With a view to enhance employability skills in the students, Haryana School Education Department has introduced applied skills in Government aided and recognised private schools of the State.
A spokesman of the department said that presently, 240 Government Senior Secondary Schools have been covered, in which two applied skills out of the seven skills namely retail, automobile, security, IT, beauty and wellness, patient care assistant and physical education and sports have been introduced.
He said that according to recent modifications made in the scheme, all Government aided and recognised private schools would be given incentives for introducing vocational education which would ensure their active and effective participation in introducing National Vocational Education Qualifications Framework (NVEQF).
He said that under the scheme, grants amounting to Rs6,500 per child has been proposed to be released to the Government aided and recognised unaided private schools on successful completion of two levels of the course by the students in accordance with the norms of the scheme and laid down standards.
“The grants would be released to the schools through the concerned National or State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary education to which the school is affiliated. Further the National or State Boards of Education would make efforts to encourage the schools to take up the introduction of vocational education,” said the spokesperson.
He said that 25 per cent of the seats for vocational courses would be filled by the government aided and private unaided schools receiving grants under the scheme with children belonging to socio-economically weaker sections that is scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes, minorities, children with special needs or children below poverty line, out of which 50 per cent would be girls.