Friday, December 27, 2013

HRDD introduces community colleges in the state

GANGTOK, 26 Dec: The Directorate of Technical Education, under HRDD introduced the concept of community colleges at a function held at the HRDD premises today which was attended by Minister for HRDD NK Pradhan. The inaugural function was also attended by officials from the HRDD, Commerce and Industries Department, ATTC and CCCT along with representatives from Travel Agents Association of Sikkim.
The Community College is a scheme sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education AICTE, Government of India. Community College is a scheme sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education AICTE, Government of India. The scheme is carried out under the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) programme.
An official release informs that these community colleges will specialize in skill-based training. Vocational Educational Qualification Framework will allow cross mobility of standards and their absorption in the industry. The courses will be conducted in close collaboration with the industry so that students meet the required skill set.  Students can select the programme from sectors such as IT, media, entertainment, telecommunications, mobile communications, automobile, construction, retail, food processing, tourism, hotels, jewelry design and fashion design.
The courses will be of short duration which will be focused and modular programmes that allow for quick and effective delivery of skills training. The purpose behind initiating such a scheme by the state government is to encourage school drop outs to opt for other alternative vocational sectors and be self reliant.
In his address, Minister NK Pradhan highlighted the various skill development programmes of the state government and added that community college aims at upgrading the skills of the students in various sectors through vocational learning. He urged the students to make the best use of the opportunity. Vice president TAAS, Jitendra Lama also assured all possible help from the association in creating skilled tourism manpower. The community college has recorded enrolment of 24 students in the first batch. The function was also addressed by Director Technical Education, Deepak Pradhan.

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