Gowhar Rashid Ganie
Since independence, policymakers in India exhibited their
increasing tendency to use vocational education and training (VET) as a
catchall solution to the problem of unemployment and as a result kept it alive
as an important policy tool even today. Recently, National
Education Policy, (NEP, 2020) envisioned that at least 50% of our
students should receive VET by 2025, and
to achieve this target and in comprehension to address different
challenges of VET, the policy made several propositions and proposed for different
structural changes. A critical question arises how far these policy
propositions and structural changes could prove helpful in addressing the
challenges of VET and in achieving the desired objectives. The present review
study made an attempt to examine thoroughly the approach to VET manifested in
the policy. Backed up with in-depth desktop analysis of a considerable amount
of literature and the web portals of VET related institutions, the study
identified different needs necessarily required for overcoming the challenges
of VET, for achieving the desired objectives as envisioned in the policy, and
finally for the future development process of VET in India.
NEP 2020, Vocational Education, Skill Development, VET, Challenges
VOL.14, ISSUE No.1, March 2022