Keeping in view the huge requirement of skilled manpower in near future in the State, the newly created Odisha State Open University (OSOU) has decided to introduce need based education in general and skill based vocational education in various sectors.
Priority areas for skill based courses would be available in sectors like agriculture, automobile, construction, healthcare, hospitality, social, security and information and communication technology (ICT).
Presenting the roadmap for OSOU at the recently held high level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary GC Pati, Higher Education Secretary GK Dhal has stated that OSOU would provide an innovative system of university level education, which was flexible, open and would promote new fields of knowledge thereby contributing to the development of the State.
OSOU OSD Srikant Mohapatra the university would collaborate with the National Skill Development Council (NSDC) and Sector Skill Councils to promote for the purpose.
The OSOU would follow guidelines prescribed under National Vocational Qualification Framework (NVQF) for all levels of skill education and would endeavor for standardisation of all skill based education in the State.
Diploma and certificate courses in modular form would be offered and centres would be set in the colleges, institutes and industries having teaching and infrastructure facilities.
Curriculum would be in conformity with the National Standard prescribed by sector skill councils, so that the successful students would be able to compete in the national sphere.