New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) affiliated School of Open Learning (SOL) will offer vocational courses form the ensuing academic session 2009. These courses will be offered in association with the industry. The purpose behind introducing such program is to improve the employability of students.
Deepak Pental, Vice-Chancellor DU, said that minimum 10 vocational courses will be offered by SOL in association with the industry. The areas include computers, BPO, insurance, retail, finance, media & entertainment, travel & tourism, automobile among others. These courses will be conducted by the Campus of Open Learning (COL). These three-year degree programmes on vocational stream to be offered by SOL will have a foundation course in the first year followed by the specialization on the related field in the second and third year.
Short term certificate courses in 2D and 3D animation, radio jockeying and TV news reading, theatre acting and presentation in association with R K Films and Media Academy has already been launched by the COL. It will also offer courses on insurance in collaboration with Metlife. Five programmes including automobile sale & services, software development & retail management will also be offered by COL in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
Du is already offering short term programmes as pilot project. Moreover, it has also collaborated with professional institutions specializing in vocational streams and other leading corporate. Admission forms for the courses are available at the COL located at Keshavpuram and at SOL enquiry office on North Campus.
