Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said that to promote employment-oriented education in Chhattisgarh, ITI and higher secondary school curriculum will be integrated to provide students of Class 12, ITI certificate along with the HSC certificate.
The move, the CM said was to make students employable after clearing the Class 12 board exams.
Taking a major initiative in this direction, the chief minister has instructed the state school education department and the technical education department to formulate a scheme for integration of professional education curriculum of Class 11 and Class 12 with the ITI course.
Baghel has directed both the departments to jointly prepare the scheme and present it as soon as possible.
He said that the initiative will help the students of Class 11 and Class 12 to get high-level skill development training in the trade of their choice.
“This will make them more employable and help them get jobs easily,” the CM said.
He has also issued guidelines to both the departments regarding the action plan.
The chief minister has given instructions that although the vocationalisation of education is being talked about across the state since long time, and vocational education has been included in the curriculum to certain extend, but the desired outcomes could not be achieved.
For many years, it has been observed that despite completing formal education, students find it difficult to get employment, he said.
The Main reason behind this is the lack of workshops and skilled trainers in the schools, the CM added.
In Chhattisgarh, ITI courses and curriculum of Class 11 and Class 12 in higher secondary schools are being integrated to promote vocational education, Baghel said.