New Delhi: Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Kapil Sibal, launched the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF), recently. The framework will be implemented in polytechnics, engineering colleges and other colleges across the country.
While declaring the launch of the framework, the minister said that a seven-level certification programme, starting in class IX, will be introduced in different fields of vocational training and conclude in a degree at the end of the seventh year.
As per sources, the programme will be introduced from the academic year 2012-13 and would be sector-specific. The sectors would include IT, media, entertainment, telecommunications, mobile communications, automobile, construction, retail, food processing, tourism, hotel, jewellery design and fashion design.
Sources further confirmed that a total of 1,000 hours of training will be mandatory in every level yearly, with hours fixed for different topics in the course. In addition, the programme is likely to cater to at least five million students for vocational degree and diploma every year.
NVEQF is a grand initiative by HRD Ministry that needs to be propagated and followed throughout the country that has a potential to increase the GER from 15 to double the value by the end of 2020, simultaneously providing meaningful employment.
