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INDIA: Company to set up vocational university
25.01.2011
Staffing company TeamLease Services Pvt. Ltd announced on Monday it is setting up a vocational education university in Gujarat to help plug an increasing skill gap in India’s labour force.This comes after the Union government recently announced its intention to set up a national vocational education framework to cater to millions of students who cannot, or do not, take up higher education.
TeamLease has entered into an agreement with the Gujarat government to set up TeamLease University (TLU), comprising 22 community colleges across the state. Though there are several skill training institutes in the country, this will be the first university for vocational education.
“We have a very small vocational training sector in India. Only 5% of students go for vocational training while the number is nearly 80-90% in developed countries,” said Pawan Agarwal, a civil servant and author of the book, Indian Higher Education: Envisioning the Future. “While a direct comparison doesn’t make sense because agriculture is a dominant occupation in India, the difference is still very significant.”
While developed countries give a lot of focus to vocational education, a lack of sufficient skilled labour is a major worry in India, the second-fastest growing major economy.
According to data available with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the country has around 7,500 technical institutes for higher education and only 2,500 polytechnic institutes. “A large number of students in countries like the US and Singapore go for vocational education. Perhaps, India needs to do that as skill is very important while landing a job,” said Mona Mourshed, partner (education), at consulting firm McKinsey and Co.
“Youth unemployability is a bigger problem than youth unemployment,” said Gujarat principal secretary (education) Hasmukh Adhia, who signed the agreement on behalf of the state government.
Manish Sabharwal, chairman, TeamLease Services, said his company is adopting the university system because global experience shows that community colleges improve accessibility, increase inclusiveness, lower costs and create vertical mobility.
Source: LiveMint
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