Union human resource development ministry has constituted a core group to develop a curriculum for vocational training for automotive sector.
The core group has been constituted under the chairmanship of Dr R. Seshasayee, managing director Ashok Leyland Limited with officials of the HRD ministry as members for giving suggestions on the framework.
“The core group will give its recommendations to the ministry in three months regarding the course curriculum which is need based and caters to different aspects of the automobile industry,” HRD minister Kapil Sibal stated.
He said once the formalities are complete, the vocational course will be introduced for students from Class 9 to Class 12 and even in polytechnics and colleges. The minister said as of now this would be introduced in CBSE-affiliated schools and with the participation of state governments in order to decentralise the process.
“This will help us provide students with an option of taking up vocational studies while at the same time creating a trained work force for the industry,” Mr Sibal added. Mr Sibal pointed out that 56 per cent of our economy and growth comes from the service sector, which is unsustainable, with the country’s population crossing 1.2 billion.