Guidelines Career Oriented Programmes at First Degree Level in Universities and Colleges X Plan

Abstract

From Introduction: The UGC initiated a major programme of vocationalisation at undergraduate level during Vlllth Plan (1994-95). The scheme was designed to ensure that graduates who pass out after completing these courses would have knowledge, skills and aptitude for gainful employment in the wage sector in general and self-employment in particular. Since the inception of the scheme and until the end of the IX Plan, 2,124 Colleges and 38 Universities have been provided assistance for the introduction of Vocational Subjects involving a total grant of more than Rs. 200 crore during this period (1994-2003).