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VADODARA: Gujarat can become a model state with effective implementation of the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF), chairman of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Dr S S Mantha said on Tuesday. Mantha was speaking on the sidelines of M S University's 62nd annual convocation ceremony.
Mantha, one of the alumni of MSU's faculty of technology and engineering, assured that AICTE, the highest body of technical education in the country, is ready to provide all assistance to Gujarat government for effective implementation of NVEQF.
"The gross enrollment ratio (GER) in our country is just around 19 percent in contrast to United States where the GER is as high as 80 per cent. Presently, 50 million students in the age group of 18 to 23 years clear their board and plus two level exams, but only 25 million students out of them go to college. There are over 10,000 it is in the country which provide trade-based training, but the society does not take it seriously considering it as terminal in nature," Mantha said.
NVEQF, which has recently been cleared by Government of India, can increase GER from present 19 per cent to 25 per cent within a year. The scheme establishes a system to clear educational pathways from school to higher education while providing certification of vocational skills.
"There are seven certificate levels and we can use the existing colleges to implement the scheme. Within a year's time, one million students across the country can be trained through this scheme," said Mantha, adding that even 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh youths in around 600 colleges in Gujarat, it can become a big step for the state.
Kamla Raman Vatika (convocation ground) behind university head office was jam-packed with students, parents, teachers and university staff after a gap of many years.
A total of 156 students were conferred 287 gold medals during the convocation ceremony in which state education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was the chief guest.
"I am happy to have cleared my subjects with distinction," said Raghav Bharvad, who hails from Kheda's small village Kunjara, and is amongst the few in his community to have received gold medal.
"Since my childhood I wanted to get into MSU," said Bharvad, son of a farmer, who did part time jobs at showrooms to finance his own education.
While Bharvad aims to clear PhD and become a professor after completing his masters in arts, Komal Pandya, who made a hat-trick of sorts, wants to turn into a higher secondary school teacher.
Pandya had bagged a gold medal in 2010 after she cleared her bachelors in science. Later, she received a gold medal in 2012 when she cleared her M Sc and on Tuesday she bagged four gold medals after she cleared her BEd with high academic score. "I am proud that I have received six gold medals in six years," she said.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-25/vadodara/45561033_1_convocation-ceremony-nveqf-vocational-education-qualification-framework
Mantha, one of the alumni of MSU's faculty of technology and engineering, assured that AICTE, the highest body of technical education in the country, is ready to provide all assistance to Gujarat government for effective implementation of NVEQF.
"The gross enrollment ratio (GER) in our country is just around 19 percent in contrast to United States where the GER is as high as 80 per cent. Presently, 50 million students in the age group of 18 to 23 years clear their board and plus two level exams, but only 25 million students out of them go to college. There are over 10,000 it is in the country which provide trade-based training, but the society does not take it seriously considering it as terminal in nature," Mantha said.
NVEQF, which has recently been cleared by Government of India, can increase GER from present 19 per cent to 25 per cent within a year. The scheme establishes a system to clear educational pathways from school to higher education while providing certification of vocational skills.
"There are seven certificate levels and we can use the existing colleges to implement the scheme. Within a year's time, one million students across the country can be trained through this scheme," said Mantha, adding that even 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh youths in around 600 colleges in Gujarat, it can become a big step for the state.
Kamla Raman Vatika (convocation ground) behind university head office was jam-packed with students, parents, teachers and university staff after a gap of many years.
A total of 156 students were conferred 287 gold medals during the convocation ceremony in which state education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was the chief guest.
"I am happy to have cleared my subjects with distinction," said Raghav Bharvad, who hails from Kheda's small village Kunjara, and is amongst the few in his community to have received gold medal.
"Since my childhood I wanted to get into MSU," said Bharvad, son of a farmer, who did part time jobs at showrooms to finance his own education.
While Bharvad aims to clear PhD and become a professor after completing his masters in arts, Komal Pandya, who made a hat-trick of sorts, wants to turn into a higher secondary school teacher.
Pandya had bagged a gold medal in 2010 after she cleared her bachelors in science. Later, she received a gold medal in 2012 when she cleared her M Sc and on Tuesday she bagged four gold medals after she cleared her BEd with high academic score. "I am proud that I have received six gold medals in six years," she said.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-25/vadodara/45561033_1_convocation-ceremony-nveqf-vocational-education-qualification-framework
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