Introduction of General Health Care

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is implementing competency based vocational education with industry support and collaboration in a phased manner. As there is a felt need for skilled workforce in the field of health care services, Board is planning to introduce a vocational course in General Health Care in collaboration and joint certification with relevant organisation

SUBJECTS OF STUDY

The General Health Care consists of three compulsory Vocational subjects each in classes XI & XII in addition to two academic electives one of which must be a language. The students have to study Biology, an academic elective, as second elective. The students may further opt for an additional sixth subject which can either be a language or an academic elective, in order to ensure vertical mobility for pursuing higher studies, if necessary.  The subjects under General Health Care course are given below:-

Class XI
A) One Language offered by the Board at Senior Secondary level;
B) Biology;
C) Three Compulsory Vocational Subjects
1.    Anatomy & Physiology
2.    Healthcare Delivery System, Hospital Organization and Services and
Medical Equipments and Technologies
3.    Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
D) Additional (Optional) any other subjects from academic electives except Biology

Class XII
All other subjects remain same as those in class XI except following three compulsory vocational subjects
1.    Health Education, Communication & Public Relations and Public Health
2.    Basic concepts of Health and Disease and Medical Terminology
3.    First Aid & Emergency Medical Care

Other Salient Features of the course
1)    The main objective this course is to develop competency and employable skills in General Health care
2)    The vertical mobility issue would be dealt with the concerned Institutes/organizations.
3)    The Curriculum and textbooks are being developed by eminent practicing scholars in this field
4)    The qualification of the faculty as well as a list of equipments required is provided in a separate Annexure ‘A’ enclosed with this letter
5)    The Board will conduct the training programme for teachers to make them understand the fundamentals of the contents of three vocational papers shortly.

The Board would like to request Senior Secondary Schools desirous to introduce this new course under vocational stream from the academic session 2008-09 to send their option. Interested schools may mail their willingness at cbseedusat12@rediffmail.com or send it by post not later than April 10, 2008 for further processing.