SHUBHANGI SHIFA
Ranchi, Feb 14: The state government is looking to make universities in the state more self-sufficient and thus is not looking to sanction permanent posts for teachers in the vocational department, said Vibha Pandey, Deputy Director, Jharkhand Department of Higher and Secondary Education on Tuesday.
Dy Director Pandey said this while talking to a Lagatar correspondent regarding the reasons behind permanent posts not being sanctioned for vocational departments in the state.
She said, “There is no specific rule or policy that states that there should not be any sanctioned posts in vocational departments. In fact, educational institutes like JNU have permanent professors in their vocational departments of Bio-Tech and Mass Comm. However, till now, self-financed courses have not had any such policy to sanction posts, however, this may also change if a policy is brought up in future.”
Talking about the reasons behind this, Pandey said that because there are students in large numbers who are ready to pay for the courses, the state doesn’t need to.
“Along with this, the university model is always encouraged to work in a partially self-sustainable mode as well. This is why the universities are encouraged to begin vocational courses,” she added.
Earlier, when asked about the changes that can be expected in vocational studies after the implementation of NEP 2020 in the upcoming sessions, she said, “At the moment, the vocational courses are separate from the general subjects; however, after the implementation of NEP 2020, every general subject will have vocational papers as well. Students will study these subjects as extra papers.”
Notably, vocational subjects are being given such importance under NEP as they are considered skill-based courses, which offer possibilities for jobs in future.
She added that mainstream courses would have vocational courses to increase the employability of said general courses.
“The NEP guidelines suggest that this is being done in order to generate trained graduates. Amid this, vocational courses will also remain self-financed. These courses will be run as major courses, but vocational papers will be a part of other major subjects like English, Hindi and others,” she said.
