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Vocational Training to be Imparted In 44 Odisha Schools

Gurleen Kaur | Monday, December 18, 2017 12:46 PM IST

Bhubaneswar:  The Odisha government has tied up with AISECT, an organisation offering skill-based education, to provide vocational training in 44 schools in orissa
An offical said,the government will partner AISECT for implementation of a centrally-sponsored programme, Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education,
 under the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF),. As part of the collaboration, vocational training will be provided in IT, ITEs and
 retail sectors in the 44 -government-run secondary and higher secondary schools in Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jajpur, Khorda and Cuttack districts.
Around 1,800 students are expected to benefit from the training this year, the official said. In 2016, AISECT had associated with Odisha Madhyamik Shiksha
 Mission and imparted training in IT-ITEs trade to 2,768 candidates in 42 schools and retail trade in 20 schools of Odisha, said project head of AISECT, Abhishek
 Gupta As a social enterprise, we are extremely happy to be associated with it,' said Director of AISECT Siddharth Chaturvedi.
Noting that the current education system is heavily inclined towards degree-based education, Chaturvedi said there is an acute shortage of skilled workforce.