The State Government on Thursday decided to introduce two-year vocational courses in Automobiles and Information Technology & Information Technology Enabled Services (IT&ITES) trades for students of Class-IX (level-I) and Class-X (level-II) in one school of each district. School and Mass Education Minister Debi Prasad Mishra has approved recommendations of the relevant syllabus committees in this regard, an official release said.
The vocational courses would be introduced on the basis of the National Vocational Education Qualification Framework of the NCERT, Delhi with effect from this academic session for Class X and from 2016-17 session for Class X.
The schools in which these courses would be imparted in the first phase are Angul High School, Town High School, Baleswar, Gorge High School, Baragarh, Zilla School, Bhadrak, PR High School, Balangir, Basuni High School, Boudh, Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack, RBD High School, Deogarh, BB High School, Dhenkanal, MRB High School, Paralakhemundi, Gajapati, Onslow Institution, Chatrapur, Ganjam, SK Academy, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur Zilla School, Government High School, Jharsuguda, Bhawanipatna Town High School, Kalahandi, Govt High School, Khajuripada, Kandhamala, Kendrapada High School, DN High School, Keonjhar, Capital High School, Unit-III, Bhubaneswar Khordha, Govt High School, Koraput, Govt (New) High School, Serapali, Malkangiri, MKC High School, Mayurbhanj, RCD High School, Nabarangapur, Brajendra High School, Nayagarh, National High School, Nuapada, Biswambar Bidyapitha, Puri, Shree Ugratara High School, Rayagada, Budharaja High School, Sambalpur, Khari High School, Sonepur and BS High School, Sundergarh.
The syllabus, courses of studies and student’s handbook (study materials) and other relevant documents would be provided to these schools very shortly, the release added.