CBSE introduced New Competency based Vocational Courses in 2011

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), keeping in view the acute shortage of trained professionals and development of employability skills among the students, has been offering a number of courses under Vocational Courses at Senior Secondary level. In recent years, the CBSE has started collaborating with various industries/ institutions for introducing competency based joint certification courses as per the present needs of society and the relevant industries.

In pursuance to this policy of exploring the new domain of knowledge and skills that have bright employment prospects as well as career opportunities, the Board has introduced  the following new Vocational courses at senior secondary level.

1. Geospatial Technology.
2. Food Production (Hospitality and Tourism)
3. Food and Beverage Services(Hospitality and Tourism)
4. Mass Media Studies and Media Production.

The aforesaid courses were introduced in few selected schools in class XI from the Academic Session 2010-11 on pilot basis. Based on the feedback received from the Pilot schools and on the basis of overwhelming response from the other independent schools, the Board has decided to open it to all affiliated schools in the country and abroad form the academic session 2011-12 for class-XI.

The schools that are interested in introducing those new courses in class-XI from the academic year 2011-12 may fill in the proforma enclosed at Annexure-IV and may forward to “ Sh. S.K. Jena, Asstt. Education Officer (Voc & Edusat), CBSE, Shiksha Sadan,17, Rouse Avenue, New Delhi-110002 on or before  5th March 2011  or Email to cbse.edusat@rediffmail.com copy to skjena.cbse@gmail.com  The letter of willingness in Annexure – IV should reach by 5th March 2011   to enable the Board for processing the applications further.

Vocational courses necessity

Vocational training should be considered an important aspect of education and development to make students apt for a job and secure his future in early stage. Vocational subjects can also be termed as job-oriented education as it helps a person in becoming skilled in a particular field. Many vocational training institutes offer certain life skills and English speaking courses along with a selected vocational stream which can serve as a great alternative for students.

Vocational courses are becoming more and more popular year by year.  The New Education policy clearly spells out that vocational courses should be introduced in schools and colleges all over the country in higher secondary. With a vocational qualification, you’re more likely to be able to start working sooner, giving you the experience you need to back up what you’re learning – and you get to earn money at the same time. We at myCBSEguide welcome and support this cause and expect the same from students.

We also recommend you to visit Quora.com to see a debate over vocational training and its importance.

Visit : http://www.cbse.nic.in/circulars/cir08-2011.pdf for details