Importance of vocational education
“Vocational education can change one’s life behavior and improves the quality of life”
Vocational education means to give specific education in different fields such as engineering, agriculture, trade, nursing, medicine, hospitality, architecture or law, Artificial intelligence, computer designing, any other fields in computer and travel and tourism. It is the combination of theoretical and practical experience. Vocational education is closely related to apprenticeship System of learning. Vocational education and courses will increase the economic growth and standard of living of the people. These vocational courses will give the better opportunities and directly linked to future. Vocational education is known and famous as CTE it stands career and technical education and TVET it stands technical and vocational education and training. Students can do vocational education and courses after the senior and secondary class and they make their career on particular sector or field. Apart from that they can do vocational studies after
graduation and post-graduation. Now a days, there are many institutes, polytechnics and universities offers vocational education and courses. Vocational education and courses provide on job and off job training. Vocational education and courses are related to productivity. In other words we can say that vocational courses and education is totally job oriented but if you want to start your own work then vocational education and courses will work as the entrepreneurship skills. It will give good and handsome packages. Vocational courses and education prepares the individual for the job. There are different recommendations about the education
According to the Indian education commission (1966) and this commission is known as Kothari commission. This commission pointed that vocational education and courses are closer to relationship with productivity.
According to the recommendation of the secondary education commission (1952-53), the main aim of this commission is to improve or enhance the vocational efficiency of the students.
Our government took many initiatives for vocational education, as we know that Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Skill India campaign on 15th July 2015. It aims to provide training to 400 million people in India by 2022. This mission includes initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna, National Skill Development Mission, Skill Loan Scheme, and National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreurship, 2015
Need of Vocational education and course
At present time, why we need to do vocational courses and taking vocational education?
As we know that vocational and skill based education is important and played very important role for students and human beings. Through the vocational courses and education, we can support and nurture our family members.
Benefits of vocational education and vocational courses
Vocational education and courses will give lifelong experience
The word ‘vocational’ means work-related. If people are doing a vocational qualification it means you are focusing on your learning skills. These skills will help you to get and do job.
The vocational education is great asset of economy and increase the higher earnings .
Vocational course and education skills are applicable all over the world and it opens a lot of opportunities for foreign countries.
Vocational courses are generally low cost education. Not everyone has time and cannot afford and expenses of the college degree programme then the vocational education work as boon for the students
Vocational education is totally employability based and it works as stress – free for the students. We can seek the work according to our own capability and potentials.
Vocational courses are more beneficial for school dropout and adults because these courses will provide an opportunity to learn a skill and trade. Vocational courses are well – paid career fields in which academic or college degrees are not required.
In vocational education ,one learns the work ethics and improves the self-confidence among the people.