Vocational Skill Development Needs of Neo-Literates - A Study

Abstract

From Foreword: Following the National Policy of Education (NPE) 1986, the central Government set up the National Literacy Mission (NLM) in 1988 to eradicate illiteracy. The most significant development that followed the establishment of NLM was launching the Total Literacy Campaigns (TLCs) throughout the country in order to promote literacy, the development of 3Rs, as well as functional literacy, the ability to apply what one has learned, to daily life. At the successful completion of the TLCs in different areas, the Post-literacy campaigns (PLCs) have been started with an aim to take the neo-literates from a dependent to a self -guided learning stage and promote development of income generation skills in the process. Attempts are being made to develop income generation skills through different vocational and technical education training programmes.