The conference and Capacity Building workshop provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for Vocational Coordinators, Industry experts, and other stakeholders to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Vocational Education.
The event was graced by V.S Mehrotra, Joint Director, PSSCIVE who was the Chief Guest for the National Conference.
Santosh Choubey, Chairman, AISECT was the guest of honor who enlightened the participants with his experience and words of wisdom.
The 2-day conference began with an Inaugural Session, where opening remarks were made by Abhishek Gupta,National Project Manager, AISECT and Aditi Chaturvedi, Director, AGU.
The conference was strategically divided into themes relevant in the current times. The themes in the conference were - emerging perspectives in the future trends of VE, institutional development for achieving excellence in VE, NEP 2020: strategies and policies for VE in India, professional development of vocational coordinators and teachers for promoting VE excellence in schools and cross-sharing of experiences, good practices and approaches of VE excellence.
Speaking about the conference, Santosh Choubey, Chairman of AISECT highlights "The rift between the current state of learning and what is required needs to be bridged by undertaking major reforms that bring high-quality education, equality, and integrity into the system.
The National Education Policy 2020 is the much-awaited reform in the Indian education system that aims to promote an inclusive & holistic approach to education. It proposes to revise and revamp all the education system features, including the regulation and governance, to create a new system aligned with the ambitious goals of 21st-century education.
To act as a catalyst in this process of revamping the education system, AISECT has initiated the first step in the form of providing Vocational Education to the school students"
The Chief Guest of the event, Dr. V.S Mehrotra highlighted the importance of Vocational Education through the lens of NEP 2020. He enlightened us about the scope of Vocational Education in national as well as international level and how it shall be useful in generating employment opportunities as well as growing the economy of the country.