education would allow young people to develop rewarding
careers in multiple fields in our expanding economy, helping
themselves as well as Assam.
"The state education boards will include the vocational subjects
in the regular curriculum of 10th and 12th standard from next
year, if the pilot project is successful. The student can opt for
having any vocational subjects in stead of one regular subject in
the curriculum," said the state education minister.
He said that the initiative will be gradually extended to all the
schools in Assam in a phased manner.
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