Authorities in Kashmir encourage girls to take up vocational training
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri District are encouraging girls in militancy- hit areas to take up vocational training. Residents of this district have been prey to militancy several times...
View ArticleMumbai: Loan hope for vocational pupils
Over the years, education loans have become the lifeline for bright students with ambitious plans but without adequate financial support. But they are slowly becoming inaccessible for the needy. A...
View ArticleOver 90,000 youths to be imparted vocational training in Raj
Over 90,000 unemployed youths of rural and urban areas will be imparted vocational training of one to three months in Rajasthan. A contract was signed today for the purpose by the Rajasthan Skills and...
View ArticleVocational training programme for students
T. Nagar Exnora and Lions Club of Mylai Abhilasha conducted a free vocational training programme for students of Sri Sarada Vidyalaya Girls Higher Secondary School, T. Nagar. Spread over two days, the...
View ArticleVocational training planned in Red states
Aiming to keep youngsters away from Maoist ideology, the Centre will launch a special skill development programme to facilitate employment of youth belonging to Naxal-affected states in the corporate...
View ArticleCenter for vocation training to rural youths at Punjab village
A Punjab village is getting ready for providing vocational training to unemployed youths in the rural area. The vocational centre has been opened up by NGO Gur Gyan trust to impart vocational training...
View ArticleAssam’s school dropouts get vocational training to enhance skills
With the aim of creating employment opportunities in Assam, the Institution for Culture and Rural Development (I-CARD) at Bhagchung in Jorhat district is training uneducated youth, mainly school drop...
View ArticleCall to set up ‘Gurukuls’ for vocational skill training
“There is a need to evolve curricula within the next five years for at least 300 artistic skill sets to be taught in ‘Gurukuls’ for vocational training in each skill,” Rajeev Sethi, chairman and...
View ArticleGovt invites applications for vocational training
The state government on Wednesday invited applications from eligible training institutions to provide trainings in vocational courses such as masonry, electrical work, driving, cell phone servicing,...
View Article5,117 people given vocational training in 4 years
A total of 5,117 people were imparted vocational training under the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) scheme in the last four years, the Lok Sabha was informed Thursday....
View ArticleCairn to set up Vocational Training Centre of Excellence in Jodhpur
Cairn India plans to establish a centre of excellence in Jodhpur that will provide world class training for upgrading the skills of people engaged in the oil and gas industry. The proposed “Cairn...
View ArticleStress on vocational training
Kerela” The bill lays stress on vocational training of the disabled, which the new curriculum also seeks to address. “There are around eight lakh people with special needs in the state. At least four...
View Article‘Only 2% of India’s youth have vocational training’
Here is a pointer why industry groans about the lack of skilled manpower. Just 2% of India’s youth and only about 7% of the whole working age population have received vocational training, a recently...
View ArticleIndia-UK joint venture to upgrade vocational training in Punjab
Punjab government will soon start a project to upgrade infrastructure and need-based vocational training in the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) of the state under a India-UK joint venture....
View ArticleBSNL’s vocational training for engineering students
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will conduct a two-week vocational training programme for engineering students from May 27. The programme will include an overview of telecommunications networks, an...
View ArticleSchool includes vocational course in curriculum
CornerStone Higher Secondary School (CHSS) launched vocational trainings under skill development initiative for higher secondary students at its school premises, Duncan Basti, Dimapur. Experienced...
View ArticleVocational training provider SkillSonics secures $3.8M from National Skill...
NSDC, a non-governmental organisation created by the finance ministry, provides viability gap funding to build scalable, for-profit vocational training initiatives. Bangalore-based SkillSonics India...
View ArticleIntroduce vocational training at school level, says expert
Policy makers should introduce vocational training at the school level and scale up reach of educational institutions through online courses, according to S. Ramadorai, Advisor, Prime Minister’s...
View ArticleVocational training to ‘plug the hole’ in formal education
“Take a bowl; put two cups water, one cup milk, sugar, tea powder. Heat.” This is one of the methods of making tea proposed by a student in the English class at Unnati, Sadanandanagar. The English...
View ArticleKhadki cantonment board to launch vocational courses
The Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) will soon launch vocational as well as professional courses for students studying in KCB managed schools. A statement issued by KCB said here that, providing...
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