(a) whether the Government have any new policy to introduce
job-oriented degree/ Diploma Certificate Courses in the
education systems;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government have conducted any research on
the outdated syllabus in various courses of Universities and
Colleges; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT (DR. MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE
LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.398 TO BE ANSWERED ON
18.12.2001 REGARDING JOB ORIENTED COURSES IN EDUCATION
SYSTEM
(a) to (d): The overall aim of the Indian education system
is to promote human development in all its aspects,
material, physical, mental, moral, aesthetic and spiritual.
In the holistic sense of the term, therefore, education does
not concern itself with job orientation only but goes much
beyond that. However, conscious of the role of making the
student a more productive individual in society, vocational
education is being provided across the entire educational
spectrum. At the school level, this is being provided by
having a vocational stream at the plus two stage. At the
tertiary level, vocational subjects at the first degree
level are being provided in a large number of college and
universities. In technical education, vocational training
is being provided by polytechnics including community
polytechnics.
Outside of the formal educational setup, vocational
education is being provided by the Jan Shikshan Sansthan
(JSS), National Open School and the Indira Gandhi National
Open University among others. The Ministry also gives
grants to voluntary organizations for imparting vocational
education. Vocational education on the Gandhian pattern is
also being promoted through the National Council of Rural
Institutes and some deemed universities.
In the long term it would also be the endeavour of the
education system to promote creation of jobs by nurturing in
students a sense of entrepreneurship.