An International Study Tour for Capacity Building of Programme Officers of the National Education Commission, Sri Lanka has been organised by the Institute from November 26 to 30 at Bhopal.
Six Programme Officers and Policy Research Officers from National Education Commission of Sri Lanka are participating in the capacity building programme. They will be learning about the general and vocational education system of India from the faculty members of PSSCIVE. The delegates have visited educational Institutions, like Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Centre for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP), National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Jagran Lake University (JLU), Government Subhash Higher Secondary School for Excellence, etc.
The capacity building programme was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Prof RJ Rao, Vice Chancellor, Barkatullah University, Bhopal on November 26. Prof Rajesh P Khambayat, Joint Director, PSSCIVE, Bhopal and Prof. Vinay Swarup Mehrotra, Programme Coordinator were present on the dais during the programme. Faculty members, consultants and staff members from PSSCIVE were also present on the occasion.
The PSS Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE) is a constituent unit of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. It is an apex research and development organization in the field of vocational education.
The Institute is also the UNEVOC Network Centre in India for the UNESCO’s International Project on Technical and Vocational Education and Training. The Institute is developing learning outcome based curricula and textbooks for the vocational subjects offered from Classes IX to XII under the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) in the country.