Work Experience in Schools (Third All India Educational Survey)

Abstract

From Vocational Education: Education almost till the turn of this century was identified with liberal education and little attention was directed towards all those areas of education and training that equipped one with the tools of earning one’s livelihood. Thanks to the wars which were fought with devices of increased destructive power and subsequent necessity to invent and improvise a variety of techniques and devices and the consequent commercial activities that occupational education came to be recognised as a type of education which the humanity required for its own existence. Grudgingly the technical and vocational concept of education gained importance and breadwinning skills for an honourable living were not considered after full uncivilized activities. Therefore, such education as would provide skills and competencies for a decent productive living got the status of vocational education. Today it is accepted on all sides that vocationalization of education is a much broader concept of education to bring the real life and education closer for meeting the national goals for a happy future.