Report of the Sub-committee on Vision for Vocational Education

Abstract

Vocational education and training is provided in India by several types of institutions which function under the auspices of different departments of the government. As many as 17 Ministries of the Central Government provide different kinds of training programmes which can be broadly classified as vocational education and training. The situation in the States is similar although it is difficult to find all the necessary information regarding the different agencies of each State government involved in such programmes. In addition to the programmes organized by the government, a large number of non-government organizations are also active in this sector. Programmes of varying durations have also been initiated by private firms, mostly for training their own work force but, in certain cases, also catering to unemployed youth more generally.