{"id":2049,"date":"2019-11-26T00:09:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2019-11-26T00:09:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T18:39:07","slug":"the-govt-to-implement-the-scheme-of-vocationalisation-of-school-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/2049","title":{"rendered":"The Govt to Implement the Scheme of Vocationalisation of School Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW DELHI :\u00a0<\/strong> The Government is implementing the scheme of Vocationalisation of School Education under the umbrella of \u2018Samagra Shiksha – an integrated scheme for school education\u2019, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. Till 2018-19, the scheme of Vocationalisation of School Education has been implemented in 8654 schools. The information was given by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal \u2018Nishank\u2019 in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.<\/p>\n He said that the scheme of \u00a0Vocationalisation of School Education covers 55 job roles in 19 sectors i.e. Agriculture, Apparel Made ups & Home Furnishing,\u00a0 Automotive, Banking Finance and Insurance Services, Beauty and Wellness, Construction, Electronics & Hardware, Healthcare, Information Technology \/ Information Technology Enabled Services (IT\/ITeS), Media & Entertainment, Multi Skilling, Physical Education & Sports, Plumber, Power, Retail, Security, Telecom, Tourism & Hospitality, Transportation Logistics & Warehousing.<\/p>\n The HRD Minister said that in order to equip the schools with the necessary infrastructure to impart digital education to the students, there is a provision for setting up of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) laboratories in Government schools for classes VI to XII under Samagra Shiksha.<\/p>\n He informed the house that the scheme provides supports to the States & UTs to provide Tablets\/Laptops\/Notebooks\/integrated teaching learning devices and open source operating systems. It also includes support for digital boards, smart classrooms, virtual classrooms on pro-rata basis for number of schools approved and for development & provision of digital content. 106454 schools have so far been approved under the ICT component till 2019-20.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n