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UpscalingSkillsTrainingThro Open Schooling Upscaling Skills Training ThroOpenSchooling ChallengesandIssues
AlbertJoseph,ExecutiveDirector

FunctionalVocationalTrainingandResearchSociety Functional Vocational Training and Research Society Bangalore 14July2011

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WhyTheCooperationonOpenSchooling Why The Cooperation on Open Schooling InstitutionalandStudentsProfile CooperationBenefits C i fi PositiveChanges CentreLocations Challenges Challenges Issues Suggestions S i FuturePlan

OpeningASkillandLetterDoor Opening A Skill and Letter Door

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CooperationunderSAIEDProgramme InstitutionsAccredited:39ForBothAIand i i di d 39 h d AVI TotalEnrollmentCapacityfor11,000Students StudyCentresCompliedwithStandardsand y p NormsofNIOS

InstitutionalProfile Institutional Profile

EstablishedNGOswithExperienceinVT WorkingforSchoolDropoutYouth ki f S h l h FundingSupportfromFVTRSforVET MostlyRuralBasedGroups CompliedwithallRequiredLegalParameters Complied with all Required Legal Parameters

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Students Profile StudentsProfile

TribalsandScheduledCasteCommunities ib l d h d l d ii OtherBackwardCommunities OtherwisePoorFromAllSections DifferentlyAbled Differently Abled Morethan50%ofStudentsareGirls EnrolledforVT,SecondaryandSenior E ll d f VT S d dS i Secondarycourses

CooperationBenefits oope a o e e s
RecognisedCertification VerticalGrowthforSchoolDropoutYouth AccesstoRuralYouth MoreimportanceonWomen/SC/STand PWD ExistingCoursesareRecognisedbyNIOS V VernacularTeachingandExamination l T hi dE i ti SharingKnowledgeandExperience

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ANewStatusfortheSchoolDropoutYouth ShortTermCourses Sh C 5yearswith9OpportunitiestoWriteExams PassedoutStudentscanRegisterin p y g EmploymentExchangeCell EnhancedEmploymentOpportunities

PositiveChanges Positive Changes

O OwnCertificationtoRecognisedCertification C ifi i i d C ifi i OwnCurriculatoaRecognisedCurricula ANewDignityandAddress

Challenges
Continued School Dropout Situation: How ContinuedSchoolDropoutSituation:How Long? Inaccessible Regions InaccessibleRegions TeacherswithDedicatedMindset CuttingaNewPath BreakingBarriers

Challenges
TrainingFacilitiesinRuralArea Training Facilities in Rural Area NotManyDoersintheRuralArea StudyCentresarenotReachable S d C h bl AdmissionandExaminationFee ShortageofTrainersforSoftandLifeSkills NoProperRecords:Birth,Caste,Education No Proper Records: Birth, Caste, Education Certificates No Proper Address in the Slum Areas NoProperAddressintheSlumAreas

VET Challenges in General

Stigma for Skill Education StigmaforSkillEducation LimitedModels/Opportunities(NIOSand IGNOU) OutdatedCourses,CurriculaandTraining FacilitiesattheITIs F iliti t th ITI LimitedCoursesforSchoolDropoutYouth FewTradesonAgricultureSector Few Trades for Women FewTradesforWomen

Issues

LearningMaterialsinVernacular i i l i l MorePrimaryDataonEducationalScenario

Suggestions
Popularise VET in India PopulariseVETinIndia IncorporatingofVTCurriculainSchool Curricula/Education Curricula/Education PromotionofGreenTrades CreateanEnvironmentforWomentoattend VT TrainersforLifeandSoftSkills

Future Plan
Creating More Awareness on Open Schooling CreatingMoreAwarenessonOpenSchooling EnrollMoreInstitutionsintheUnreached Areas DevelopCurriculainVernacular ToTonSoftandLifeSkills InnovativeTradesandTradeDiversification CreatingACommonPlatformtoLinkallthe Stakeholders Stakeholders PromotionofResearchStudiesonVT

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