Problems faced - Vocational Education in India

(1) Wrong Attitude:

All the while more respect has been paid to the intellectual activity than physical labour. On the basis of work or labour, the caste system has been built in India. The roots of division of labour based on thousands of years of caste system have gone deep into our society. The people engaged in handicrafts and other physical works for earning their bread are not looked with respect.

So this problem is not that easy to solve. The youth force in the country should be given education to change attitude towards work and physical labour. Good earning potentiality of various vocations can also help changing attitude of the modern youths.

(2) Dearth of Institutions:

All technical and vocational institutions established after Independence cannot be said to be adequate. The youth of the country with aims of receiving technical education can hope for a bright future; but such institutions are very few in considerations to such a huge population.

This problem can be solved with establishment of more such institutions for imparting technical and vocational education at all stages. So the Government at the Centre as well as in the states should provide for more institutions to cope with the increasing demand.

(3) Narrow Curriculum:

In Technical and Vocational Institutions there are provisions for only technical subjects. There is no place for liberal education. So with their technical knowledge the youngmen are not able to acquire knowledge of human relations and social objectives of productions. So it is needed that curricula of technical and vocational education should be broadened with general and liberal education.

(4) Unsuitable Medium of Instruction:

In almost all technical institutions of modern India, English is the medium of instruction. The students who have passed through medium of Hindi or other Regional Languages find it very difficult to receive technical and vocational education in English.

Such students are disappointed and leave vocational and technical institutions after a term of stagnation. So, this sort of frustration also brings about a loss of money, time and energy.

(5) Dearth of Teachers:

Meritorious and able persons having received technical and vocational education are always after fat salaries and other material gains. They are not after teachership. Besides, sufficient respect is not accorded to teachers in society.

Consequently, such institutions are deprived of able and talented persons Government can solve this problem in attracting talented persons to be teachers in technical and vocational institutions. Teachers should be given decent pay packets and the society should respect these builders of men.

(6) Lack of continuation education:

Young persons complete the technical and vocational education and get employed. In the beginning they are with full of knowledge, but in course of time they forget many things. This brings lack of efficiency in their work. Part-time instructions should be provided to such persons employed in jobs in order to improve quality of work.

Refresher Courses may be organized with a view to acquainting these in service people with the recent development of knowledge in the field of Science and Technology.

(7) Lack of Practicals:

Mere theoretical knowledge will not suffice for successful candidates to go for establishing small workshops and small industries.- So a practical training should be properly organized and young enterprisers need be given Practical knowledge of starting industries and setting up business firms.

NSDC Funded Organizations - 6 - ESDL - Everonn Skill Development Ltd

 In order to provide vocational education and training to students, Everonn launched Everonn Skill Development Limited (ESDL) as its wholly owned subsidiary.ESDL is focused on  imparting   industry  relevant  skills  to  youth  to help increase   industry- ready  and  skilled  personnel  using world  class content and methods. Towards this, ESDL has partnered with leading universities and vocational content providers across the globe. In addition, ESDL has tied up with industries from diverse sectors for the validation of the courses and placement of the trainees.

ESDL has come up with the following:

·         Indian Skill School (ISSchool)

·         Center for Nursing Excellence (CNE)

·         Academy for Culinary and Hospitality Studies (ACHS)

·         Global Institute for Gaming and Animation (GIGA)

Indian Skill School (ISSchool)
India is one of the most progressive economies in the world, with more than 71 million youth entering the working population by 2012. Regrettably, only a small percentage of this population is industry-ready as many lack the required trade relevant skills.  With more industries and companies starting their production and outlets in India, there is a growing demand for skilled personnel in varies trades like construction, fabrication, retail, textile and apparel, fashion, logistics, etc. To meet this demand and to make students industry ready, Indian Skill School offers a variety of courses, which aims at employment and are industry relevant. The following courses are offered at Indian Skill School:

·         Construction

·         Welding and Fabrication

·         Plumbing

·         Carpentry

·         Retail

·         A / C and refrigeration

·         Life Skills

·         Electrical

·         Electronics

·         Apparel and Textiles

·         Fashion Designing

·         Lab Technician

·         HealthCare

·         Hospitality

·         Automotive

·         Aviation

Center for Nursing Excellence (CNE)
ESDL’s Center for Nursing Excellence has kept  up  with  the  latest in technologies  that  empower  Nurses  to  impart  hands  on  training  and enhance knowledge to ensure  the quality of  nursing  practices  through simulation and  V- SAT.  Nursing simulation is a platform to understand “Live” clinical experiences, breaking barriers associated with clinical Learning. Simulation as a means to offer innovative learning experiences and foster   richer understanding of didactic content, is rapidly gaining popularity. 

