The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is going to set up a school for vocational education on its Deonar campus. TISS has taken this step towards a larger plan to set up a national vocational training university. The school will offer two-year-long certificate courses and students who pass out will qualify as technicians....
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A TeamLease labour report released on Monday highlights the three tragedies in Indian higher education of low enrolments in colleges, lack of physical access to educational institutions and pursuing degree for social signalling value that don’t lead to employability or jobs. It suggests that India is in a higher education emergency because of the...
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To strengthen skill development initiative in the country, the Government has doubled allocation under the National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and launched a credit guarantee fund for skills development. In Union Budget for 2012-13, Rs 1, 000 crore has been infused into NSDF raising the corpus of the fund to Rs 2,500 crore. “This will...
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National Skill Development Council, a not-for-profit company set up by the Ministry of Finance, is looking to give a thrust to the adoption of the Swiss model of vocational education and training in India. The education method in Switzerland encourages school students to pursue apprenticeship in any chosen vocational field so that they are...
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Maharashtra state government to safe guard the interests of students pursuing various vocational courses is setting up ‘Maharashtra Vocational Education Commission (MVEC). This was announced by State minister for higher and technical education Rajesh Tope in the legislative council. The commission would regulate all the vocational courses that are not being conducted in an...
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Aptech, which is one of the larger listed players in vocational education space, has been put up for sale by its promoter, billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. The Rs 223-crore Aptech, was started as an IT training institute in Mumbai in 1986 by Atul Nishar. After symbolising computer training in India for a long time...
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Jindal Education Initiatives (JEI), part of Steel to Power Jindal group has entered a entered into a strategic partnership with Wadhwani Foundation and Montgomery College (MC), USA to strengthen vocational education. The partnership would cover among other things curriculum and instructor training in India through industry relevant train-the-trainer curriculum and materials development. Like their other corporate...
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BS Nagesh, the pioneer of modern retail in India with Shoppers Stop has now started TRRAIN Foundation to train retail staff. TRRAIN (Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India) has tied up with Aptech, for content and operates as public charitable trust – TRRAIN. In view of the fact that government has only recently...
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According to a Business Standard news report, Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries is planning to enter education in a big way. This would be in addition to entering Financial services and re entry into telecom as Mukesh looks to create new growth drivers. It is expected that like any other Reliance venture, its education venture too...
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