Simulation offers the opportunity to assess critical and clinical judgment thinking without   affecting patient safety.  A simulated experience allows students & nurses to critically analyze their own actions (or failure to act), reflect on their own skills and clinical reasoning, and analyze the clinical decisions of others students / Nurses.  Simulation   provides   a   new  avenue  for  educators  and researchers  to   improve   nursing   education  and  practice  as  well  as take the field of nursing to a superior level.

 Academy for Culinary and Hospitality Studies (ACHS)
Today, Professional and Leisure travelers alike expect only the best out of hotel stay stressing on service par excellence thus initiating a great demand for professionally qualified employees in the service oriented Hospitality sector.  To meet this growing demand of well trained personnel, ESDL has designed special courses which would facilitate students to acquire internationally recognized qualifications in hospitality.

 The demand for nutritive meals produced under hygienic conditions and served efficiently has increased manifold leading to an explosive growth in the commercial Food Services sector. ESDL has, for the first time in India introduced short term programs specifically focused on creating qualified personnel for the commercial food services industry. ESDL has also teamed up with  International  Hospitality  Institutions  of repute  to  bring   updated   content  and  delivery  strategies  for the benefit of Indian students. Students would become world class Hospitality professionals capable of working around the globe. The philosophy of the Hospitality division of ESDL is to create a “Skilled India which would be a Strong India”.

Global Institute of Gaming and Animation (GIGA)

Global Institute of Gaming and Animation is the first ever Animation Academy, to offer full time graduate and Diploma programs backed by industry acknowledged courseware, content and training and placement assistance of Autodesk adoption partner, MAXIMUS, a brain child of Aditya Infotech Ltd.

GIGA is the only gaming and animation academy in India to be able to offer Graduate, Post Graduate and Certificate courses in gaming, interactive media, and virtual PLM (Project Lifecycle Management), product design, manufacturing and production.
With world class content and practices, GIGA is the only animation academy in the world, capable of imparting training through V-SAT technology and virtual classrooms.
For more information on the programs offered by GIGA,
please visit: www.giga.ac.in

GA Studios

GA studios, an extended arm of Everonn, the world’s largest networked education company. GA studios, is an up and coming animation, gaming and VFX studio dabbling in executing national and international projects as well as providing extensive and well-equipped training aimed at making animation students ready for instant employability in the industry.

Corporate Office & Correspondence Address:

ESDL
"Everonn House"
Plot No # 96 - 99, Industrial Estate
Perungudi, Chennai - 600096
Tamilnadu, India.
Phone No:             +91-44-23718202      , 42968400
Fax No: +91-44-24962800

NSDC Funded Organizations - 3 - CREDAI Pune

The CREDAI-Pune (formerly PBAP) established in 1982 and since then is operating for the promotion of Real Estate Sector for the benefit of their Members over more than 25 years.It has a strong membership of 296 members consisting of leading Promoters and Builders of Pune which accounts for about 70% of the construction activities in Pune.

It has seventeen Expert Committees in the area of Taxation, Finance, Government Liasioning, City Greening, Labour Welfare, Environment and Energy, Exhibition and Website, Training etc

 Construction workers are given updated training in plastering, masonry, carpentary, plumbing and other allied activities under an agreement signed by the Pune chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (Credai, Pune) with the National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC). 

While the target is to train 100,000 construction workers over a 10-year period, about 20,000 of them will be trained over the next three years, Magar said.

It is an onsite, learn-and-earn programme where the training campus shifts to the construction site rather than the participants shifting to a fixed campus. The cost of the first phase is an estimated Rs 30 crore, of which the developers and contractors will bear Rs 12 crore and the NSDC will bear the rest, says vice-president J P Shroff.